| Dr | Aswati | Nair | Central University of Kerala | India | Agricultural and Biological Sciences | Plant defense | Best Researcher Award |
| Dr | Anirudh | Sharma | Chandigarh University | India | Energy | Microbial Catalyzed Generation of Biofuels From Waste Byproducts | Best Researcher Award |
| Mrs | Anurupa | Goswami | Diphu Government College | India | Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology | Silk proteins | Best Researcher Award |
| Mr | LAXMAN | DURGAM | UNIVERSITY OF HYDERABAD | India | Chemistry | Protein Chemistry | Best Researcher Award |
| Dr | Angel | Polanco-Rodriguez | Facultad de Quimica, Laboratorio de Cromatografía de Gases de la Universidad Autonoma de Yucatan, Mexico | Mexico | Environmental Science | Water security | Best Researcher Award |
| Dr | Manju | Vaiyapuri | Periyar University | India | Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology | Cancer Biology, Myocardial Infarction and Nano Biomaterials | Best Researcher Award |
| Prof Dr | Mui-Yun | Wong | Universiti Putra Malaysia | Malaysia | Agricultural and Biological Sciences | Plant Pathology | Best Researcher Award |
| Dr | Tina | Chakrabarty | R&D, Tata Steel | India | Environmental Science | Wastewater management | Best Researcher Award |
| Dr | Sachin | Suroshe | ICAR-IARI | India | Agricultural and Biological Sciences | Biological Control & IPM | Best Researcher Award |
| Dr | Abideen | Adeogun | Federal University of Agriculture, Abeokuta. Nigeria | Nigeria | Chemistry | Physical/Environmental Chemistry | Best Researcher Award |
| Dr | Shubham | Jaiswal | South Asian University, New Delhi | India | Mathematics | Applied Mathematics (Transport Phenomena Problems in Porous Media) | Best Researcher Award |
| Assoc Prof Dr | Jitendra | Singh | Siddharth University Kapilvastu | India | Mathematics | Fluid Mechanics | Best Researcher Award |
| Dr | Aashaq Hussain | Bhat | University of Neuchatel | Switzerland | Agricultural and Biological Sciences | Nematology | Best Researcher Award |
| Dr | Munish | Sharma | CSKHPKV, Palampur (H.P.) | India | Agricultural and Biological Sciences | Soil Science | Best Researcher Award |
| Dr | Rakesh | Kumar | ICAR RC NEH Umiam, Meghalaya-793 103 | India | Veterinary Science and Veterinary Medicine | Animal Genetics and Breeding | Best Researcher Award |
| Dr | V M Berlin | Grace | Karunya Institute of Technology and Sciences | India | Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology | Cancer Studies | Best Researcher Award |
| Dr | Mamta | Bisht | Uttaranchal University, Dehradun | India | Chemistry | Natural Product Research | Best Researcher Award |
| Dr | Asif | Tamboli | Kyungpook National University, Daegu, South Korea | South Korea | Other | Plant Molecular Systematics/Plant molecular phylogenetics | Best Researcher Award |
| Assist Prof Dr | Bilal Ahmad | Mir | UNIVERSITY OF KASHMIR | India | Agricultural and Biological Sciences | Plant Sciences | Best Researcher Award |
| Dr | Ananda Vardhan | Hebbani | Indian Academy Degree College (Autonomous) | India | Environmental Science | Microbial Biochemistry | Best Researcher Award |