| Dr | EZEKIEL | AGBON | AHMADU BELLO UNIVERSITY, ZARIA | Nigeria | Cybersecurity for Critical Infrastructure and Industrial Control Systems | IoT-Enabled Cyber-Physical Systems | Best Researcher Award |
| Dr | Djamel | Djenouri | UWE, Bristol | United Kingdom | Cybersecurity for Critical Infrastructure and Industrial Control Systems | IoT, Blockchain | Best Researcher Award |
| Assist. Prof. Dr | MANISH | KUMAR | Seoul National University of Science and Technology | South Korea | Human Factors in Cybersecurity and Cryptography. | IoT, Digital Twin, Resource Allocation, Authentication | Excellence in Privacy-Preserving Technologies |
| Dr | Roopa | Manjunatha | Energy Institute- Bengaluru (a center of RGIPT) | India | Cybersecurity Education and Training | IoT, IIoT, Werable Devices, Sensors | Best Researcher Award |
| Dr | Roma | Strulak-Wójcikiewicz | Maritime University of Szczecin | Poland | Others | IT platform to assess the impact of transport infrastructure investments on ecological safety and security | Best Researcher Award |
| Dr | Pfuurai | Chimbunde | University of the Free State | South Africa | Cryptography for Emerging Technologies (e.g., blockchain, IoT) | key Infrastructure Development | Best Researcher Award |
| Dr | Gregory | Mvogo | Essec Business School | Cameroon | Public Key Infrastructure and Key Management | key management | Best Researcher Award |
| Dr | Ajmeera | Kiran | MLR Institute of Technology | India | Secure Multiparty Computation and Secret Sharing | kiranphd.jntuh@gmail.com | Best Researcher Award |
| Dr | Mehmet Ali | Engin | Karadeniz Technical University | Turkey | Others | Labour Standards and Corporate Social Responsibility Codes | Best Researcher Award |
| Dr | Pham | Phuong Nam | Land Management | Vietnam | Others | Land Management | Best Researcher Award |
| Prof | Emily | Apter | New York U | United States | Others | Language and Border Checkpoints | Lifetime Achievement Award |
| Dr | Daya Sagar | Gupta | IIT Mandi | India | Post-Quantum Cryptography | Lattices | Best Researcher Award |
| Mr | Atalay | Mesfin | Bahir Dar Unoiversity | Ethiopia | Others | Leadership | Excellence in Research |
| Mr | Yibekal | Hailu | Bahir Dar University | Ethiopia | Others | Lecture | Best Researcher Award |
| Mr | Seid Ali | Tareke | Mizan-Tepi University | Ethiopia | Others | Lecturer | Best Researcher Award |
| Ms | Swati | Arya | Babu Banarasi Das University | India | Others | Li-ion batteries | Young Scientist Award |
| Dr | Shamim Aktar | Munshi | Ananda Chandra College | India | Others | Library and Information Science | Best Researcher Award |
| Prof | Stefano | Cagnin | University of Padova | Italy | Others | Life science | Best Researcher Award |
| Mr | CHANDAN | KUMAR | SAGE University, Bhopal | India | Cryptographic Algorithms and Techniques | Light Weight Cryptography | Best Researcher Award |
| Prof | Innocent | Chiluwa | Covenant Universit | Nigeria | Incident Response and Digital Forensics | Linguistic analysis of phishing and spam emails | Best Researcher Award |