| Mr | Yahya | Ranjbar | Solico Group | Iran | Other | Pricing in supply chain management | Best Researcher Award |
| Mr | NABA KUMAR | RANA | IIT Bhilai | India | Other | Fabrication of perovskite solar cell | Best Researcher Award |
| Assist Prof Dr | Eaftekhar Ahmed | Rana | Chattogram Veterinary and Animal Sciences University | Bangladesh | Other | Veterinary Microbiology | Excellence in Research |
| Dr | Gurumurthy | Ramaiah | Ethiopian Technical University | India | Other | Textile Technology | Best Researcher Award |
| Prof Dr | Koteswararao V | Rajulapati | University of Hyderabad | India | Joining of advanced materials | Friction stir welding | Best Researcher Award |
| Mr | Krishna | Raju | IIT Bombay, India | India | Microstructure-property relationships | Sheet Metal forming ( tailor weld blanks, tubes) | Excellence in Research |
| Dr | S.K | Rajappa | Karnatak Science College, Dharwad | India | Other | Corrosion inhibition studies | Best Faculty Award |
| Assist Prof Dr | Muhammad | Rafique | University of Sahiwal | Pakistan | Simulation Sensing and Monitoring | sensing | Best Researcher Award |
| Assist Prof Dr | Hafiz | Rafey | Shifa Tameer e Millat University Islamabad | Pakistan | Evaluation | Computational Modeling, drug discovery, | Best Researcher Award |
| Dr | DEVI | RADHIKA | FET, JAIN DEEMED-TO-BE UNIVERSITY | India | Other | Fabrication and performance of Nano-composites | Best Researcher Award |
| Dr | Sudhakaran | R | SNS College of Engineering | India | Distortion | Optimization of Angular Distortion | Excellence in Research |
| Dr | Ramesh Kumar | R | Vel Tech Rangarajan Dr.Sagunthala R&D Institute of Science and Technology | India | Friction welding | Friction Welding | Best Researcher Award |
| Mr | Raj Jawahar | R | Dynamech Design Solution | India | Friction welding | Welding design & Characterization | Young Scientist Award |
| Dr | Tong | Qiu | Shenzhen University | China | Evaluation | Mechanical properties evaluation of welded assembled joints | Best Researcher Award |
| Prof | Guoliang | Qin | Shandong University | China | Welding Processes | Solid-state Welding | Best Researcher Award |
| Prof | Fugang | Qi | Xiangtan University | China | Other | Ion beam surface modification | Best Researcher Award |
| Assist Prof Dr | Ala | Qattawi | University of Toledo | United States | Joining of advanced materials | Origami Folding for Reduced Welding length & Cost | Best Researcher Award |
| Dr | KARPAGA | PRIYA | SAVEETHA ENGINEERING COLLEGE | India | Other | renewable, embedded systems, wireless networks | Women Researcher Award |
| Ms | Anita | Pritam | Odisha University of Technology and Research (formerly CET), Bhubaneswar | India | Other | Laser drilling and laser engraving | Best Researcher Award |
| Assoc Prof Dr | Sergey | Prikhodko | University of California Los Angeles | United States | Microstructure-property relationships | metal-composite bilayer structures | Best Researcher Award |