| Dr | RAVILLA | DILLI | MANIPAL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY, MANIPAL ACADEMY OF HIGHER EDUCATION | India | Cryptographic Algorithms and Protocols | ROUTING PROTOCOLS | Best Researcher Award |
| Dr | GAYATRI | SAKYA | JSS ACADEMY OF TECHNICAL EDUCATION NOIDA | India | Cryptographic Algorithms and Protocols | Network protocols and security in IoT | Best Researcher Award |
| Dr | Kashif | Ahmed | St. Stephen's College | India | Cryptographic Algorithms and Protocols | Tropical Cryptography | Best Researcher Award |
| Mrs | Sunita | Nandgave | G H Raisoni College of Engineering and Management, Pune | India | Cryptographic Algorithms and Protocols | MANET | Best Researcher Award |
| Dr | Shahna | K U | Federal Institute of Science and Technology (FISAT) | India | Cryptographic Algorithms and Techniques | Image Encryption | Best Researcher Award |
| Dr | Hasan Kadhim A. | Alsuwaiedi | Informatics Institute for Postgraduate Studies in Iraqi Commission for Computers and Informatics | Iraq | Cryptographic Algorithms and Techniques | Cryptographic Algorithm Modification | Best Researcher Award |
| Dr | Arunpandian | Sekar | Vidhyaa Giri College of Arts and Science | India | Cryptographic Algorithms and Techniques | Data protection | Best Researcher Award |
| Dr | Dania Saleem | | HITEC university Taxila, Pakistan | Pakistan | Cryptographic Algorithms and Techniques | CYBERSECURITY | Best Researcher Award |
| Assoc Prof Dr | Qiang | Lai | East China Jiaotong University | China | Cryptographic Algorithms and Techniques | Cybersecurity and Cryptography | Best Researcher Award |
| Mr | Siddhartha | Roy | NIT Silchar | India | Cryptographic Algorithms and Techniques | Symmetric Key Encryption | Best Researcher Award |
| Dr | Mathivanan | P | Amrita Vishwa Vidyapeetham | India | Cryptographic Algorithms and Techniques | Steganography and cryptography | Best Researcher Award |
| Mr | CHANDAN | KUMAR | SAGE University, Bhopal | India | Cryptographic Algorithms and Techniques | Light Weight Cryptography | Best Researcher Award |
| Mr | Yekoye | Tariku | Space Science and Geospatial Institute and Ethiopian Space Science and Technology Institute | Ethiopia | Cryptographic Algorithms and Techniques | Space weather effect and ionospheric research | Best Researcher Award |
| Prof | Min-Joon | Kim | Catholic University of Pusan | South Korea | Cryptographic Algorithms and Techniques | Economic; Export and Import; Finance; Marketing; Trade Balance | Excellence in Research |
| Prof | Lidan | Wang | Southwest University | China | Cryptographic Algorithms and Techniques | Chaotic cryptography | Best Researcher Award |
| Assoc Prof Dr | Bahram | Rashidi | Ayatollah Boroujerdi University | Iran | Cryptographic Hardware and Embedded Systems | Hardware design and implementation of cryptographic systems | Best Researcher Award |
| Prof. Dr | A | Saravanaselvan | National Engineering College | India | Cryptographic Hardware and Embedded Systems | FPGA-based, Processor-based | Best Researcher Award |
| Prof Dr | Mario | Gazziro | Federal University of ABC | Brazil | Cryptographic Hardware and Embedded Systems | RFID security | Best Researcher Award |
| Prof | Zhijiao | Chen | Beijing University of Post and Telecommunications | China | Cryptographic Hardware and Embedded Systems | Electronics Engineering/Antenna | Best Researcher Award |
| Dr | Hongwei | Zhu | Tsinghua Shenzhen International Graduate School, Tsinghua University | China | Cryptographic Implementations and Side-Channel Attacks | Boolean function; linear codes | Best Researcher Award |