| Dr | Zhang | Long | Chongqing University of Science and Technology | China | Microstructure-property relationships | Mechanics | Best Researcher Award |
| Dr | Manjusha | Battabyal | International Advanced Research Centre for Powder Metallurgy and New Materials (ARCI), India | India | Microjoining Process Diffusion Bonding | Thermoelectric device, contact resistance, device efficiency, transport properties, electron microscopy, Raman spectroscopy | Best Researcher Award |
| Dr | Rudresha | Savandaiah | JSS Academy of Technical Education Noida, India | India | Advanced welding | Thermal Power Engineering | Young Scientist Award |
| Dr | Hudan | Tang | Henan Polytechnical University | China | Microstructure-property relationships | Damage propagation and microstructure geometry/ Mechanical and mathematical models/ Stability analysis | Best Researcher Award |
| Dr | Tong | Qiu | Shenzhen University | China | Evaluation | Mechanical properties evaluation of welded assembled joints | Best Researcher Award |
| Dr | Khalid | Masoodi | SKUAST-Kashmir | India | Other | Biotechnology | Best Innovation Award |
| Dr | Karim | Tanji | Laboratory of Catalysis, Process, Materials and Env University Sidi Mohamed Ben Abdellah of Fez | Morocco | Other | Enhancing Optical materials properties for environmental application | Best Researcher Award |
| Dr | Digvijay | Singh | Kirloskar Institute of Management, Pune | India | Mathematical modelling of transport phenomena | Additive Manufacturing,CFDmodeling,Thermal spray Coating | Best Researcher Award |
| Dr | Li | Liu | Tianjin University | China | Evaluation | Two-sided matching modeling | Women Researcher Award |
| Dr | Ahmed | Elfadadny | Tokyo University of Agriculture and Technology | Japan | Other | Cancer therapy | Best Researcher Award |
| Dr | Maria | Contin | Centro de Quimica Biológica, Facultad de Ciencias Químicas CIQUBIC-CONICET UNC | Argentina | Visual | Retina | Women Researcher Award |
| Dr | Sajjad | Barzegar-Mohammadi | Iran University of Science and Technology | Iran | Welding Processes | effect of treatment techniques on fatigue life | Best Researcher Award |
| Dr | Susmita | Datta | IIT Kharagpur | India | Neural network applications | Laser welding of NiTinol | Best Researcher Award |
| Dr | Fazli | Haleem | Shaheed Benazir Bhutto University Sheringal | Pakistan | Other | Sustainability | Best Researcher Award |
| Dr | Avishkar | Bhoskar | SVNIT, Surat | India | Microstructure-property relationships | Welding Metallurgy | Best Researcher Award |
| Dr | T.Thaj Mary | Delsy | Sathyabama Institute of Science and Technology | India | Neural network applications | Signal Processing | Women Researcher Award |
| Dr | Shivinder | Singh | Mohan Dairy Products | India | Welding Processes | Microwave Welding | Best Researcher Award |
| Dr | Kumaraswamy | J | R. L. Jalappa Institute of Technology | India | Microstructure-property relationships | Composite materials science | Best Researcher Award |
| Dr | GANGADHAR T G | | SJBIT | India | Including plastics and composites | COMPOSITES | Best Researcher Award |
| Dr | Rodrigo | Farias | Federal University of Rio de Janeiro | Brazil | Mathematical modelling of transport phenomena | Heat Sources | Best Researcher Award |