| Prof | Shashikala | A | Acharya Institute of Technology | India | Friction welding | Smart Materials | Best Researcher Award |
| Dr | PAKKIRAPPA | H | ACHARYA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY | India | Friction welding | Smart Materials | Best Innovation Award |
| Mrs | ABIRAMI | S B P | Thiagarajar College of Engineering | India | Other | Smart Materials | Best Researcher Award |
| Dr | Bo | Chen | Harbin Institute of Technology, Weihai | China | Welding automation Laser | Smart laser welding and additive manufacturing | Best Researcher Award |
| Dr | Nagamadhu | M | BMS Institute of Technology and Management | India | Evaluation | Sintering Technology | Best Researcher Award |
| Mr | Lohit | Malik | Princeton University | United States | Simulation Sensing and Monitoring | Simulations studies of aerodynamics of the surface of combat airplane for improved performance | Best Researcher Award |
| Mr | Neeraj | Jain | Swami Keshvanand Institute of Technology, Management & Gramothan (SKIT) | India | Other | Simulation Study of thin film transistor (Influence of high-k dielectric material on the electrical performance of a-IGZO Thin Film Transistor) | Best Researcher Award |
| Assist Prof Dr | Dilip | Jose | Periyar Maniyammai University | India | Other | Simulation of Natural convective heat transfer in parabolic glow past in the presence of Rotation | Best Researcher Award |
| Assoc Prof Dr | Francisco | Novoa Muñoz | Universidad del Bío-Bío | Chile | Mathematical modelling of transport phenomena | simulación | Best Researcher Award |
| Mr | Mayank | Jariya | CDAC, Mohali | India | Neural network applications | Silicon defect pattern recognition | Best Researcher Award |
| Mr | Torikul | Islam | New Jersey Institute of Technology | United States | Neural network applications | Signal Processing, EEG | Best Researcher Award |
| Assoc Prof Dr | Hatem | Khater | Horus university | Egypt | Neural network applications | Signal processing and AI | Best Researcher Award |
| Dr | T.Thaj Mary | Delsy | Sathyabama Institute of Science and Technology | India | Neural network applications | Signal Processing | Women Researcher Award |
| Mr | Krishna | Raju | IIT Bombay, India | India | Microstructure-property relationships | Sheet Metal forming ( tailor weld blanks, tubes) | Excellence in Research |
| Prof | Alexandre de Macêdo | Wahrhaftig | Federal University of Bahia (UFBa) | Brazil | Modeling Welding Strength | Shear stress, Analytical Solution, Computational Modelling | Best Researcher Award |
| Assist Prof Dr | Muhammad | Rafique | University of Sahiwal | Pakistan | Simulation Sensing and Monitoring | sensing | Best Researcher Award |
| Ms | PANDI DIVYA | PORKAI PANDI | NATIONAL CHENG KUNG UNIVERSITY | Taiwan | Other | SEMICONDUCTOR | Best Researcher Award |
| Dr | Zhanpeng | Du | Jiangsu University | China | Joining of advanced materials | Self-piercing riveting | Best Researcher Award |
| Assoc Prof Dr | Prashant | Sarswat | University of Utah | United States | Other | selective laser melting | Best Researcher Award |
| Mr | S VIVEKANANDA | SHARMA | KARUNYA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY AND SCIENCES | India | Other | SEISMIC RESISTANT STRUCTURES | Best Researcher Award |