| Ms | Khushbu | Singh Raghav | CSIR-CEERI Pilani | India | Energy | RF energy Harvesting | Best Researcher Award | |
| Assist Prof Dr | VISHAL MAHESH | DHAVALE | CSIR-CENTRAL ELECTROCHEMICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE | India | Materials Science | Electrocatalyst for Electrochemical Power Sources | Best Researcher Award | |
| Dr | Pijus | Kundu | CSIR-Central Electronics Engineering Research Institute | India | Engineering | Micro/nano Technologies | Best Researcher Award | |
| Dr | Rajesh P | Barnwal | CSIR-Central Mechanical Engineering Research Institute Durgapur | India | Computer Science | Artificial Intelligence and IoT | Best Researcher Award | |
| Mr | Bipin | Vyas | CSIR-Central Salt and Marine Chemicals Research Institute | India | Engineering | Mechanical | Young Scientist Award | |
| Dr | Kamlesh | Kumar | Csir-central Scientific Instruments Organisation | India | Materials Science | Polymer Science | Best Researcher Award | |
| Dr | Palwinder | Kaur | CSIR-Central Scientific Instruments Organization, Chandigarh | India | Engineering | Battery safety | Young Scientist Award | View Profile |
| Dr | KARAN | GOSWAMI | CSIR-CGCRI-Kolkata | India | Chemistry | Heterogeneous Catalysis | Young Scientist Award | View Profile |
| Dr | Trishna | Chaturvedi | CSIR-CIMAP LUCKNOW | India | Agricultural and Biological Sciences | Genetics and Plant Breeding | Young Researcher Award | View Profile |
| Dr | Doongar | CHaudhary | CSIR-CSMCRI | India | Agricultural and Biological Sciences | soil microbiology | Excellence in Research | |
| Assist Prof Dr | MADHU BABU | TATINA | CSIR-IICT | India | Chemistry | Carbohydrates | Best Researcher Award | |
| Mr | JAYAPRAKASH | BEHERA | CSIR-IIIM JAMMU | India | Chemistry | Medicinal chemistry | Young Scientist Award | View Profile |
| Dr | Deepty Ranjan | Satapathy | CSIR-IMMT, Bhubaneswar | India | Environmental Science | Environmental Geology | Best Researcher Award | View Profile |
| Dr | Kamal | Kumar | CSIR-Indian Institute of Petroleum | India | Chemistry | Petroleum chemistry/Residue upgradation/ Bitumen | Best Researcher Award | |
| Dr | Aman Kumar | Bhonsle | CSIR-Indian Institute of Petroleum | India | Other | Biofuel and Life Cycle assessment | Young Scientist Award | View Profile |
| Ms | Tejaswini Chandrakant | Gawade | CSIR-National Aerospace Laboratories, Bangalore, India. | India | Physics and Astronomy | Magnetic thin films, Magnetoresistive sensors. | Best Researcher Award | |
| Dr | Ashish | Shelke | CSIR-NATIONAL AEROSPACE LABORATORIES, INDIA | India | Engineering | Computational Combustion and Fire Dynamics | Young Scientist Award | |
| Dr | Pratikshkumar | Patel | CSIR-National Chemical Laboratory | India | Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutical Science | Drug delivery | Best Researcher Award | |
| Dr | Ravindar | Kontham | CSIR-National Chemical Laboratory | India | Chemistry | Organic Chemistry | Best Researcher Award | |
| Dr | Ravindran | Chinnarajan | CSIR-National Institute of Oceanography | India | Immunology and Microbiology | Microbiology | Best Researcher Award | |