| Ms | Kashish | Badwal | Netaji Subhas University of Technology | India | Welding processes | Deformation in Solids | Best Researcher Award |
| Mr | Torikul | Islam | New Jersey Institute of Technology | United States | Neural network applications | Signal Processing, EEG | Best Researcher Award |
| Dr | Luping | Yin | New York University | United States | Other | Neuroscience/Female/reproductive behavior | Women Researcher Award |
| Dr | Sikiru Adepoju | Mohammed | Nigerian Defence Academy | Nigeria | Evaluation | Tribology and Corrosion | Best Researcher Award |
| Prof Dr | Shunkichi | Ueno | Nihon University | Japan | Joining of advanced materials | Solid Atate Welding | Best Researcher Award |
| Assoc Prof Dr | Mamta | Saiyad | Nirma University | India | Other | Radiation Hardened composites/ Polymer Technology | Best Researcher Award |
| Mrs | HAMSAVATHI | K | NIT PUDUCHERRY | India | Residual Stress | STRUCTURAL MEMBERS | Best Paper Award |
| Dr | Uttam Kumar | Mohanty | NIT Sikkim | India | Advanced welding | AC Square Waveform Welding, Submerged Arc Welding, Electrical Discharge Machining | Young Scientist Award |
| Mr | Pramodkumar | Gurugubelli | NIT Tiruchirapalli | India | Welding Processes | CMT -GMAW multi control welding and Hybrid laser arc welding processes | Best Researcher Award |
| Dr | Raghavendra | Gujjala | Nit Warangal | India | Including plastics and composites | Composites | Best Researcher Award |
| Mr | Suresh Kumar | Telagathoti | NIT-Andhra Pradesh | India | Microstructure-property relationships | Mechanical behaviour of Weld joints under Thermal-Mechanical Loading | Best Researcher Award |
| Ms | Nithya | G | Nitte Meenakshi Institute of Technology | India | Residual Stress | MEMS | Excellence in Innovation |
| Prof | Amarjeet | Daberao | NMIMS | India | Other | Textile/Dyeing Technology/Chemical Processing Industry | Best Researcher Award |
| Dr | Jun | Hao | Northeastern University | China | Other | Metallurgical engineering | Best Researcher Award |
| Dr | yanyun | Zhang | Northeastern University | China | Joining of advanced materials | Welding Metallurgy | Best Researcher Award |
| Prof | Jianzhong | Li | Northeastern University | China | Other | Weilding resource recycling | Best Researcher Award |
| Mr | Paulo Henrique | Dornelas | NOVA School of Science and Technology | Portugal | Welding Processes | Relação microestrutura - propriedades | Best Researcher Award |
| Dr | vijayakumar | krishnan | NPR College of Engineering and Technology | India | Control and automation | Special Electrical Machines/CAD based system design/FEA/FEM based design approach | Best Researcher Award |
| Dr | Islam | Alhindawy | Nuclear Materials Authority | Egypt | Joining of advanced materials | Materials Chemistry | Best Researcher Award |
| Prof | Farrokh | Khoshahval | Nuclear Science and Technology Research Institute | Iran | Other | Advanced fuel and burnable absorbers designed for long-cycle operation of BNPP | Best Researcher Award |