| Dr | Fadzidah | Mohd Idris | Universiti Sains Islam Malaysia | Malaysia | Other | Nanotechnology, Advanced Materials, Polymer composites materials | Best Researcher Award |
| Dr | Sikiru Adepoju | Mohammed | Nigerian Defence Academy | Nigeria | Evaluation | Tribology and Corrosion | Best Researcher Award |
| Dr | Chanakyan | Chandrasekaran | R.V.S. College of Engineering and Technology, Coimbatore, Tamil Nadu, India | India | Electron Beam Welding & Processing Friction Stir Welding | Friction Stir Processing, Friction Stir Welding, Composites | Best Researcher Award |
| Dr | Kun | Liu | Jiangsu University of Science and Technology | China | Advanced welding | Diffusion bonding | Best Researcher Award |
| Dr | Ravi | Prasad | JK Lakshmipat University Jaipur | India | Welding Processes | Friction Stir Welding | Best Researcher Award |
| Dr | Chenwei | Shao | Institute of Metal Research, Chinese Academy of Sciences | China | Microstructure-property relationships | Fatigue and Fracture | Young Scientist Award |
| Dr | Zhanpeng | Du | Jiangsu University | China | Joining of advanced materials | Self-piercing riveting | Best Researcher Award |
| Dr | Farida Ashraf | Ali | Sikhsha 'O' Anusandhan University | India | Other | Material characterization & sensing property | Women Researcher Award |
| Dr | Miao | Yu | Nanjing University | China | Other | Microfluid cooling | Best Researcher Award |
| Dr | Fiddy Semba | Prasetiya | National Research and Innovation Agency Republic of Indonesia (BRIN) | Indonesia | Other | drug discovery | Best Researcher Award |
| Dr | Mayuri | Baruah | National Institute of Technology Jamshedpur | India | Welding Processes | Laser Welding, FSW, Plasma Welding, Simulation of welding | Best Researcher Award |
| Dr | Tapano Kumar | Hotta | Vellore Institute of Technology | India | Other | Heat Transfer/Electronic Cooling | Best Researcher Award |
| Dr | Ragupathi | Masilamani | IITM Chennai | India | Phase transformations in weldments | Tubular Joint | Best Researcher Award |
| Dr | Sanjeev | Kumar | Subharti Institute of Technology and Engineering | India | Welding Processes | Friction Stir Welding | Best Researcher Award |
| Dr | Zhang | Long | Chongqing University of Science and Technology | China | Microstructure-property relationships | Mechanics | Best Researcher Award |
| Dr | Manjusha | Battabyal | International Advanced Research Centre for Powder Metallurgy and New Materials (ARCI), India | India | Microjoining Process Diffusion Bonding | Thermoelectric device, contact resistance, device efficiency, transport properties, electron microscopy, Raman spectroscopy | Best Researcher Award |
| Dr | Rudresha | Savandaiah | JSS Academy of Technical Education Noida, India | India | Advanced welding | Thermal Power Engineering | Young Scientist Award |
| Dr | Hudan | Tang | Henan Polytechnical University | China | Microstructure-property relationships | Damage propagation and microstructure geometry/ Mechanical and mathematical models/ Stability analysis | Best Researcher Award |
| Dr | Tong | Qiu | Shenzhen University | China | Evaluation | Mechanical properties evaluation of welded assembled joints | Best Researcher Award |
| Dr | Khalid | Masoodi | SKUAST-Kashmir | India | Other | Biotechnology | Best Innovation Award |