| Mr | Jabair Ali | Mohammed | King Saud University | Saudi Arabia | Welding Processes | effect of Welding parameters on the material | Best Researcher Award |
| Mr | Chris | Killmore | BlueScope Steel | Australia | Microstructure-property relationships | Weld zone softening during thermal cutting of Abrasion resistant plate | Best Researcher Award |
| Mr | Outhmane | Siar | ArcelorMittal R&D | France | Welding Processes | Resistance Spot Welding | Best Researcher Award |
| Mr | Vance | Liu | Micron Technology | Taiwan | Other | Solder joint reliability | Best Researcher Award |
| Mr | Habibullah | - | Sichuan University | China | Other | Surface Engineering | Best Researcher Award |
| Dr | Mahnoor | Sarfraz | Quaid-i-Azam University | Pakistan | Mathematics | Fluid Mechanics | Best Researcher Award |
| Dr | Shun-Chi | Yu | National Institute of Development Administration | Thailand | Psychology | Mindful Leadership | Best Researcher Award |
| Dr | Praveen | Kumar | DELHI SKILL AND ENTREPRENEURSHIP OKHLA II CAMPUS | India | Engineering | Mechanical/Production/Tool Engineering | Best Researcher Award |
| Dr | Chengxing | Yang | Central South University | China | Evaluation | Crashworthiness of integrated composite structures | Best Research Award |
| Dr | Sumit | Sharma | MNIT JAIPUR | India | Other | Alternative Fuels | Best Scholar Award |
| Dr | Ankush | Sharma | Indian Institute of Technology Madras, Chennai | India | Other | Aerospace Engineering/Fiber metal laminates | Best Researcher Award |
| Dr | Mohamed | Aboelhassan | Higher Institute of Engineering and Technology King Marriott, Alexandria | Egypt | Other | numerical nonlinear spring model for the cyclic behavior of the monolithic and the precast bolted reinforced concrete beam-column connections | Best Research Award |
| Dr | Shayan | Dehghan | Universiti Putra Malaysia | Malaysia | Solid state welding | Friction stir processing, Joining, FEM | Best Research 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 |
| Dr | K.Anton Savio | Lewise | Karunya Institute of Technology & Sciences | India | Residual Stress | Welding | Best Researcher Award |
| Dr | Bo | Chen | Harbin Institute of Technology, Weihai | China | Welding automation Laser | Smart laser welding and additive manufacturing | Best Researcher Award |
| Dr | Hong | Ma | Shandong University | China | Friction welding | Microstructure evolution and property relationship under extreme conditions | Young Scientist Award |
| Dr | Uttam Kumar | Mohanty | NIT Sikkim | India | Advanced welding | AC Square Waveform Welding, Submerged Arc Welding, Electrical Discharge Machining | Young Scientist Award |
| Dr | Rahul | Kumar | Suresh Gyan Vihar University | India | Friction welding | Friction stir welding of cast aluminum alloy | Best Researcher Award |