| Dr | Bende | Luo | South China University of Technology | China | Control and automation | Legged Robot | Best Researcher Award |
| Prof Dr | Zhong | Hu | South Dakota State University | United States | Residual Stress | Pressure Vessel and Piping/Material Constitutive Model/Computer Modeling | Best Researcher Award |
| Assoc Prof Dr | Zhiqiang | Dong | Southeast University | China | Welding Processes | Civil engineering | Best Researcher Award |
| Prof | Wenjian | Wang | Southwest Jiaotong University | China | Joining of advanced materials | Contact fatigue and control of wheel-rail system | Best Researcher Award |
| Mr | Kaviyarasan | K | Sri Krishna College of Engineering and Technology, Coimbatore | India | Microstructure-property relationships | GTAW | Best Researcher Award |
| Mr | Sivaraman | Parthasarathi | Sri Krishna College of Technology | India | Friction welding | Welding | Best Researcher Award |
| Dr | Penchal Reddy | Matli | Sri Krishnadevara University | India | Microstructure-property relationships | Light weight technology | Best Researcher Award |
| Mr | PONSHANMUGAKUMAR | A | Sri Sai Ram Institute of Technology | India | Welding Processes | Composite Metal Joining | Best Scholar Award |
| Mrs | VALARMATHI | G | Sri Sairam Institute of Technology | India | Neural network applications | Deep learning | Best Researcher Award |
| Mr | Sundar Singh | Sivam S.P | SRM Institute of Science and Technology | India | Other | Engineering optimization, welding, metal forming | Best Researcher Award |
| Dr | Anitha Kumari | Sivathanu | SRM Institute of Science and Technology | India | Control and automation | Heat Exchanger | Women Researcher Award |
| Dr | Joselin Retna Kumar | | SRM Institute of Science and Technology | India | Control and automation | Process Control | Best Researcher Award |
| Prof Dr | SATYA SAI | SRIKANT | SRM INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY; DELHI NCR CAMPUS; MODINAGAR | India | Characterisation of heat sources | ADVANCE MATERIAL TECHNOLOGY WITH MICRAOWAVE TECHNOLOGY | Excellence in Research |
| Dr | RAJESH | AGARWAL | SRMIST CHENNAI | India | Other | MICROELECTRONICS | Best Researcher Award |
| Mr | Dinesh | Lohar | SSBT COE Jalgaon | India | Other | Polymer PLA based Bio Composites | Best Researcher Award |
| Assist Prof Dr | SAM | JOHN | ST. BERCHMANS COLLEGE | India | Other | corrosion inhibition | Best Researcher Award |
| Dr | Alphonsa | Helina | St. Joseph's College | India | Joining of advanced materials | Nanomaterials | Best Researcher Award |
| Mr | Takele | Demie | St. Paul's Hospital Millennium Medical College, Ad | Ethiopia | Other | Public Health | Best Researcher Award |
| Mrs | Jasmi | K K | St. Thomas' College, University of Calicut, Thrissur | India | Other | Material Science | Women Researcher Award |
| Dr | CHRISPIN | DAS | ST.JOSEPH'S INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY | India | Joining of advanced materials | COMPOSITES | Best Faculty Award |