| Mr | VINEET | KUMAR | IIT (BHU) Varanasi | India | Microstructure-property relationships | Waste utilization | Best Researcher Award |
| Prof | Azeem | Pasha | KNSIT INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY | India | Microstructure-property relationships | Functionally graded materials | Best Researcher Award |
| Dr | Achyut | Trivedi | Ganpat University | India | Advanced welding | Additive Manufacturing | Best Researcher Award |
| Dr | DEVI | RADHIKA | FET, JAIN DEEMED-TO-BE UNIVERSITY | India | Other | Fabrication and performance of Nano-composites | Best Researcher Award |
| Dr | RAJESH | AGARWAL | SRMIST CHENNAI | India | Other | MICROELECTRONICS | Best Researcher Award |
| Dr | SUBHADIP | NEOGI | CSIR-CSMCRI | India | Other | Inorganic Chemistry | Best Researcher Award |
| Dr | Anindita | Chatterjee | Raghu engineering College | India | Microstructure-property relationships | nano composites | Best Researcher Award |
| Ms | TANMAI SAI GEETHA | CHALLA | Otto-von-guericke university | Germany | Other | Manufacturing | Best Researcher Award |
| Mr | Sundar Singh | Sivam S.P | SRM Institute of Science and Technology | India | Other | Engineering optimization, welding, metal forming | Best Researcher Award |
| Mr | Prasanta | Majumder | National Institute of Technology Mizoram, India | India | Characterisation of heat sources | Welding Processes | Best Researcher Award |
| Mr | Suresh Kumar | Telagathoti | NIT-Andhra Pradesh | India | Microstructure-property relationships | Mechanical behaviour of Weld joints under Thermal-Mechanical Loading | Best Researcher Award |
| Dr | Pratap | Sonawane | MCOERC Nasik,Maharashtra | India | Other | Manufacturing | Best Researcher Award |
| Dr | Pitchipoo | Pandian | PSR Engineering College | India | Welding processes | Welding Parameter Optimization | Best Researcher Award |
| Dr | PADMAVATHY | SENTHIL | M KUMARASAMY COLLEGE OF ENGINEERING | India | Simulation Sensing and Monitoring | CompositeWire EDMSoft computing | Best Researcher Award |
| Mr | Marichamy | M | Thiagarajar College of Engineering | India | Welding processes | Mechanical Engineering | Best Researcher Award |
| Mr | Ramamurthy | M | Academy of Maritime Education and Training | India | Welding Processes | Optimization | Best Researcher Award |
| Dr | Umar Mohamed | Jamaludeen | College of Engineering, Guindy, Anna University, Chennai | India | Microstructure-property relationships | Post Weld Heat Treatment | Best Researcher Award |
| Mr | Madhusudan | Manjunath | Dayananda Sagar College of Engineering | India | Solid state welding | Friction Stir Welding | Best Researcher Award |
| Dr | Kulwant | Singh | Chandigarh University, Mohali | India | Solid state welding | Post Welding Heat Treatment | Best Researcher Award |
| Dr | Alphonsa | Helina | St. Joseph's College | India | Joining of advanced materials | Nanomaterials | Best Researcher Award |