| Dr | Avinash | Palodkar | CSIR - Indian Institute of Petroleum Dehradun | India | Predictive Modeling Innovations | Sustainable Energy and Process Engineering & Technology | Best Researcher Award | |
| Dr | Lalit | Kumar | National Institute of Pharmaceutical Education and Research | India | Others | Pharmacy | Best Researcher Award | |
| Dr | MOGANAPRIYA | CHINNASAMY | INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY KHARAGPUR | India | Real-world Case Studies | MANUFACTURING | Women Researcher Award | |
| Dr | Babar | Shaikh | Health Services Academy | Pakistan | Data-informed Decision Making | Health System & Policy | Excellence in Research | |
| Dr | Mahdi | Sabbaghian | University of Tehran | Iran | Others | Materials Science and Engineering | Best Researcher Award | |
| Dr | Mercy | Maina | University of Nairobi | Kenya | Emerging Research Trends | Pharmacology and Toxicology | Best Researcher Award | |
| Mr | Zhonghua | Liu | Zhejiang Ocean University | China | Statistical Methods | pattern recognition, machine learning, transfer | Best Research Award | |
| Assoc Prof Dr | Ronghai | Hu | sity of Chinese Academy of Science | China | Predictive Modeling Innovations | Hydrological remote sensing | Best Researcher Award | |
| Prof Dr | Hassan | Abu Bakar | Universiti Utara Malaysia | Malaysia | Real-world Case Studies | Intercultural | Best Researcher Award | |
| Dr | Joao | Oliveira | Department of Physics, University of Aveiro | Portugal | Network Analysis Real-time Data Streams | graph theory, complex networks | Best Researcher Award | |