| Prof Dr | Jing | Xiong | Anyang Normal University | China | Computer Science | Knowledge Engineering | Best Researcher Award | |
| 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 | 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 | |
| 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 | |
| Assist Prof Dr | Huachao | Yang | Zhejiang University | China | Energy | Nanoscale heat and mass transfer | Best Researcher Award | |
| Dr | Reynold | Chow | Stellenbosch University | South Africa | Environmental Science | Hydro(geo)logy and Water Quality | Best Researcher Award | |
| Dr | SACHIN | KUMAR | INDIAN VETERINARY RESEARCH INSTITUTE,IZATNAGAR, BAREILLY | India | Agricultural and Biological Sciences | Entomology | Best Researcher Award | |
| Dr | Pengfei | Dang | Guangzhou University | China | Earth and Planetary Sciences | Seismology/ Ground motion simulation | Best Researcher Award | |
| Dr | Ravindran | Chinnarajan | CSIR-National Institute of Oceanography | India | Immunology and Microbiology | Microbiology | Best Researcher Award | |
| Mr | Piyush | Prajapati | Institute for Plasma Research | India | Engineering | Nuclear Engineering | Best Researcher Award | |
| Dr | Karthik | Salish | Purdue | United States | Agricultural and Biological Sciences | Powder Technology | Best Researcher Award | |
| Prof | Hui | Peng | East China Normal University | China | Chemistry | polymer | Best Researcher Award | |
| Dr | Aytaç | Özgül | Ege University Faculty of Fisheries | Turkey | Agricultural and Biological Sciences | Fisheries | Best Researcher Award | |