| Mr | Kunal | Singh | Maharaja Agrasen University | India | Control and automation | Robotics | Best Researcher Award |
| Mr | Robsan | Abebe | Wollega University | Ethiopia | Modeling Welding Strength | Based on offline programming simulation | Young Scientist Award |
| Mr | Mohammad | Bazvand | Technosharif (Sharif university of technology) | Iran | Other | Gas hydrate | Best Researcher Award |
| Mr | Shah Samir | | Gujarat technological university | India | Advanced welding | Ultrasonic metal welding | Best Researcher Award |
| Mr | CHIRANJIVI | SHARMA | Siddhi Ganesh Secondary School | Nepal | Other | Exploring the combination of grafting time and scion cultivar in walnut grafting success under open field conditions | Best Researcher Award |
| Mr | Amir | Baghdadchi | University West | Sweden | Phase transformations in weldments | Phase analysis | Young Scientist Award |
| Mr | Yunxiang | Shu | Anhui Jianzhu University, China | China | Microstructure-property relationships | Micro/nano composite structure | Best Researcher Award |
| Mr | Miguel Angel | Garcia | Universidade de Brasília | Brazil | Other | Mechanical Engineering/Fretting fatigue/overhead conductors | Best Researcher Award |
| Mr | Krishna | Raju | IIT Bombay, India | India | Microstructure-property relationships | Sheet Metal forming ( tailor weld blanks, tubes) | Excellence in Research |
| Mr | Usman | Javed | Curtin University | Australia | Other | Materials characterization, micro-mechanical and nano-scale properties | Best Researcher Award |
| Mr | Pramodkumar | Gurugubelli | NIT Tiruchirapalli | India | Welding Processes | CMT -GMAW multi control welding and Hybrid laser arc welding processes | Best Researcher Award |
| Mr | Kai-Chien | Lo | naitonal cheng kung university | Taiwan | Modeling Welding Strength | mechanics | Best Researcher Award |
| Mr | Prasenjit | Singha | IIT Madras | India | Mathematical modelling of transport phenomena | Iron & Steel making | Excellence in Research |
| Mr | Farzad | Habibi | Sahand university of Technology | Iran | Brazing | phase transformations | Best Researcher Award |
| Mr | Mayank | Jariya | CDAC, Mohali | India | Neural network applications | Silicon defect pattern recognition | Best Researcher Award |
| Mr | JOYAL | ISAC S | Saveetha Engineering College | India | Control and automation | Power system control | Best Researcher Award |
| Mr | Binega | Derebe | Injibara University | Ethiopia | Other | Wildlife, Ecotourism, and Forestry | Best Researcher Award |
| Mr | Amare | Terfe | Arba Minch Universtiy | Ethiopia | Residual Stress | Toxicology | Best Researcher Award |
| Mr | Tolesa | Tesema | Wollega university | Ethiopia | Other | Agricultural economics | Best Researcher Award |
| Mr | Muluken | Tessema | Debre Berhan university | Ethiopia | Other | Health | Outstanding Scientist Award |