| Prof | Jianzhong | Li | Northeastern University | China | Other | Weilding resource recycling | Best Researcher Award |
| Mrs | Letícia | Costa | Federal University of Rio Grande do Sul | Brazil | Other | watertreatment | Best Researcher Award |
| Dr | chao | huang | City University of Hong Kong | Hong Kong | Joining of advanced materials | water splitting, supercapacitor, battery | Best Researcher Award |
| Prof | Antonella | Gervasini | Università degli Studi di Milano | Italy | Other | Water remediation | Best Researcher Award |
| Assist Prof Dr | Kenatu | Angassa | Addis Ababa Science and Technology | Ethiopia | Other | Water and wastewater Engineering | Best Researcher Award |
| Mr | VINEET | KUMAR | IIT (BHU) Varanasi | India | Microstructure-property relationships | Waste utilization | Best Researcher Award |
| Dr | JOTHILINGAM | M | ICCW IITM Chennai | India | Evaluation | Waste to wealth | Best Researcher Award |
| Prof | MOHAN | A | EASWARI ENGINEERING COLLEGE | India | Characterisation of heat sources | waste management from Industries | Best Researcher Award |
| Mrs | B K L ARUNA | VISWANADHAM | V R Siddhartha Engineering College | India | Other | VLSI Signal Processing | Women Researcher Award |
| Mrs | Archana | Jain | Swami Keshvanand Institute of Technology, Management & Gramothan | India | Simulation Sensing and Monitoring | VLSI Design | Best Researcher Award |
| Assist Prof Dr | afreen | khursheed | IIIT BHOPAL | India | Other | vlsi and nanotechnology | Women Researcher Award |
| Assist Prof Dr | Ming-Hsien | Chiang | mProbe | Taiwan | Evaluation | Virtual Reality | Best Researcher Award |
| Dr | Bovas Herbert Bejaxhin | A | Saveetha School of Engineering, SIMATS, Chennai | India | Other | Vibration Analysis, Coatings, Surface Analysis in machining, EDM | Outstanding Scientist Award |
| Assist Prof Dr | Eaftekhar Ahmed | Rana | Chattogram Veterinary and Animal Sciences University | Bangladesh | Other | Veterinary Microbiology | Excellence in Research |
| Dr | Liming | Liu | Huazhong University of Science and Technology | China | Microstructure-property relationships | vacuum arc | Best Researcher Award |
| Mr | Anubhav | Chatterjee | Indian Institute of Engineering Science and Technology, Shibpur | India | Other | Urban Water Sustainability | Best Researcher Award |
| Mr | Uttam | Singh | Indian Institute of Technology Mandi | India | Other | Urban Studies | Best Researcher Award |
| Prof Dr | Mehrdad | Aghaie-Khafri | KN Toosi University of Technology | Iran | Residual Stress | Ultrasonic Treatment | Best Researcher Award |
| Mr | Shah Samir | | Gujarat technological university | India | Advanced welding | Ultrasonic metal welding | Best Researcher Award |
| Assist Prof Dr | Mohammad | Baraheni | Arak university of technology | Iran | Including plastics and composites | Ultrasonic assisted machining composites | Best Researcher Award |