| Prof | Lidan | Wang | Southwest University | China | Cryptographic Algorithms and Techniques | Chaotic cryptography | Best Researcher Award |
| Dr | SRIDHAR | MANDA | Balaji Institute of Technology and Science | India | Cryptographic Algorithms and Protocols | Internet of Things | Best Researcher Award |
| Assoc Prof Dr | Majid | Khan | Department of Applied Mathematics & Statistics | Pakistan | Cryptographic Algorithms and Protocols | Cryptanalysis, Cryptography, Cyber threat analysis | Best Researcher Award |
| Dr | Shardha | Porwal | Jaypee Institute of Information Technology, Noida | India | Cryptographic Algorithms and Protocols | Attribute based encryption | Women Researcher Award |
| Dr | SAMIULLA | ITOO | Jamia Millia Islamia | India | Cryptographic Algorithms and Protocols | Design and Analysis of Authentication Protocols Using Cryptographic Techniques | Best Researcher Award |
| 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 |
| Assist Prof Dr | Georgy | Shurkhovetsky | Irkutsk State Transport University (IrGUPS) | Russia | Cloud Security and Virtualization | Methods of Information Security in Cloud Storages | Best Researcher Award |
| Dr | SANGEETHA | MUTHUMARIAPPAN | SRM MADURAI COLLEGE FOR ENGINEERING AND TECHNOLOGY | India | Cloud Security and Virtualization | cloud computing | Best Researcher Award |
| Assist. Prof. Dr | Amjad | Qashlan | University of Jeddah | Saudi Arabia | Cloud Security and Virtualization | Differential Privacy Model for Blockchain based Smart Home Architecture | Best Researcher Award |
| Mr | Sagarkumar | patel | Pfizer Inc through EG Life Sciences | United States | Cloud Security and Virtualization | Healthcare | Best Researcher Award |
| Mr | Vikash | Saini | MNIT, Jaipur | India | Cloud Security and Virtualization | Energy Storage | Best Researcher Award |
| Ms | Mirdula | S | SRM IST RAMAPURAM | India | Cloud Security and Virtualization | IoT security | Best Researcher Award |
| Mr | Naveen Chandra | Gowda | REVA University | India | Cloud Security and Virtualization | Fog Security, Network and Information Security | Best Researcher Award |
| Dr | Supreeth | S | REVA University | India | Cloud Security and Virtualization | Security for Virtualization | Best Researcher Award |
| Dr | Leonid | Arshinskiy | Irkutsk State Transport University | Russia | Cloud Security and Virtualization | Cloud Security | Best Researcher Award |
| Dr | Nagaraj | Nandihalli | Ames National Laboratory, Ames, IA, USA | United States | Authentication and Digital Signatures | Photodetectors/detector array | Best Researcher Award |
| Prof. Dr | WOLNEI | CAUMO | UFRGS | Brazil | Authentication and Digital Signatures | Medical | Best Researcher Award |