| Mr | Giridhar | Koppisetti | Madanapalle Institute of Technology & Science | India | Cryptography for Blockchain and Distributed Systems | Cloud assisted trust management mechanism | Best Researcher Award |
| Mr | Mani Deep | Karumanchi | Bapatla Engineering College | India | Cryptography for Blockchain and Distributed Systems | Blockchain in SCM | Best Researcher Award |
| Ms | Ishrat | Fatima | University of Veterinary and Animal Sciences | Pakistan | Others | Botany | Best Researcher Award |
| Ms | Ashwarya | Kapoor | J.C. Bose University of Science and Technology, YMCA, Faridabad, India | India | Others | electronic financial services | Best Researcher Award |
| Dr | Enio | Vasconcelos Filho | CISTER/ISEP | Portugal | Cybersecurity for Critical Infrastructure and Industrial Control Systems | Autonomous Vehicles | Best Researcher Award |
| Dr | Mohana | S D | Presidency University | India | Malware Analysis and Detection | Artificial Intelligence | Best Researcher Award |
| Dr | Sukhendu | Dey | The University of Burdwan | India | Others | Aquatic Toxicology | Best Researcher Award |
| Dr | Mathivanan | P | Amrita Vishwa Vidyapeetham | India | Cryptographic Algorithms and Techniques | Steganography and 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 |
| Dr | Vitrice Ruben | Folifack Signing | Research Centre for Nuclear Science and Technology, Institute of Geological and Mining Research | Cameroon | Human Factors in Cybersecurity and Cryptography. | Encryption based on nonlinear dynamics and DNA coding | Best Researcher Award |
| Dr | subhash | Pingale | SKN Sinhgad COE Pandharpur | India | Intrusion Detection and Prevention | security algorithm | Best Researcher Award |
| Ms | Gurjot | Kaur | Dr. B.R. Ambedkar NIT Jalandhar, Punjab | India | Intrusion Detection and Prevention | Security in ad-hoc networks | Best Researcher Award |
| Dr | Amina | Yahi | Bouira university | Algeria | Cybersecurity and Cryptography Policies and Regulations | IoT | Best Researcher Award |
| Dr | Monika | Bansal | Galgotias University | India | Malware Analysis and Detection | Data Analytics | Best Researcher Award |
| Dr | Swarnapriya | Chowdari | CSIR-NGRI | India | Others | Geoscience | Best Researcher Award |
| Dr | Ahmid | Maroua | National School of Applied Techniques for Road Transportation | Algeria | Cryptography for Cloud Computing and IoT | IoT security | Best Researcher Award |
| Prof Dr | Tadeusz | Sawik | Reykjavik University | Iceland | Cybersecurity Risk Management and Governance | Supply chain cybersecurity | Best Researcher Award |
| Ms | Işıl | Çetintav | Istanbul Technical University | Turkey | Cybersecurity and Cryptography Policies and Regulations | IoT security & authentication | Best Researcher Award |
| Dr | Aghila | Rajagopal | Kamaraj College of Engineering and Technology | India | Cybersecurity Education and Training | cryptology | Best Researcher Award |
| Dr | Mohammed | Abuhussain | Najran University | Saudi Arabia | Others | Architectural Engineering | Best Researcher Award |