| Mr | Aqeel | Mohd | university of Hyderabad | India | Advanced welding | Laser and Laser-arc hybrid welding of superalloy | Best Research Award |
| Dr | Uttam Kumar | Mohanty | NIT Sikkim | India | Advanced welding | AC Square Waveform Welding, Submerged Arc Welding, Electrical Discharge Machining | Young Scientist Award |
| Dr | Devinder | Yadav | Indian Institute of Technology Patna | India | Advanced welding | Friction surfacing | Best Researcher Award |
| Dr | Achyut | Trivedi | Ganpat University | India | Advanced welding | Additive Manufacturing | Best Researcher Award |
| Mr | Samuel | Tilahun | Dilla University | Ethiopia | Advanced welding | Fracture Mechanics | Best Researcher Award |
| Dr | Sameer | Sharma | Maharishi Markandeshwar | India | Advanced welding | Composite, Industrial Engineering, Automobile and Hybrid Vehicles | Best Faculty Award |
| Dr | Kun | Liu | Jiangsu University of Science and Technology | China | Advanced welding | Diffusion bonding | Best Researcher Award |
| Dr | Rudresha | Savandaiah | JSS Academy of Technical Education Noida, India | India | Advanced welding | Thermal Power Engineering | Young Scientist Award |
| Dr | NEHA | BHADAURIA | KIET Group of Institutions | India | Advanced welding | Surfacing of Al Alloys | Women Researcher Award |
| Prof Dr | Ezequiel | Pessoa | LeTourneau University | United States | Advanced welding | soldagem subaquática | Best Researcher Award |
| Prof | Songbai | Xue | Nanjing University of Aeronautics and Astronautics | China | Advanced welding | soldering and brazing | Best Researcher Award |
| Mr | Shah Samir | | Gujarat technological university | India | Advanced welding | Ultrasonic metal welding | Best Researcher Award |
| Assoc Prof Dr | Ram Sevak | Singh | OP Jindal University, Raigarh, Chhattisgarh, India | India | Advanced welding | Graphene coating on metal and steels | Best Researcher Award |
| Mr | Fasil | Tesfaye | Mizan Tepi University | Ethiopia | Advanced welding | Manufacturing Enginee | Young Scientist Award |
| Prof | Milton Sergio | Fernandes de Lima | Instituto de Estudos Avancados | Brazil | Advanced welding | Lasers | Lifetime Achievement Award |
| Dr | Shengbin | Zhao | Soochow University | China | Advanced welding | laser welding and additive manufacturing | Best Researcher Award |
| Mr | Geleta | Gobena | Wollega University | Ethiopia | Agricultural and Biological Sciences | Animal Science | Best Research Award |
| Mr | Behrouz | Bagheri | Amirkabir University of Technology | Iran | Brazing | microstructure and themomechanical analysis | Best Researcher Award |
| Mr | Farzad | Habibi | Sahand university of Technology | Iran | Brazing | phase transformations | Best Researcher Award |
| Dr | Farzad | Habibi | Sahand University of Technology | Iran | Brazing | Carbide to steel joining | Best Paper Award |