| Dr | Paulo | Machado | Federal University of Pará | Brazil | Microstructure-property relationships | Tribology/Abrasion/Mining Industry | Best Researcher Award |
| Prof | Neelesh Kumar | Jain | Indian Institute of Technology Indore | India | Other | Metal Additive Manufacturing using Micro-plasma transferred arc | Best Researcher Award |
| Dr | Ramesh Kumar | R | Vel Tech Rangarajan Dr.Sagunthala R&D Institute of Science and Technology | India | Friction welding | Friction Welding | Best Researcher Award |
| Dr | Manjula | Muthurathinam | Sathyabama Institute of Science and Technology | India | Other | Computational Materials Science | Women Researcher Award |
| Mr | Hossein | Moghanni Alghalandis | Amirkabir University of Technology (Tehran Polytechnic) | Iran | Welding Processes | Effects of process parameters on microstructure and mechanical properties of Al0.5CoCrFeNi high entropy alloy thin sheets using pinless friction stir welding | Best Researcher Award |
| Assoc Prof Dr | Akbar | Heidarzadeh | Azarbaijan Shahid Madani University | Iran | Solid state welding | Friction Stir Welding (FSW) | Best Researcher Award |
| Dr | Saeed | Asadi | Sahand University of technology | Iran | Phase transformations in weldments | Microstructural evolution in the heat-affected zone of laser-welded superelastic NiTi alloy wire | Best Researcher Award |
| Dr | Yury | Korobov | M.N. Mikheev Institute of Metal Physics of the Ural Branch of the Russian Academy of Sciences | Russia | Phase transformations in weldments | Welding materials of metastable austenite structure | Best Researcher Award |
| Mr | C | Anil Kumar Reddy | Vardhaman College of Engineering | India | Other | Material Characterization | Best Researcher Award |
| Dr | JOHN | PRAKASH | Central University of Tamil Nadu | India | Simulation Sensing and Monitoring | Heavy Metal Ion Sensing | Best Researcher Award |
| Dr | Jun | Hao | Northeastern University | China | Other | Metallurgical engineering | 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 |
| Assist Prof Dr | Zhuo | Chen | Department of Chemical Engineering, Tsinghua University, China | China | Mathematical modelling of transport phenomena | Multiphase flow and mass transfer | Best Researcher Award |
| Dr | Suman | Sharma | SKIT Jaipur | India | Mathematical modelling of transport phenomena | Power System | Best Researcher Award |
| Prof | Mahmood | Hosseini Aliabadi | Islamic azad university , central Tehran Branch | Iran | Evaluation | reconfiguration | Best Researcher Award |
| Mr | Wasiq | Ullah | COMSATS University Islamabad - Abbottabad Campus | Pakistan | Other | Electric Machine Design | Best Researcher Award |
| Dr | Subir | Datta | Mizoram University | India | Other | Electrical Engineering | Best Researcher Award |
| Prof Dr | Rita | John | University of Madras | India | Modeling Welding Strength | Condensed Matter Physics | Best Researcher Award |
| Dr | LINGESHWARAN | N | KL UNIVERSITY | India | Other | Structural Engineering | Best Researcher Award |
| Mr | Vageshwar B | | National Institute of Technology, Trichy | India | Other | Energy Harvesting Technique | Best Researcher Award |