| Dr | Sergio | Rivaroli | Alma Mater Studiorum - Università di Bologna | Italy | Agricultural and Biological Sciences | Consumer behaviour | Best Researcher Award | |
| Dr | Nilgün | Özdemir | Ondokuz Mayis University | Turkey | Agricultural and Biological Sciences | Food science, Food biotecnology | Best Innovation 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 | |
| Assist Prof Dr | Jnana Ranjan | Senapati | NIT Rourkela | India | Engineering | Thermo-fluid Engineering | Best Researcher Award | |
| Mr | PRAKASHA CHANDRA | SAHOO | National Institute Of Technology,Rourkela | India | Engineering | MULTIPHASE FLOW | Best Researcher Award | |
| Mr | ARNAB | MUKHERJEE | National Institute of Technology, Rourkela | India | Engineering | Mechanical (Thermal) | Best Scholar Award | |
| Mr | Vikrant | Chandrakar | National Institute of Technology, Rourkela | India | Engineering | Heat and Mass Transfer | Best Scholar Award | |
| Mr | YADABA | MAHANAND | NIT ROURKELA | India | Engineering | Solar air heater | Best Researcher Award | |
| Assoc Prof Dr | Normando | Mendes Ribeiro-Filho | Universidade Federal da Paraíba | Brazil | Agricultural and Biological Sciences | Aroma formation/Yeast Fermentation/Food Science | Excellence in Innovation | |
| Dr | Emad | Khokha | Modern Academy for Engineering and Technology | Egypt | Mathematics | Applied Mathematics/Quantum Chemistry/Molecular Physics | Best Researcher Award | |
| Assoc Prof Dr | Masoud | Riazi | EOR/IOR Research institute, Shiraz University | Iran | Energy | Nanotechnology/Enhanced oil recovery | Best Researcher Award | |
| Mr | Biswaranjan | Behera | ICAR-Indian Institute of Water Management | India | Agricultural and Biological Sciences | Agronomy | Young Scientist Award | |
| Dr | Abdolreza | Farhadian | Kazan Federal University | Russia | Chemical Engineering | Oil and gas | Best Researcher Award | |
| Dr | Matthew | Bochman | Indiana University | United States | Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology | Fermentation | Best Researcher Award | |
| Assoc. Prof. Dr | Hongju | He | Henan Institute of Science and Technology | China | Agricultural and Biological Sciences | Rapid quality evaluation of agri-food products | Best Researcher Award | |
| Prof | Alaa | Rashad | Building Materials Research and Quality Control | Egypt | Engineering | Civil Engineering | Best Researcher Award | |
| Assist Prof Dr | Sirinya | Phulkerd | Institute for Population and Social Research | Thailand | Social Sciences | Food and nutrition policies | Women Researcher Award | |
| Dr | Şifa | KIR | Çukurova University | Turkey | Chemistry | chemistry/ carbon nanomaterials | Best Researcher Award | |
| Dr | Han | Dandan | Tianjin University | China | Chemical Engineering | Industry crystallization | Best Researcher Award | |
| Assoc Prof Dr | Kiana | Peyvandi | Semnan University | Iran | Chemical Engineering | Hydrate Formation, adsorption, Thermodynamic | Women Researcher Award | |