| Dr | Boris | Djamen | University of Ngaoundéré | Cameroon | Environmental Analysis | Energy poverty | Best Researcher Award | |
| Prof Dr | Timo | Björk | LUT Univesity | Finland | others | welded steel structures | Best Researcher Award | |
| Mrs | SEWAREG ADAMU | DEMELASH | Lodestar Associates Consult PLC | Ethiopia | Environmental Analysis | Food Systems | Best Researcher Award | |
| Mr | Ali | Aghadavoudi Jolfaei | Isfahan University of Technology | Iran | Industry Analysis | Business development | Excellence in Innovation | |
| Mr | BENOIE | MATHEW | University of Petroleum & Energy Studies, India | India | Strategic Planning | Smart City | Best Researcher Award | |
| Mr | PRADOSH KUMAR | PARIDA | Tamil Nadu agricultural University, Coimbatore, India | India | Strategic Planning | agriculture, agronomy, remote sensing | Best Researcher Award | |
| Dr | Shiyun | Xia | Tianjin University | China | Innovation Strategy | Industrial Organization | Best Researcher Award | |
| Prof Dr | Titas | Bandopadhyay | Rabindra Bharati Mahavidyalaya | India | Strategic Planning | Labour Economics | Excellence in Research | |
| Dr | Ranjita S. | Das | Visvesvaraya National Institute of Technology | India | Environmental Analysis | Waste management | Best Researcher Award | |
| Assist Prof Dr | Zeeshan | Ahmed | Institute of Southern Punjab Multan, Pakistan | Pakistan | Strategic Leadership | Innovation strategy; Environmental sustainability | Best Researcher Award | |
| Assist Prof Dr | Zeeshan | Ahmed | Institute of Southern Punjab Multan, Pakistan | Pakistan | Strategic Leadership | Innovation strategy; Environmental sustainability | Best Researcher Award | |
| Mr | Muhammad | Asad | University of Engineering and Technology, Lahore | Pakistan | others | Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering | Best Researcher Award | |
| Dr | Elaheh | Yaghoubi | Karabuk university | Turkey | Innovation Strategy | Smart grid, microgrid, power management, nonlinear MPC | Best Researcher Award | |
| Mr | EBENEZER | NARH ODONKOR | Takoradi Technical University, and Pan African University Institute for Basic Sciences, Technology and Innovation (PAUSTI) | Kenya | others | Electrical Engineering (Power System Option) | Best Researcher Award | |
| Dr | Ricardo | Ferreira | Universidade Católica Portuguesa | Portugal | Innovation Strategy | Food Biotechnology | Young Scientist Award | |
| Assoc Prof Dr | Saeed | Alshahrani | Imam Mohammad Ibn Saud Islamic University (IMSIU) | Saudi Arabia | Strategic Planning | HRM, GHRM, Leadership, Global mobility | Best Researcher Award | |
| Dr | Muhammad Usman | Aslam | Xi'an Jiaotong University | Pakistan | others | Statistics, Big data Analysis, Health monitoring | Best Researcher Award | |
| Dr | Naveen | Kumar | Amity University Patna | India | Business-level Strategy | Machine Learning | | |
| Assist Prof Dr | Tadele A. | Abose | Mattu University | Ethiopia | Innovation Strategy | Wireless sensor networks | Best Researcher Award | |
| Dr | Neda | Mirikaram | Shahid Beheshti university | Iran | Environmental Analysis | Evironmental pollution | Women Researcher Award | |