The Ancient India & Iran Trust also appoints distinguished scholars who operate in the fields that the Trust covers, and who have built up a close connection with the Trust.

The following scholars are currently connected to the Trust as its Honorary Fellows:

Professor Gerard Fussman (Professor of Indian History, College de France, Paris)

Professor Gherardo Gnoli (Professor of Zoroastrianism, University of Rome, Rome)

Professor Prods Oktor Skjærvø (Aga Khan Professor of Iranian, Harvard)

Professor Werner Sundermann (Professor of Iranian, Freie Universität, Berlin)

Professor Robert Hillenbrand (Honorary Professorial Fellow, Edinburgh)

Professor Minoru Hara (Emeritus Professor of the International College of the Advanced Buddhist Studies, Tokyo)

The late Professor Mary Boyce and Ralph Pinder-Wilson were also Honorary Fellows of the Trust.