| Assoc Prof Dr | Hitesh | Arora | Lovely Professional university | India | Residual Stress | Welding defects in oil and petroleum gas industries | Top Researcher Award |
| Mr | Raj Jawahar | R | Dynamech Design Solution | India | Friction welding | Welding design & Characterization | Young Scientist Award |
| Assoc Prof Dr | Dan | Birsan | Dunarea de Jos University of Galati | Romania | Modeling Welding Strength | welding FEA | welding Excellence Award |
| Dr | Yury | Korobov | M.N. Mikheev Institute of Metal Physics of the Ural Branch of the Russian Academy of Sciences | Russia | Phase transformations in weldments | Welding materials of metastable austenite structure | Best Researcher Award |
| Dr | yanyun | Zhang | Northeastern University | China | Joining of advanced materials | Welding Metallurgy | Best Researcher Award |
| Dr | Avishkar | Bhoskar | SVNIT, Surat | India | Microstructure-property relationships | Welding Metallurgy | Best Researcher Award |
| Assist Prof Dr | Rouholah | Ashiri | Iran University of Science and Technology | Iran | Microstructure-property relationships | Welding Metallurgy | Best Researcher Award |
| Dr | Zhaoyang | Yan | Beijing University of Technology | China | Welding Processes | Welding method / Wire and Arc additive manufacturing | Young Scientist Award |
| Dr | Pitchipoo | Pandian | PSR Engineering College | India | Welding processes | Welding Parameter Optimization | Best Researcher Award |
| Mr | Prasanta | Majumder | National Institute of Technology Mizoram, India | India | Characterisation of heat sources | Welding Processes | Best Researcher Award |
| Assoc Prof Dr | YOUPENG | ZHANG | Fudan Univeristy | China | Welding processes | Welding processes | Best Scholar Award |
| Dr | Nanang | Fatchurrohman | Universitas Putra Indonesia YPTK Padang | Indonesia | Welding processes | Welding technology | Best Researcher Award |
| Mr | Khizar | Abbas | China University of Geosciences | Pakistan | Neural network applications | Welding Technology | Best Researcher Award |
| Assoc Prof Dr | Mahmood | Sharifitabar | University of Sistan and Baluchestan | Iran | Welding processes | Welding technology | Best Researcher Award |
| Dr | Dheeraj | Jaiswal | IIT BHU, Varanasi | India | Welding processes | WELDING TECHNOLOGY | Best Researcher Award |
| Mrs | abhilasha | singh | BITS Pilani Dubai Campus | United Arab Emirates | Neural network applications | welding technology | Best Researcher Award |
| Dr | DHANA LAKSHMI | B | VIGNANS INSTITUTE OF INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY | India | Welding Processes | Welding Technology | Best Researcher Award |
| Mr | Daraje | Gurmessa | Jimma University | Ethiopia | Other | Welding technology | Best Paper Award |
| Dr | Amin | Ebrahimi | Delft University of Technology | Netherlands | Mathematical modelling of transport phenomena | Welding Technology/Computational modelling of laser melting | Best Researcher Award |
| Mr | Binega | Derebe | Injibara University | Ethiopia | Other | Wildlife, Ecotourism, and Forestry | Best Researcher Award |