| Mr | Outhmane | Siar | ArcelorMittal R&D | France | Welding Processes | Resistance Spot Welding | Best Researcher Award |
| Dr | Maria | Contin | Centro de Quimica Biológica, Facultad de Ciencias Químicas CIQUBIC-CONICET UNC | Argentina | Visual | Retina | Women Researcher Award |
| Mr | Kunal | Singh | Maharaja Agrasen University | India | Control and automation | Robotics | Best Researcher Award |
| Assist Prof Dr | Biyun | Xie | University of Kentucky | United States | Control and automation | robotics | Best Researcher Award |
| Assist Prof Dr | Jagjeet | Chatha | Department of Mechanical Engineering, Punjabi University, Patiala | India | Friction welding | Rotary Friction Welding | Best Researcher Award |
| Dr | Maria | Olivares | Universidad del Desarrollo | Chile | Joining of advanced materials | Salud | Women Researcher Award |
| Dr | Abdulla | Al Darayseh | Emirates college for advanced Education | United Arab Emirates | Other | Science Education | Best Researcher Award |
| Prof Dr | Satish | Pardeshi | Savitribai Phule Pune University, India | India | Welding Processes | Second harmonic generation | Best Researcher Award |
| Mr | S VIVEKANANDA | SHARMA | KARUNYA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY AND SCIENCES | India | Other | SEISMIC RESISTANT STRUCTURES | Best Researcher Award |
| Assoc Prof Dr | Prashant | Sarswat | University of Utah | United States | Other | selective laser melting | Best Researcher Award |
| Dr | Zhanpeng | Du | Jiangsu University | China | Joining of advanced materials | Self-piercing riveting | Best Researcher Award |
| Ms | PANDI DIVYA | PORKAI PANDI | NATIONAL CHENG KUNG UNIVERSITY | Taiwan | Other | SEMICONDUCTOR | Best Researcher Award |
| Assist Prof Dr | Muhammad | Rafique | University of Sahiwal | Pakistan | Simulation Sensing and Monitoring | sensing | Best Researcher Award |
| Prof | Alexandre de Macêdo | Wahrhaftig | Federal University of Bahia (UFBa) | Brazil | Modeling Welding Strength | Shear stress, Analytical Solution, Computational Modelling | Best Researcher Award |
| Mr | Krishna | Raju | IIT Bombay, India | India | Microstructure-property relationships | Sheet Metal forming ( tailor weld blanks, tubes) | Excellence in Research |
| Dr | T.Thaj Mary | Delsy | Sathyabama Institute of Science and Technology | India | Neural network applications | Signal Processing | Women Researcher Award |
| Assoc Prof Dr | Hatem | Khater | Horus university | Egypt | Neural network applications | Signal processing and AI | Best Researcher Award |
| Mr | Torikul | Islam | New Jersey Institute of Technology | United States | Neural network applications | Signal Processing, EEG | Best Researcher Award |
| Mr | Mayank | Jariya | CDAC, Mohali | India | Neural network applications | Silicon defect pattern recognition | Best Researcher Award |
| Assoc Prof Dr | Francisco | Novoa Muñoz | Universidad del Bío-Bío | Chile | Mathematical modelling of transport phenomena | simulación | Best Researcher Award |