| Assoc Prof Dr | Prabir | Pal | CSIR - Central Glass & Ceramic Research Institute | India | Materials Science | Semiconductor Physics, Opto-electronic Devices | Best Researcher Award | |
| Dr | Avinash | Palodkar | CSIR - Indian Institute of Petroleum Dehradun | India | Chemical Engineering | Energy and Process Engineering & Technology | Young Scientist Award | |
| Dr | Swapnali | Hazarika | CSIR - North East Institute of Science and Technology | India | Chemical Engineering | Membrane science | Best Researcher Award | |
| Dr | Emmanuel | Amoakwah | CSIR - Soil Research Institute | Ghana | Agricultural and Biological Sciences | Soil Science/ Soil Fertility | Best Researcher Award | |
| Ms | Varsha | Agrawal | CSIR Advanced materials processes and research institute bhopal madhya pradesh | India | Chemistry | Material science | Women Researcher Award | |
| Dr | KIRAN | MAWALE | CSIR Central Food Technological Research Institute Mysore | India | Agricultural and Biological Sciences | Plant Biochemistry, Nanotechnology, Biotechnology | Young Scientist Award | youngscientistawards.com |
| Prof. Dr | RAGHUPATRUNI | BHIMA RAO | CSIR IMMT BHUBANESWAR INDIA | India | Chemical Engineering | Mineral Processing | Best Researcher Award | youngscientistawards.com |
| Dr | Qazi | Parvaiz Hassan | CSIR Indian Institute of Integrative Medicine | India | Agricultural and Biological Sciences | Biosciences | Best Researcher Award | |
| Dr | Abhay | Raj | CSIR INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TOXICOLOGY RESEARCH | India | Environmental Science | Environmental Microbiology | Best Researcher Award | |
| Dr | Ritesh | Vijay | CSIR National Environmental Engineering Research Institute, Nagpur | India | Environmental Science | Sustainable treatment for wastewater / sewage | Best Researcher Award | |
| Dr | Tanaji | Kudre | CSIR_ Central Food Technological Research Institute | India | Environmental Science | Valorization of meat processing/ animal slaughterhouse waste | Best Researcher Award | |
| Dr | Madhav | Mugale | CSIR- Central Drug Research Institute | India | Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutical Science | Regulatory Toxicopathologist | Best Researcher Award | |
| Mr | ABHIJIT | BIJANU | CSIR-Advanced Materials and Processes Research Institute | India | Chemistry | Development of Radiation Shielding Material using Polymer Composites | Best Scholar Award | |
| Dr | KIRTI | SONI | CSIR-Advanced Materials and Processes Research Institute (AMPRI) | India | Environmental Science | Air pollution,Noise pollution, Design and Development of Building material for noise abatement, Simulation and modeling | Best Researcher Award | |
| Dr | Tabish | Alam | CSIR-CBRI | India | Engineering | Heat Transfer Enhancement, Artificial Roughness/Turbulators, Solar Air Heater, Building Physics, Thermal Insulation, Solar Thermal System, Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD) | Best Researcher Award | |
| 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 | |