| Assist Prof Dr | Muhammad | Rafique | University of Sahiwal | Pakistan | Simulation Sensing and Monitoring | sensing | Best Researcher Award |
| Dr | S.K | Rajappa | Karnatak Science College, Dharwad | India | Other | Corrosion inhibition studies | Best Faculty Award |
| Mr | Krishna | Raju | IIT Bombay, India | India | Microstructure-property relationships | Sheet Metal forming ( tailor weld blanks, tubes) | Excellence in Research |
| Prof Dr | Koteswararao V | Rajulapati | University of Hyderabad | India | Joining of advanced materials | Friction stir welding | Best Researcher Award |
| Dr | Gurumurthy | Ramaiah | Ethiopian Technical University | India | Other | Textile Technology | Best Researcher Award |
| Mr | NABA KUMAR | RANA | IIT Bhilai | India | Other | Fabrication of perovskite solar cell | Best Researcher Award |
| Assist Prof Dr | Eaftekhar Ahmed | Rana | Chattogram Veterinary and Animal Sciences University | Bangladesh | Other | Veterinary Microbiology | Excellence in Research |
| Mr | Yahya | Ranjbar | Solico Group | Iran | Other | Pricing in supply chain management | Best Researcher Award |
| Mr | Kanawat | Ratanapongpien | King Mongkut's University of Technology Thonburi | Thailand | Residual Stress | Suface modification | Best Researcher Award |
| Prof Dr | Kazem | Reza Kashyzadeh | Department of Transport, Academy of Engineering, Peoples' Friendship University of Russia (RUDN) | Russia | Other | Fatigue and Fracture | Best Researcher Award |
| Prof | Mohammad Ali | Rezvani | Department of chemistry/Zanjan university | Iran | Other | Nanocatalyst/inorganich chemistry/chemistry | Best Researcher Award |
| Prof | Jonas | Ringsberg | Chalmers University of Technology | Sweden | Residual Stress | Ultimate strength of structures | Best Researcher Award |
| Dr | Saadat Ali | Rizvi | JMU | India | Solid state welding | Friction Stir Welding | Best Research Award |
| Dr | Elizabeth Teresita | Romero Guzmán | National Institute of Nuclear Research | Mexico | Evaluation | Analytical Chemistry; Environmental radiochemistry | Women Researcher Award |
| Prof Dr | Antonio | Romero-Serrano | National Polytechnic Institute | Mexico | Mathematical modelling of transport phenomena | Metallurgy slags | Best Researcher Award |
| Dr | Gilberto | Rosales Marín | Universidad Autónoma de San Luis Potosí | Mexico | Mathematical modelling of transport phenomena | Minería y Metalurgia | Best Researcher Award |
| Dr | Mahboubeh | Rostami | Isfahan University of Mecical Sciences | Iran | Other | novel anti-cancer agents | Best Researcher Award |
| Dr | Edina | Rusen | University Politehnica Bucharest | Romania | Other | Polymers | Welding Technology Innovation Award |
| Mr | Vinoth | S | KPR Institute of Engineering and Technology | India | Other | CFST Columns | Best Researcher Award |
| Mr | Lakshmana Kumar | S | Sona College of Technology | India | Friction welding | Composite materials | Best Researcher Award |