| Assoc Prof Dr | Cedric | Zaccardi | EPF Graduate school | France | Other | Smart Structures | Best Researcher Award |
| Mr | Christopher | Ndukwe | University of Reims, France | France | Including plastics and composites | Fibrous reinforcement composites | Best Researcher Award |
| Prof | Frédéric | LACHAUD | Institut Clément Ader | France | Other | Damage, Failure, Bio-Composite | Top Researcher Award |
| Prof Dr | Lakhdar | Taleb | INSA of Rouen, France | France | Modeling Welding Strength | Mechanical Consequences of phase changes/mechanics of materials | Best Researcher Award |
| Mr | Outhmane | Siar | ArcelorMittal R&D | France | Welding Processes | Resistance Spot Welding | Best Researcher Award |
| Mr | Rajasiva | Lakshmi Bhavan Mani | Hochschule Stralsund | Germany | Mathematical modelling of transport phenomena | CFD Analysis | Best Researcher Award |
| Ms | TANMAI SAI GEETHA | CHALLA | Otto-von-guericke university | Germany | Other | Manufacturing | Best Researcher Award |
| Dr | Douglas | Yeboah | University of Mines and Technology | Ghana | Other | Renewable Energy/ Kinetic and Solar Energy | Best Researcher Award |
| Prof | Dimitrios | Sophianopoulos | University of Thessaly | Greece | Residual Stress | Resistance of Welds | Best Researcher Award |
| Dr | Hongsheng | Wang | City University of Hong Kong | Hong Kong | Mathematical modelling of transport phenomena | 热化学燃料制取 | Young Scientist Award |
| Dr | chao | huang | City University of Hong Kong | Hong Kong | Joining of advanced materials | water splitting, supercapacitor, battery | Best Researcher Award |
| Dr | Praveen | Kumar | DELHI SKILL AND ENTREPRENEURSHIP OKHLA II CAMPUS | India | Engineering | Mechanical/Production/Tool Engineering | Best Researcher Award |
| Dr | Sumit | Sharma | MNIT JAIPUR | India | Other | Alternative Fuels | Best Scholar Award |
| Mr | Omkar | Mypati | IIT Kharagpur | India | Solid state welding | Molecular dynamics of friction stir welding | Best Researcher Award |
| Dr | Ankush | Sharma | Indian Institute of Technology Madras, Chennai | India | Other | Aerospace Engineering/Fiber metal laminates | Best Researcher Award |
| Dr | Saadat Ali | Rizvi | JMU | India | Solid state welding | Friction Stir Welding | Best Research Award |
| Dr | Suganeswaran | Kandasamy | Kongu Engineering College | India | Solid state welding | Friction stir process, surface composites and its characterization | Best Researcher Award |
| Mr | Aqeel | Mohd | university of Hyderabad | India | Advanced welding | Laser and Laser-arc hybrid welding of superalloy | Best Research Award |
| Mr | Rajendra | Shimpi | PIEMR INDORE | India | Friction welding | Dissimilar Materials | Excellence in Research |
| Dr | K.Anton Savio | Lewise | Karunya Institute of Technology & Sciences | India | Residual Stress | Welding | Best Researcher Award |