| Dr | Mintu | Karmakar | Indian Association for the Cultivation of Science | India | Others | Statistical Mechanics | Best Researcher Award |
| Dr | Archana | Yadav | Integral University, Lucknow | India | Others | Photonics, plasmonics | Excellence in Research |
| Dr | Abdullah | Alansare | King Saud University | Saudi Arabia | Others | Health promotion and prevention | Best Researcher Award |
| Dr | Xiaowen | Ruan | City University of Hong Kong | Hong Kong | Optics | Energy conversion and artificial photosynthesis | Best Researcher Award |
| Mr | Gang | Li | Dalian Institute of Chemical Physics,CAS | China | Optics | Laser technology | Best Researcher Award |
| Mr | RAZAT | KHARGA | Yuan Ze University | Taiwan | Optics | Optical Fiber Networking | Best Researcher Award |
| Dr | Chao-Te | Lee | Taiwan Instrument Research Institute | Taiwan | Optics | Optics/Coating/semiconductor | Best Researcher Award |
| Dr | Alberto | Ascencio | National Institute of Astrophysics, Optics and Electroncis | Mexico | Optics | Laser metal interaction | Best Researcher Award |
| Dr | Dienifer | Horsth | UNICENTRO | Brazil | Optics | Near Infrared Spectroscopy | Best Researcher Award |
| Dr | Md Tawabur | Rahman | Khulna University of Engineering & Technology | Bangladesh | Optical Physics | Materials and Sensor devices | Best Researcher Award |
| Dr | Chenchen | Zhou | Nanyang Technological University | China | Optical Physics | Optics Physics Applied in Material Science | Best Researcher Award |
| Dr | vijayakumar | m | Saveetha School of Enigneering | India | Optical Physics | Rare earth doped glasses | Best Researcher Award |
| Dr | puxian | xiong | south china university of technology | China | Optical Physics | mechanoluminescence, persistent luminescence, bismuth, luminescent glass and ceramics | Young Scientist Award |
| Mr | Giacomo | Zanetti | CNR IFN | Italy | Optical Physics | Flexible photonics | Best Researcher Award |
| Prof Dr | Sergey | Pokutnyi | Chuiko Institute of Surface Chemistry National Academy Sciebces of Ukraine | Ukraine | Optical Physics | Optical absorption on electron states of perovskites nanocrystals | Best Researcher Award |
| Prof Dr | Serhii | Pokutnii | Chuiko Institute of Surface Chemistry National Academy Sciebces of Ukraine | Ukraine | Optical Physics | Quantum Optics Nanosystems | Best Researcher Award |
| Mr | Jagavendra | Yadav | University of rajasthan,Jaipur,Rajasthan(India) | India | Optical Physics | CuInSe2 thin films | Excellence in Research |
| Prof Dr | Slava G. | Turyshev | NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory | United States | Optical Physics | remote sensing | Best Researcher Award |
| Prof Dr | Lokendra | Kumar | University of Allahabad | India | Optical Physics | Molecular Photophysics | Best Researcher Award |
| Assoc Prof Dr | Taj | Khan | National institute of lasers and optronics (NILOP) | Pakistan | Optical Physics | Laser light for materials | Top Researcher Award |