| Mr | PONSHANMUGAKUMAR | A | Sri Sai Ram Institute of Technology | India | Welding Processes | Composite Metal Joining | Best Scholar Award |
| Assoc Prof Dr | Yong | Xiao | Wuhan University of Technology | China | Welding Processes | Low-temperature soldering | Best Researcher Award |
| Dr | DEVANATHAN | C | RAJALAKSHMI ENGINEERIG COLLEGE | India | Welding Processes | Friction stir welding | Best Faculty Award |
| Prof Dr | Satish | Pardeshi | Savitribai Phule Pune University, India | India | Welding Processes | Second harmonic generation | Best Researcher Award |
| Assoc Prof Dr | Anamaria | Feier | Polytechnical Uni. of Timisoara (Romania) | Romania | Welding Processes | Deflection and precambering | Women Researcher Award |
| Dr | Nanang | Fatchurrohman | Universitas Putra Indonesia YPTK Padang | Indonesia | Welding processes | Welding technology | Best Researcher Award |
| Dr | Bhanudas | Bachchhav | All India Shri Shivaji Memorial Society's College Of Engineering, Pune | India | Welding Processes | Tribology, Material Characterization | Excellence in Research |
| Dr | Vipin | Tandon | Manipal Academy of Higher Education, Manipal | India | Welding Processes | Dissimilar Welding | Best Researcher Award |
| Assist Prof Dr | Mojtaba | Esmailzadeh | Persian Gulf university | Iran | Welding Processes | welding | Best Researcher Award |
| Assoc Prof Dr | Zhiqiang | Dong | Southeast University | China | Welding Processes | Civil engineering | Best Researcher Award |
| Dr | Ravi | Prasad | JK Lakshmipat University Jaipur | India | Welding Processes | Friction Stir Welding | 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 |
| Prof Dr | Jagdhar | Mandal | T.M.B.U. Bhagalpur | India | Welding Processes | Condensed Matter/ Alloys | Best Researcher Award |
| Dr | Sanjeev | Kumar | Subharti Institute of Technology and Engineering | India | Welding Processes | Friction Stir Welding | Best Researcher Award |
| Mr | Khubaib | Ghumman | national university of sciences and technology NUST, islamabad, pakistan | Pakistan | Welding processes | TIG welding | Best Researcher Award |
| Dr | Sajjad | Barzegar-Mohammadi | Iran University of Science and Technology | Iran | Welding Processes | effect of treatment techniques on fatigue life | Best Researcher Award |
| Prof Dr | Yu-Lung | Lo | National Cheng Kung University | Taiwan | Welding Processes | Laser Machining/Additive manufacturing / Experimental Mechanics/ Optical Methodology | Best Researcher Award |
| Mr | Paulo Henrique | Dornelas | NOVA School of Science and Technology | Portugal | Welding Processes | Relação microestrutura - propriedades | Best Researcher Award |
| Dr | Shivinder | Singh | Mohan Dairy Products | India | Welding Processes | Microwave Welding | Best Researcher Award |
| Mrs | Sandra | Chacón-Fernández | Universidad Politécnica de Madrid | Spain | Welding Processes | Soldadura GMAW en DSS | Best Researcher Award |