| Mr | Zafran | Ullah | School of Engineering, Sunway University, 47500 Selangor Darul Ehsan, Malaysia | Pakistan | Best Researcher Award | metallurgicalengineering.org |
| Dr | Abid | Hussain | University of Engineering and Technology Peshawar | Pakistan | Best Researcher Award | metallurgicalengineering.org |
| Dr | Gnanasekaran | Dhorali | Dielectric Materials Division, Central Power Research Institute, Bengaluru, Karnataka | India | Best Researcher Award | metallurgicalengineering.org |