| Mr | Mohammad | Bazvand | Technosharif (Sharif university of technology) | Iran | Other | Gas hydrate | Best Researcher Award |
| Mr | Nikhil | Sharma | Thapar Institute of Engineering & Technologies | India | Evaluation | Corrosion monitoring, evaluation of epoxy coatings using destructive and Non-destructive methods. | Best Researcher Award |
| Dr | PREM | SAGAR | The Technological Institute of Textile and Sciences | India | Friction welding | HYBRID NANOCOMPOSTE MATERIALS/FRICTION STIR PROCESSING | Best Researcher Award |
| Dr | Raveen | John | The University of Auckland | New Zealand | Microstructure-property relationships | Processing of composite materials | Best Researcher Award |
| Dr | Achille Ecladore | Tchahou Tchendjeu | The University of Bamenda | Cameroon | Control and automation | embedded systems | Best Researcher Award |
| Mr | Marichamy | M | Thiagarajar College of Engineering | India | Welding processes | Mechanical Engineering | Best Researcher Award |
| Mrs | ABIRAMI | S B P | Thiagarajar College of Engineering | India | Other | Smart Materials | Best Researcher Award |
| Dr | Sivakumar | Subiramani | Thiruvalluvar Government Arts College | India | Residual Stress | Plant stress tolerance | Best Researcher Award |
| Assoc Prof Dr | Sansan | Ao | Tianjin University | China | Welding Processes | Effect of heat source parameters on weld formation and defects of oscillating laser-TIG hybrid welding in horizontal position | Best Researcher Award |
| Prof | Yoshio | Utaka | Tianjin University | China | Weld pool solidification | Heat transfer | Best Researcher Award |
| Dr | Li | Liu | Tianjin University | China | Evaluation | Two-sided matching modeling | Women Researcher Award |
| Mr | Zhiyong | Mao | Tianjin university of technology | China | Joining of advanced materials | Energy storage and devices. | Best Innovation Award |
| Prof Dr | Abderrahim | Benmoussat | Tlemcen University Algeria | Algeria | Control and automation | Materials Properties | Excellence in Research |
| Mr | Abdul | Ahad | Tokyo Metropolitan University. | Japan | Solid state welding | Condensed Matter Physics | Best Researcher Award |
| Dr | Ahmed | Elfadadny | Tokyo University of Agriculture and Technology | Japan | Other | Cancer therapy | Best Researcher Award |
| Dr | Takahiro | Yamazaki | Tokyo university of science | Japan | Welding Processes | corrosion | Best Researcher Award |
| Prof Dr | Takashiro | Akitsu | Tokyo University of Science | Japan | Neural network applications | Chemistry | Best Researcher Award |
| Dr | Nikita | Martyushev | Tomsk Polytechnic University | Russia | Process Electrical Resistance Welding Electronic Packaging and Reliability Nano | Electric contact welding of rails | Best Researcher Award |
| Dr | Sudesh | Singh | Tsinghua University | China | Including plastics and composites | Composites | Best Researcher Award |
| Ms | SOUNDARYA | T L | Tumkur University | India | Soldering Surface Modification Inspection | Electrochemical sensing | Best Researcher Award |