| Mr | PONSHANMUGAKUMAR | A | Sri Sai Ram Institute of Technology | India | Welding Processes | Composite Metal Joining | Best Scholar Award |
| Dr | Penchal Reddy | Matli | Sri Krishnadevara University | India | Microstructure-property relationships | Light weight technology | Best Researcher Award |
| Mr | Sivaraman | Parthasarathi | Sri Krishna College of Technology | India | Friction welding | Welding | Best Researcher Award |
| Mr | Kaviyarasan | K | Sri Krishna College of Engineering and Technology, Coimbatore | India | Microstructure-property relationships | GTAW | Best Researcher Award |
| Prof | Wenjian | Wang | Southwest Jiaotong University | China | Joining of advanced materials | Contact fatigue and control of wheel-rail system | Best Researcher Award |
| Assoc Prof Dr | Zhiqiang | Dong | Southeast University | China | Welding Processes | Civil engineering | Best Researcher Award |
| Prof Dr | Zhong | Hu | South Dakota State University | United States | Residual Stress | Pressure Vessel and Piping/Material Constitutive Model/Computer Modeling | Best Researcher Award |
| Dr | Bende | Luo | South China University of Technology | China | Control and automation | Legged Robot | Best Researcher Award |
| Dr | Shengbin | Zhao | Soochow University | China | Advanced welding | laser welding and additive manufacturing | Best Researcher Award |
| Dr | JEGATHEESWARAN | D | Sona College of Technology, Salem - 636005 | India | Other | Building and Construction Materials, Concrete Technology | Best Researcher Award |
| Mr | Lakshmana Kumar | S | Sona College of Technology | India | Friction welding | Composite materials | Best Researcher Award |
| Mr | Yahya | Ranjbar | Solico Group | Iran | Other | Pricing in supply chain management | Best Researcher Award |
| Prof | Lala Behari | Sukla | SOA University | India | Welding Processes | Bioleaching of Tungsten | Best Researcher Award |
| Dr | Sudhakaran | R | SNS College of Engineering | India | Distortion | Optimization of Angular Distortion | Excellence in Research |
| Dr | Khalid | Masoodi | SKUAST-Kashmir | India | Other | Biotechnology | Best Innovation Award |
| Dr | Suman | Sharma | SKIT Jaipur | India | Mathematical modelling of transport phenomena | Power System | Best Researcher Award |
| Dr | GANGADHAR T G | | SJBIT | India | Including plastics and composites | COMPOSITES | Best Researcher Award |
| Assoc Prof Dr | İlknur | Şentürk | Sivas Cumhuriyet University | Turkey | Other | Phytoremediation, biological treatment, bioremediation | Best Researcher Award |
| Mrs | Nowrin Akter | Surovi | Singapore University of Technology and Design (SUTD) | Singapore | Other | Process map generation | Best Researcher Award |
| Assoc Prof Dr | Jacek | Górka | Silesian University of Technology | Poland | Welding Processes | Inconel | Research Pioneer Award in Welding |