| Mr | Rahul | Kumar | INDIAN INSTITUTE OF MANAGEMENT, RANCHI | India | Business Ethics and Governance | Politics & CSR | Best Scholar Award | businessglobalawards.com |
| Dr | Ji | Yao | China Ship Scientific Research Center | China | Blue Ocean Strategy | Ocean Engineering | Best Researcher Award | |
| Dr | Y. P. | Singh | Sharda University, Greater Noida | India | Blue Ocean Strategy | Marketing Research / Financial Market | Best Innovation Award | businessglobalawards.com |
| Assoc Prof Dr | Songlin | Liu | South China Sea Institute of Oceanology, CAS | China | Blue Ocean Strategy | Seagrass blue carbon | Best Researcher Award | businessglobalawards.com |
| Prof | Bayden | Russell | University of Hong Kong | Hong Kong | Blue Ocean Strategy | Blue Carbon | Best Researcher Award | businessglobalawards.com |
| Prof | Roberto | Danovaro | Università Politecnica delle Marche - Dipartimento Scienze della Vita e dell'Ambiente (DISVA) | Italy | Blue Ocean Strategy | Restoration Ecology | Best Researcher Award | businessglobalawards.com |