| Dr | J R K KUMAR | DABBAKUTI | Koneru Lakshmaiah Education Foundation | India | Engineering | Communication | Excellence in Research | |
| Dr | NARENDRA BABU | TATINI | Koneru Lakshmaiah Education Foundation | India | Engineering | Remote Sensing, Medical Image Processing | Best Researcher Award | |
| Mr | Kumarswamy | Ummiti | KONERU LAKSHMAIAH EDUCATION FOUNDATION | India | Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutical Science | Drug testing and analysis | Best Researcher Award | |
| Dr | Swapna | Koneru | Koneru Lakshmaiah Education Foundation | India | Physics and Astronomy | Solid State Spectroscopy | Excellence in Research | View Profile |
| Dr | Sujatha | Moorthy | Koneru Lakshmaiah Education Foundation | India | Engineering | Machine Learning for Computer Vision | Best Researcher Award | |
| Dr | N. Ramesh | Babu | Koneru Lakshmaiah Education Foundation | India | Mathematics | Signal Processing | Young Scientist Award | |
| Assist Prof Dr | Barenya Bikash | Hazarika | Koneru Lakshmaiah Education Foundation, Vaddeswaram | India | Computer Science | Machine Learning | Young Scientist Award | |
| Dr | Sheikh Fahad | Ahmad | Koneru Lakshmaiah Educational Foundation, Hyderabad | India | Computer Science | Machine Learning, Pattern Recognition | Best Researcher Award | |
| Ms | Sowmiya | M | Kongu Engineering College | India | Engineering | Conrete technology | Best Researcher Award | |
| Dr | Kathiresan | Sellamuthu | Kongunadu College of Engineering and Technology (Autonomous) | India | Chemistry | Bioinorganic Chemistry | Best Research Award | |
| Dr | Arpan | Nayak | Konkuk Unversity | India | Materials Science | Nanostructured Materials for Energy and Environmental Applications | Young Scientist Award | |
| Dr | YongKeun | Kwon | Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology | South Korea | Materials Science | Electrochemistry (Fuel cell and water electrolysis) | Young Scientist Award | |
| Dr | Tae-Hoon | Choi | Korea Automotive Technology Institute | South Korea | Engineering | Electro-Optical Materials, Automotive Displays, Liquid Crystals, Organic Light Emitting Diodes, Multifunctional Films | Best Researcher Award | |
| Dr | Yu Geon | Lee | Korea Food Research Institute (KFRI) | South Korea | Agricultural and Biological Sciences | Lipid homeostasis, mitochondrial metabolism | Best Researcher Award | |
| Dr | Sohyeon | Bae | Korea Institute of Energy Technology | South Korea | Social Sciences | Higher Education | Young Scientist Award | |
| Dr | Seokhwan | Lee | Korea Institute of Machinery and Materials | South Korea | Engineering | Traffic-related PM emissions | Best Researcher Award | View Profile |
| Dr | Jae Seok | Kim | Korea Institute Radiological and Medical Sciences | South Korea | Other | nuclear engineering | Best Researcher Award | |
| Prof | Hyun | Yang | Korea Maritime & Ocean University | South Korea | Earth and Planetary Sciences | Maritime and Ocean | Best Researcher Award | |
| Dr | Hyunsik | Kim | Korea Railroad Research Institute | South Korea | Engineering | Civil engineering | Best Researcher Award | View Profile |
| Assist Prof Dr | Hyejeong | Kim | Korea University | South Korea | Engineering | Mechanical engineering | Best Researcher Award | |