| Dr | Matthew | Bochman | Indiana University | United States | Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology | Fermentation | Best Researcher Award | |
| Dr | Abdolreza | Farhadian | Kazan Federal University | Russia | Chemical Engineering | Oil and gas | Best Researcher Award | |
| Mr | Biswaranjan | Behera | ICAR-Indian Institute of Water Management | India | Agricultural and Biological Sciences | Agronomy | Young Scientist Award | |
| Assoc Prof Dr | Masoud | Riazi | EOR/IOR Research institute, Shiraz University | Iran | Energy | Nanotechnology/Enhanced oil recovery | Best Researcher Award | |
| Dr | Emad | Khokha | Modern Academy for Engineering and Technology | Egypt | Mathematics | Applied Mathematics/Quantum Chemistry/Molecular Physics | Best Researcher Award | |
| Prof Dr | Jing | Xiong | Anyang Normal University | China | Computer Science | Knowledge Engineering | Best Researcher Award | |
| Assoc Prof Dr | Normando | Mendes Ribeiro-Filho | Universidade Federal da Paraíba | Brazil | Agricultural and Biological Sciences | Aroma formation/Yeast Fermentation/Food Science | Excellence in Innovation | |
| Dr | Romit | Seth | North Carolina State University | United States | Agricultural and Biological Sciences | Plant Molecular Genetics and Genomics | Best Researcher Award | |
| Ms | Nutan | Rani | Academics | India | Materials Science | nanomedicine | Best Researcher Award | |
| Mr | YADABA | MAHANAND | NIT ROURKELA | India | Engineering | Solar air heater | Best Researcher Award | |
| Mr | Vikrant | Chandrakar | National Institute of Technology, Rourkela | India | Engineering | Heat and Mass Transfer | Best Scholar Award | |
| Mr | ARNAB | MUKHERJEE | National Institute of Technology, Rourkela | India | Engineering | Mechanical (Thermal) | Best Scholar Award | |
| Mr | PRAKASHA CHANDRA | SAHOO | National Institute Of Technology,Rourkela | India | Engineering | MULTIPHASE FLOW | Best Researcher Award | |
| Assist Prof Dr | Jnana Ranjan | Senapati | NIT Rourkela | India | Engineering | Thermo-fluid Engineering | Best Researcher Award | |
| Prof | Francis | Brabosa | State University of Mato Grosso do Sul, Brazil/ 1. Western Paraná State University, Brazil | Brazil | Social Sciences | Regional Development and Agribusiness | Best Researcher Award | |
| Mr | PANDI | JYOTHISH | NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY, WARANGAL | India | Engineering | MECHANICAL ENGINEERING/MANUFACTURING ENGINEERING | Best Researcher Award | |
| Dr | Irina | Dallo | Swiss Seismological Service at ETH Zurich | Switzerland | Environmental Science | Hazard and risk communication; transdisciplinarity; natural hazards; earthquake products and services | Best Researcher Award | |
| Dr | Sergio | Rivaroli | Alma Mater Studiorum - Università di Bologna | Italy | Agricultural and Biological Sciences | Consumer behaviour | Best Researcher Award | |
| Assoc. Prof. Dr | Han | Jin | Shanghai Jiao Tong University-National Engineering Research Center for Nanotechnology | China | Chemical Engineering | Nano-sensors and Nano-devices | Best Innovation Award | |
| Prof | Junjie | Ren | National Institute of Natural Hazards, Ministry of Emergency Management of China | China | Earth and Planetary Sciences | Natural Hazards/Geology/Active tectonics | Best Researcher Award | |