| Prof | Gürel | ÇAM | Iskenderun Technical University | Turkey | Welding Processes | public university | Best Researcher Award |
| Dr | Arulmurugan | B | KPR Institute of Engineering and Technology | India | Welding Processes | Mechanical properties | Best Researcher Award |
| Prof Dr | Long | Wan | State Key Laboratory of Advanced Welding and Joining, Harbin Institute of Technology | China | Friction welding | friction stir welding | Best Researcher Award |
| Dr | Rahul | Kumar | Suresh Gyan Vihar University | India | Friction welding | Friction stir welding of cast aluminum alloy | Best Researcher Award |
| Dr | Uttam Kumar | Mohanty | NIT Sikkim | India | Advanced welding | AC Square Waveform Welding, Submerged Arc Welding, Electrical Discharge Machining | Young Scientist Award |
| Assist Prof Dr | Sripriyan | K | PSG College of Technology | India | Characterisation of heat sources | fusion welding | Best Researcher Award |
| Dr | Hong | Ma | Shandong University | China | Friction welding | Microstructure evolution and property relationship under extreme conditions | Young Scientist Award |
| Dr | Bo | Chen | Harbin Institute of Technology, Weihai | China | Welding automation Laser | Smart laser welding and additive manufacturing | Best Researcher Award |
| Dr | K.Anton Savio | Lewise | Karunya Institute of Technology & Sciences | India | Residual Stress | Welding | Best Researcher Award |
| Mr | Rajendra | Shimpi | PIEMR INDORE | India | Friction welding | Dissimilar Materials | Excellence in Research |
| Mr | Aqeel | Mohd | university of Hyderabad | India | Advanced welding | Laser and Laser-arc hybrid welding of superalloy | Best Research Award |
| Prof | Naima | FDIL | Marrakesh school of Medicine | Morocco | Other | Inborn Errors of metabolisme | Excellence in Research |
| Assist Prof Dr | Ahmed Ramadhan | Al-Obaidi | Mustansiriyah University | Iraq | Characterisation of heat sources | Heat Transfer Enhancement | Best Research Award |
| Mr | Jean Jalin | EYINGA BIWÖLE | University of Douala | Cameroon | Friction welding | Wood Welding Techology | Best Researcher Award |
| Dr | Suganeswaran | Kandasamy | Kongu Engineering College | India | Solid state welding | Friction stir process, surface composites and its characterization | Best Researcher Award |
| Dr | Saadat Ali | Rizvi | JMU | India | Solid state welding | Friction Stir Welding | Best Research Award |
| Dr | Shayan | Dehghan | Universiti Putra Malaysia | Malaysia | Solid state welding | Friction stir processing, Joining, FEM | Best Research Award |
| Dr | Mohamed | Aboelhassan | Higher Institute of Engineering and Technology King Marriott, Alexandria | Egypt | Other | numerical nonlinear spring model for the cyclic behavior of the monolithic and the precast bolted reinforced concrete beam-column connections | Best Research Award |
| Dr | Ankush | Sharma | Indian Institute of Technology Madras, Chennai | India | Other | Aerospace Engineering/Fiber metal laminates | Best Researcher Award |
| Mr | Omkar | Mypati | IIT Kharagpur | India | Solid state welding | Molecular dynamics of friction stir welding | Best Researcher Award |