| Dr | Prashant | Kumar | PDPM Indian Institute of Information Technology, Design and Manufacturing Jabalpur | India | | Additive Manufacturing | Best Researcher Award | |
| Assist Prof. Dr. | Nor Yuziah | Mohd Yunus | UNIVERSITI TEKNOLOGI MARA | Malaysia | Polymer-Matrix composites | Natural fiber composite | Best Researcher Award | |
| Dr | Amresh | Kumar | Chandigarh Engineering Collège | India | | Machining of MMC | Best Researcher Award | |
| Assoc Prof Dr | Mohammad Talha | | Indian Institute of Technology Mandi | India | | Functionally graded materials and structures, Computational solid mechanics, Nonlinear dynamics | Best Researcher Award | |
| Mr | Shyam | Rangrej | SVNIT | India | | Processing and characterization of MMCs | Best Researcher Award | |
| Dr | Jianglin | Li | Guangdong University of Technology | China | | Durability of composites | Best Researcher Award | |
| Prof. | Recep | Ekici | Erciyes University | Turkey | Metal-Matrix Composites | Low-velocity impact, Dynamic behavior, Repeated impact, Powder metallurgy | Best Researcher Award | |
| Mr | Subramani | N | Karpagam College of Engineering | India | | Materials and Metallurgy | Best Researcher Award | |
| Mr | Nand Jee | Kanu | JSPM Narhe Technical Campus, Pune | India | | Fabrication and characterization | Best Researcher Award | |
| Dr | Bikram Jit | Singh | Maharishi Markandeshwar Deemed to be University, Mullana | India | | Industrial Quality and Manaufacturing Engineering | Best Researcher Award | |
| Dr | Ritwik | Basu | Bharat Forge Limited | India | | Microstructure and Texture, Electron Microscopy, Process-Structure-Property Relationship | Best Researcher Award | |
| Dr | Kumaraswamy | J | R L Jalappa Institute of Technology | India | | Nickel alloy | Best Researcher Award | |
| Prof | 海良 | 都 | 上海建桥学院 | China | | 材料工程，表面工程 | Best Researcher Award | |
| Mr | Nithin Chakravarthy | Chakilela | CMR Institute of Technology | India | | Composites | Best Researcher Award | |
| Mr | Abdul Khaliq | Ansari | DTU | India | | Vibration Analysis | Best Researcher Award | |
| Prof Dr | FAIZ | AHMAD | UNIVERSITY TECKNOLOGY PETRONAS | Malaysia | | Nano composites | Best Researcher Award | |
| Assoc Prof Dr | Afşın Alper | Cerit | Erciyes University Engineering Faculty Department of Industrial Design Engineering | Turkey | | Characterization | Best Researcher Award | |
| Assist Prof Dr | AMOL | MANGRULKAR | MCT'S RAJIV GANDHI INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY | India | | COMPOSITE MATERIAL/3D PRINTING/DESIGNING & MODELLING | Best Researcher Award | |
| Prof Dr | Ahmad Fauzi | Ismail | Universiti Teknologi Malaysia | Malaysia | | Membrane Technology | Best Researcher Award | |
| Assoc Prof Dr | Debissa | Bayissa | Addis Ababa University | Ethiopia | | Plant/Landscape Ecology | Best Researcher Award | |