| Ms | Tishta | Das | AcSir (CSIR- CMERI) | India | Evaluation | additive manufacturing | Best Researcher Award |
| Mr | Nikhil | Sharma | Thapar Institute of Engineering & Technologies | India | Evaluation | Corrosion monitoring, evaluation of epoxy coatings using destructive and Non-destructive methods. | Best Researcher Award |
| Prof | Gnanamani | A | CSIR-CLRI | India | Microstructure-property relationships | Biological materials | Best Researcher Award |
| Dr | CHRISPIN | DAS | ST.JOSEPH'S INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY | India | Joining of advanced materials | COMPOSITES | Best Faculty Award |
| Assoc Prof Dr | DILLIP | BISOYI | National Institute of Technology Rourkela | India | Microstructure-property relationships | Characterization of materials at nano order scale length | Best Researcher Award |
| Mr | SUDHIR | BURANDE | GCOE CHANDRAPUR ,MAHARASHTRA | India | Evaluation | Composites,material hybridization , Finite Element methods ,Design of elements | Best Researcher Award |
| Prof Dr | Koteswararao V | Rajulapati | University of Hyderabad | India | Joining of advanced materials | Friction stir welding | Best Researcher Award |
| Mr | Vageshwar B | | National Institute of Technology, Trichy | India | Other | Energy Harvesting Technique | Best Researcher Award |
| Dr | LINGESHWARAN | N | KL UNIVERSITY | India | Other | Structural Engineering | Best Researcher Award |
| Prof Dr | Rita | John | University of Madras | India | Modeling Welding Strength | Condensed Matter Physics | Best Researcher Award |
| Dr | Subir | Datta | Mizoram University | India | Other | Electrical Engineering | Best Researcher Award |
| Dr | Suman | Sharma | SKIT Jaipur | India | Mathematical modelling of transport phenomena | Power System | Best Researcher Award |
| Dr | JOHN | PRAKASH | Central University of Tamil Nadu | India | Simulation Sensing and Monitoring | Heavy Metal Ion Sensing | Best Researcher Award |
| Mr | C | Anil Kumar Reddy | Vardhaman College of Engineering | India | Other | Material Characterization | Best Researcher Award |
| Dr | Manjula | Muthurathinam | Sathyabama Institute of Science and Technology | India | Other | Computational Materials Science | Women Researcher Award |
| Dr | Ramesh Kumar | R | Vel Tech Rangarajan Dr.Sagunthala R&D Institute of Science and Technology | India | Friction welding | Friction Welding | Best Researcher Award |
| Prof | Neelesh Kumar | Jain | Indian Institute of Technology Indore | India | Other | Metal Additive Manufacturing using Micro-plasma transferred arc | Best Researcher Award |
| Dr | D | Ambika | Kongu Engineering College | India | Other | Concrete Technology | Best Researcher Award |
| Dr | Yaknesh | Sambath | Bharath Institute of Higher Education and Research | India | Solid state welding | Friction Stir Welding | Best Researcher Award |
| Dr | DHARMALINGAM | G | Vel Tech Rangarajan Dr.Sagunthala R&D Institute of science and Technology | India | Microjoining Process Diffusion Bonding | Additive Manufacturing, powder metallurgy, materials characterization, welding | Best Researcher Award |