| Assoc Prof Dr | Masoud | Riazi | EOR/IOR Research institute, Shiraz University | Iran | Energy | Nanotechnology/Enhanced oil recovery | Best Researcher Award | |
| Dr | Emad | Khokha | Modern Academy for Engineering and Technology | Egypt | Mathematics | Applied Mathematics/Quantum Chemistry/Molecular Physics | 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 | |
| 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 | |
| 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 | 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 | |
| Mr | Luis Antônio | Gonçalves Junior | International Centre for Numerical Methods in Engineering (CIMNE) | Spain | Materials Science | Fatigue/Structural analysis | Best Researcher Award | |
| Prof | Bo | Chen | Zhejiang University of Techology | China | Engineering | Automation | Best Researcher Award | |
| Ms | Hamizah Amalina | Amlan | Universiti Teknologi Malaysia, Johor Bahru | Malaysia | Engineering | TRANSPORTATION | Best Researcher Award | |
| Dr | Forough | Bozorgzadeh | Shiraz University | Iran | Physics and Astronomy | Photonics | Best Researcher Award | |
| Dr | Amit Kumar | Bairwa | Manipal University Jaipur | India | Computer Science | Wireless Network and Security | Best Researcher Award | |