| Dr | Mohamed | Karmaoui | University of Oran | United Kingdom | Other | Chemistry/Materials | Best Researcher Award |
| Mr | Sukanta | Karati | IIEST, Sbibpur, WB, India | India | Other | Pavement Design | Best Researcher Award |
| Dr | Yenal | Karaaslan | Turkish National Defence University, Air NCO Vocational HE School | Turkey | Welding processes | International Research Awards on Welding Technology | Best Researcher Award |
| Mr | Nand Jee | Kanu | JSPM Narhe Technical Campus, Pune | India | Evaluation | Design and CFD analyses of aluminium alloy-based vortex tubes with multiple inlet nozzles for their optimum performances in sustainable applications | Best Researcher Award |
| Assist Prof Dr | Hyeok Hweon | Kang | Washington University in St. Louis | United States | Other | History of metalworking | Best Researcher Award |
| Dr | Suganeswaran | Kandasamy | Kongu Engineering College | India | Solid state welding | Friction stir process, surface composites and its characterization | Best Researcher Award |
| Mrs | Jasmi | K K | St. Thomas' College, University of Calicut, Thrissur | India | Other | Material Science | Women Researcher Award |
| Assist Prof Dr | Sripriyan | K | PSG College of Technology | India | Characterisation of heat sources | fusion welding | Best Researcher Award |
| Mr | RADHAKRISHNAN | K | K. RAMAKRISHNAN COLLEGE OF TECHNOLOGY (AUTONOMOUS) | India | Welding Processes | Optimization, Parameter analysis. | Best Researcher Award |
| Mrs | HAMSAVATHI | K | NIT PUDUCHERRY | India | Residual Stress | STRUCTURAL MEMBERS | Best Paper Award |
| Mr | Kaviyarasan | K | Sri Krishna College of Engineering and Technology, Coimbatore | India | Microstructure-property relationships | GTAW | Best Researcher Award |
| Prof | Wan | Jun | Wuhan Textile University | China | Microstructure-property relationships | Microwave Technology | 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 Dr | Rita | John | University of Madras | India | Modeling Welding Strength | Condensed Matter Physics | Best Researcher Award |
| Dr | Raveen | John | The University of Auckland | New Zealand | Microstructure-property relationships | Processing of composite materials | Best Researcher Award |
| Assist Prof Dr | SAM | JOHN | ST. BERCHMANS COLLEGE | India | Other | corrosion inhibition | Best Researcher Award |
| Prof | AAZIZ | JMIAI | Faculty of Sciences, Ibn Zohr University | Morocco | Other | Corrosion et Inhibition de la corrosion des matériaux métalique | Best Researcher Award |
| Prof | Jin | Jiang | Shantou University | China | Mathematical modelling of transport phenomena | 3D Modelling for Welding Process | Best Researcher Award |
| Prof | Mingjing | Jiang | Suzhou University of Science and Technology | China | Other | Geotechnical engineering | Lifetime Achievement Award |
| Dr | Sabha | Jeet | CSIR-Indian Institute of Integrative Medicine, Jammu | India | Evaluation | Agri-technology development | Best Researcher Award |