| Mrs | Jasmi | K K | St. Thomas' College, University of Calicut, Thrissur | India | Other | Material Science | Women Researcher Award |
| Mr | Sukanta | Karati | IIEST, Sbibpur, WB, India | India | Other | Pavement Design | Best Researcher Award |
| Dr | Chanakyan | Chandrasekaran | R.V.S. College of Engineering and Technology, Coimbatore, Tamil Nadu, India | India | Electron Beam Welding & Processing Friction Stir Welding | Friction Stir Processing, Friction Stir Welding, Composites | Best Researcher Award |
| Dr | Ravi | Prasad | JK Lakshmipat University Jaipur | India | Welding Processes | Friction Stir Welding | Best Researcher Award |
| Dr | Farida Ashraf | Ali | Sikhsha 'O' Anusandhan University | India | Other | Material characterization & sensing property | Women Researcher Award |
| Ms | Nithya | G | Nitte Meenakshi Institute of Technology | India | Residual Stress | MEMS | Excellence in Innovation |
| Prof | Harvinder | Singh | Chandigarh Engineering College Landran(Mohali) | India | Microstructure-property relationships | Surface Coatings | Best Researcher Award |
| Assoc Prof Dr | Pramod Kumar | Singh | Babu Banarasi Das University, Lucknow | India | Residual Stress | BCS LEACHATES CHARACTERIZATION AND STABILIZATION | Best Researcher Award |
| Dr | Mayuri | Baruah | National Institute of Technology Jamshedpur | India | Welding Processes | Laser Welding, FSW, Plasma Welding, Simulation of welding | Best Researcher Award |
| Dr | Tapano Kumar | Hotta | Vellore Institute of Technology | India | Other | Heat Transfer/Electronic Cooling | Best Researcher Award |
| Prof Dr | Jagdhar | Mandal | T.M.B.U. Bhagalpur | India | Welding Processes | Condensed Matter/ Alloys | Best Researcher Award |
| Dr | Ragupathi | Masilamani | IITM Chennai | India | Phase transformations in weldments | Tubular Joint | Best Researcher Award |
| Dr | Sanjeev | Kumar | Subharti Institute of Technology and Engineering | India | Welding Processes | Friction Stir Welding | Best Researcher Award |
| Mrs | Anjani | Bhartiam | P.G. Department of T.M.B.U Bhagalpur | India | Other | Alloys | 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 |
| Mr | Shreyas | Alagundi | Arcadis | India | Neural network applications | Civil and Structural Engineering | Best Researcher Award |
| Dr | Rudresha | Savandaiah | JSS Academy of Technical Education Noida, India | India | Advanced welding | Thermal Power Engineering | Young Scientist Award |
| Mr | Ashish | Thakur | Visveswaraya National Institute of Technology, Nagpur | India | Microstructure-property relationships | Material science | Best Researcher Award |
| Mr | Yahya Hoque | Mozumder | Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur, India | India | Microstructure-property relationships | Lightweight steel | Best Researcher Award |
| Dr | Khalid | Masoodi | SKUAST-Kashmir | India | Other | Biotechnology | Best Innovation Award |