| Dr | Bohdan | Trembach | Private Joint Stock Company “Novokramatorsky Mashinostroitelny Zavod” | Ukraine | Welding processes | Influence of the core filler composition on the recovery of alloying elements during the self-shielded flux-cored arc welding | Best Researcher Award |
| Mr | Lohit | Malik | Princeton University | United States | Simulation Sensing and Monitoring | Simulations studies of aerodynamics of the surface of combat airplane for improved performance | Best Researcher Award |
| Mrs | Kakali | Chowdhury | Presidency University | Bangladesh | Other | Computational Fluid Dynamics, Nanotechnology | Best Researcher Award |
| Dr | Germán | Barrionuevo | Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile | Chile | Microstructure-property relationships | Additive manufacturing | Best Researcher Award |
| Dr | Srujan Manohar | MVN | Pondicherry Engineering College | India | Electron Beam Welding & Processing Friction Stir Welding | Micro-Friction Stir Welding | Best Researcher Award |
| Assoc Prof Dr | Anamaria | Feier | Polytechnical Uni. of Timisoara (Romania) | Romania | Welding Processes | Deflection and precambering | Women Researcher Award |
| Mr | Amir Mohammad | Mirzaei | Politecnico di Torino | Italy | Modeling Welding Strength | Finite fatigue life | Best Researcher Award |
| Mr | Rajendra | Shimpi | PIEMR INDORE | India | Friction welding | Dissimilar Materials | Excellence in Research |
| Assist Prof Dr | Tanakorn | Jantarasricha | Pibulsongkram Rajabhat University | Thailand | Friction welding | Aluminum Friction welding | Best Researcher Award |
| Prof Dr | A.A. | El-DALY | Physics Department, Faculty of Science, Zagazig Univ., Zagazig, Egypt | Egypt | Microstructure-property relationships | Metallurgy | Top Researcher Award |
| Dr | Gunasekaran | Murali | Peter the Great St. Petersburg Polytechnic University | Russia | Other | impact strength and fracture toughness of two-stage fibrous concrete comprising nano carbon tubes | Best Researcher Award |
| Mrs | Pavitra | Y J | PES University | India | Welding Processes | Embedded Systems | Best Researcher Award |
| Assist Prof Dr | Mojtaba | Esmailzadeh | Persian Gulf university | Iran | Welding Processes | welding | Best Researcher Award |
| Assist Prof Dr | Dilip | Jose | Periyar Maniyammai University | India | Other | Simulation of Natural convective heat transfer in parabolic glow past in the presence of Rotation | Best Researcher Award |
| Prof | Rufang | Lu | Pangang Group Research Institute Co. Ltd. | China | Other | TiO2 pigment | Best Researcher Award |
| Prof | Naamwin Irkoum Zephirin | SOMDA | Pan African University Life and Earth Sciences institute (including Health and Agriculture), PAULESI | Burkina Faso | Other | Gestion Environnementale | Young Scientist Award |
| Dr | M | Sundararajan | Paavendhar College of Arts & Science | India | Characterisation of heat sources | Energy and Environment | Best Researcher Award |
| Mrs | Anjani | Bhartiam | P.G. Department of T.M.B.U Bhagalpur | India | Other | Alloys | Best Researcher Award |
| Assist Prof Dr | PIJUS KANTI | SAMANTA | P K COLEGE, CONTAI | India | Other | ENERGY MATERIALS | Excellence in Research |
| Ms | TANMAI SAI GEETHA | CHALLA | Otto-von-guericke university | Germany | Other | Manufacturing | Best Researcher Award |