| Dr | NARESH | SAHOO | Siksha O Anusandhan University, Bhubaneswar, India | India | Environmental Science | Wastewater treatment, Photocatalyst, Bioremediation, Environmental Monitoring and modeling, waste to value added product, | Best Researcher Award | |
| Dr | KAVITHA | NP | Sri Venkateswara College of Engineering | India | Chemical Engineering | Wastewater Treatment, Numerical Modeling, CFD Modeling, Waste Management | Best Researcher Award | |
| Assoc Prof Dr | Qing | Feng | Qilu University of Technology (Shandong Academy of Sciences) | China | Environmental Science | wastewater treatment, biological nutrient removal process, membrane bioreactor, biogas plant, bioelectrochemical technologies and energy self-sufficient wastewater treatment | Best Researcher Award | |
| Prof | Makarand | Ghangrekar | Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur, India | India | Environmental Science | Wastewater treatment, Bioelectrochemistry | Excellence in Research | |
| Ms | Sermin | GÜNASLAN | Uludağ University | Turkey | Environmental Science | WASTEWATER TREATMENT TECHNOLOGIES | Best Researcher Award | |
| Mr | Siphesihle | Khumalo | Durban University of Technology | South Africa | Chemical Engineering | Wastewater Treatment and Environmental Remediation | Best Researcher Award | |
| Dr | Prince Atta | Opoku | Harbin Institute of Technology | China | Environmental Science | Wastewater Treatment and Energy Generation | Best Researcher Award | View Profile |
| Dr | Fuliang | Bai | Harbin Normal University | China | Environmental Science | Wastewater Research and Treatment | Best Researcher Award | |
| Dr | Tina | Chakrabarty | R&D, Tata Steel | India | Environmental Science | Wastewater management | Best Researcher Award | |
| Dr | Maja | Petrovic | University of Novi Sad, Faculty of Technical Sciences | Serbia | Environmental Science | Wastewater | Best Researcher Award | View Profile |
| Ms | Shruti | Vikram | Indian Institute of Technology Bombay | India | Energy | Waste-to Energy, Combustion, Gasification and Bioenergy, Modeling and simulation | Best Researcher Award | |
| Dr | Saheli | Ghosh | Jadavpur University | India | Materials Science | Waste water treatment and energy generation with low cost material | Young Scientist Award | View Profile |
| Assist Prof Dr | Ajay | Kumar | Maharaja Agrasen University | India | Chemistry | waste water remediation | Best Researcher Award | |
| Assoc. Prof. Dr | Hatem | Abushammala | Abu Dhabi University | United Arab Emirates | Environmental Science | Waste Utilization | Best Researcher Award | View Profile |
| Mr | Sameh | Balti | National Engineering School of Gabès, University of Gabès | Tunisia | Materials Science | Waste recovery/Biosourced materials/Composite materials | Young Scientist Award | |
| Assist Prof Dr | Nesreen | M. Sami | Egyptian Atomic Energy Authority | Egypt | Chemistry | Waste Mangement | Excellence in Research | |
| Dr | Ranjeet Kumar | Mishra | Manipal institute of Technology Manipal | India | Chemical Engineering | Waste Management, water teatment, energy storage, sustanability, biochar and activated carbon, biofuel | Young Scientist Award | View Profile |
| Mr | Ebenezer Ebo Yahans | Amuah | Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology | Ghana | Environmental Science | Waste management, soil and water quality, soil and wastewater remediation | Young Scientist Award | |
| Dr | Nzalalemba Serge | Kubanza | University of the Witwatersrand | South Africa | Environmental Science | waste management, climate change | Best Researcher Award | View Profile |
| Prof | Sherine | Farouk | Abu Dhabi University | United Arab Emirates | Environmental Science | Waste Management and Circular Economy/Sustainable Development | Women Researcher Award | View Profile |