| Dr | Fadzidah | Mohd Idris | Universiti Sains Islam Malaysia | Malaysia | Other | Nanotechnology, Advanced Materials, Polymer composites materials | Best Researcher Award |
| Dr | Shaik Ghouse | Mohiddin | EMU, DRDO | India | Joining of advanced materials | Friction Stir welding | Best Researcher Award |
| Prof Dr | Fatemeh | Mollaamin | Kastamonu University | Turkey | Simulation Sensing and Monitoring | Adsorption | Women Researcher Award |
| Dr | Subhajit | Mondal | National Institute of Technology Rourkela | India | Welding processes | FRP lap splices using CNTs and its probabilistic modelling | Best Researcher Award |
| Assist Prof Dr | Niwat | Mookam | Rajamangala University of Technology Rattanakosin | Thailand | Microstructure-property relationships | Soldering | Best Researcher Award |
| Mr | Joseph Bophelo | Morake | Jomo Kenyatta University of Agriculture and Technology | Kenya | Residual Stress | Failure of boiler pipes due to residual stresses | Best Researcher Award |
| Assoc Prof Dr | EDGAR | MOSQUERA | UNIVERSIDAD DEL VALLE | Colombia | Other | na | Excellence in Research |
| Mr | Mirsajjad | Mousavi | Delft University of Technology (TU Delft) | Netherlands | Microstructure-property relationships | Corrosion study of ENIG final finishing of PCBs | Young Scientist Award |
| Mr | Yahya Hoque | Mozumder | Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur, India | India | Microstructure-property relationships | Lightweight steel | Best Researcher Award |
| Dr | Seid Hussen | Muhie | Wollo University | Ethiopia | Other | Horticulture/Crop Physiology/Fertilizer | Best Researcher Award |
| Dr | Gunasekaran | Murali | Peter the Great St. Petersburg Polytechnic University | Russia | Other | impact strength and fracture toughness of two-stage fibrous concrete comprising nano carbon tubes | Best Researcher Award |
| Dr | Mujahid | Mustaqeem | National Taiwan University | Taiwan | Other | Advanced Materials | Best Researcher Award |
| Dr | Manjula | Muthurathinam | Sathyabama Institute of Science and Technology | India | Other | Computational Materials Science | Women Researcher Award |
| Dr | Jayaram | Muthusamy | University College of Engineering Villupuram | India | Microstructure-property relationships | Thermal Barrier Coating | Best Researcher Award |
| Dr | Srujan Manohar | MVN | Pondicherry Engineering College | India | Electron Beam Welding & Processing Friction Stir Welding | Micro-Friction Stir Welding | Best Researcher Award |
| Mr | Omkar | Mypati | IIT Kharagpur | India | Solid state welding | Molecular dynamics of friction stir welding | Best Researcher Award |
| Dr | LINGESHWARAN | N | KL UNIVERSITY | India | Other | Structural Engineering | Best Researcher Award |
| Dr | Janesh | N. Mohanan | National Institute of Technology, Calicut | India | Other | Techno-Economic feasibility study of Hybrid Energy systems- | Best Researcher Award |
| Ms | Mahak | Narang | Delhi Technical Campus | India | Other | Biomedical Signal Processing | Best Researcher Award |
| Dr | Robab | Naseri Ghalghachi | Urmia university | Iran | Including plastics and composites | Fiber reinforced polymer composite materials | Best Researcher Award |