| Dr | Rajanand Patnaik | Narasipuram | Vignan's Foundation for Science, Technology & Research/Eaton India Innovation Center | India | Best Researcher Award |
| Assoc Prof Dr | Panjit | Musik | walailak university | Thailand | Best Researcher Award |
| Dr | Gabriel | Kamsu Tchuente | Walter Sisulu University | South Africa | Best Researcher Award |
| Dr | Xiaoyu | Wang | Weill Cornell Medicine | United States | Best Researcher Award |
| Assoc Prof Dr | Endale | Demissie | Wolaita Sodo University | Ethiopia | Academic Research and Development Award. |
| Prof | Tianfu | Wu | Wuhan University | China | Best Researcher Award |
| Prof | Ping | Li | Xi'an Jiaotong University | China | Best Researcher Award |
| Dr | Dong | Wang | Xi'an university of technology | China | Best Researcher Award |
| Prof | Libo | Zhao | Xi’an Jiaotong University | China | Best Researcher Award |
| Mr | Xinyang | Yao | Xinjiang Key Laboratory for Geodynamic Processes and Metallogenic Prognosis of the Central Asian Orogenic Belt | China | Best Researcher Award |
| Mr | Xiaodong | Dong | Xizang Autonomous Region Energy Research Demonstration Center | China | Best Researcher Award |
| Dr | Guoliang | Li | Yunnan Normal University | China | Best Researcher Award |
| Mr | Biao | Yang | 昆明理工大学 | China | Best Scholar Award |