| 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 |
| Dr | Mohammad | Lotfi | Sharif University of Technology | Iran | Including plastics and composites | Surface analysis of CFRP | Best Researcher Award |
| Prof | Sedat | BALLIKAYA | Istanbul University-Cerrahpaşa | Turkey | Simulation Sensing and Monitoring | Thermoelectric materials&technology, hybrid energy systems | Best Researcher Award |
| Dr | Jacques Romain | Njimou | School of Chemical Engineering and Mineral Industries, University of Ngaoundere | Cameroon | Joining of advanced materials | Material Chemistry, novel multi-function material from secondary resources i.e. Metal-Organic Materials (MOM), Nanodsorbents, and nanobiocomposites | Outstanding Scientist Award |
| Prof Dr | Marisa Alejandra | Frechero | Universidad Nacional del Sur- INQUISUR | Argentina | Microstructure-property relationships | Materiales para energía | Women Researcher Award |
| Mr | Shah Samir | | Gujarat technological university | India | Advanced welding | Ultrasonic metal welding | Best Researcher Award |
| Dr | Amin | Ebrahimi | Delft University of Technology | Netherlands | Mathematical modelling of transport phenomena | Welding Technology/Computational modelling of laser melting | Best Researcher Award |
| Dr | Michael | Pecht | University of Maryland - College Park | United States | Joining of advanced materials | Quality in manufacturing and reliability in operation of solders in electronics | Best Researcher Award |
| Dr | Mohamed | Karmaoui | University of Oran | United Kingdom | Other | Chemistry/Materials | Best Researcher Award |
| Dr | Raveen | John | The University of Auckland | New Zealand | Microstructure-property relationships | Processing of composite materials | Best Researcher Award |
| Prof | Songbai | Xue | Nanjing University of Aeronautics and Astronautics | China | Advanced welding | soldering and brazing | Best Researcher Award |
| Assist Prof Dr | JURI | SAEDON | UNIVERSITI TEKNOLOGI MARA, MALAYSIA | Malaysia | Characterisation of heat sources | SURFACE COATING | Excellence in Research |
| Mrs | HAMSAVATHI | K | NIT PUDUCHERRY | India | Residual Stress | STRUCTURAL MEMBERS | Best Paper Award |
| Prof | Sang Yeob | Kim | Konkuk University | South Korea | Evaluation | Geotechnical Engineering | Best Researcher Award |
| Assist Prof Dr | Shameemul | Haque | Al-Hafeez College | India | Other | Computer Science | Best Researcher Award |
| Mr | Mohammad | Bazvand | Technosharif (Sharif university of technology) | Iran | Other | Gas hydrate | Best Researcher Award |
| Dr | Pavel | Arkhipov | Institute of High Temperature Electrochemistry of the Ural Branch of the Russian Academy of Sciences | Russia | Other | alloys formation | Best Researcher Award |
| Assoc Prof Dr | Mamta | Saiyad | Nirma University | India | Other | Radiation Hardened composites/ Polymer Technology | Best Researcher Award |
| Assoc Prof Dr | Reza | Bazargan-Lari | Islamic Azad University, Marvdasht Branch | Iran | Phase transformations in weldments | biomaterials, coatings, corrosion | Best Researcher Award |
| Dr | Sushil | Kumar | CSIR-National Physical Laboratory, New Delhi | India | Other | Metal Extraction from waste solar PV modules | Best Researcher Award |