| Prof | Mohammad Hossein | Morowvat | Shiraz University of Medical Sciences | Iran | Others | Sustainability, Green Production, Microalgae, Cosmetics | Top Researcher Award |
| Dr | Shafi Md | Mostofa | University of Dhaka | Bangladesh | Cybersecurity and Cryptography Policies and Regulations | Cybersecurity | Best Researcher Award |
| Mr | Tobias | Moyo | Zimbabwe Academic Research Network | Zimbabwe | Others | Social Sciences, Branding, E-Commerce | Best Researcher Award |
| Prof | John | Mueller | Ohio State University/Cato Institute | United States | Cryptography for Blockchain and Distributed Systems | terrorism | Best Researcher Award |
| Dr | Ghulam | Muhammad | Mohammad Ali Jinnah University, Karachi-Pakistan | Pakistan | Human Factors in Cybersecurity and Cryptography. | Human Resource Analytics | Best Researcher Award |
| Dr | Shamim Aktar | Munshi | Ananda Chandra College | India | Others | Library and Information Science | Best Researcher Award |
| Dr | WIZA | MUNYEKA | UNIVERSITY OF KWAZULU-NATAL | South Africa | Others | work-life balance and ICT | Best Researcher Award |
| Mr | Farzan | Mushtaq | Department of Mathematics, Shanghai University and Newtouch Center for Mathematics of Shanghai University, Shanghai, 200444, PR China | China | Human Factors in Cybersecurity and Cryptography. | Applied Mathematics | 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 | Ajit | Muzumdar | National Forensic Sciences University | India | Cybersecurity Policies and Regulations | Blockchain | Best Researcher Award |
| Prof Dr | Silvia | Muzzioli | University of Modena and Reggio Emilia | Italy | Cybersecurity Risk Management and Governance | hedging effectiveness | Outstanding Scientist Award |
| Dr | Gregory | Mvogo | Essec Business School | Cameroon | Public Key Infrastructure and Key Management | key management | Best Researcher Award |
| Dr | Virginia | Mwangi | University of Westminster | United Kingdom | Others | Psychology and Marketing | Best Researcher Award |
| Dr | Arunava | Naha | Uppsala University | Sweden | Cybersecurity for Critical Infrastructure and Industrial Control Systems | Physical layer protection of cyber-physical systems | 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 | Nagaraj | Nandihalli | Ames National Laboratory, Ames, IA, USA | United States | Authentication and Digital Signatures | Photodetectors/detector array | Best Researcher Award |
| Dr | Nagaraj | Nandihalli | Ames National Lab | United States | Others | Photodetectors for Biometrics | Best Researcher Award |
| Mr | LENIN | NARENGBAM | NIT Nagaland | India | Intrusion Detection and Prevention | WiFi Intrusion Detection | Best Researcher Award |
| Dr | Rajesh | Natarajan | University of Technology and Applied Sciences-Shinas | Oman | Cybersecurity and Cryptography Policies and Regulations | Face Sketch Synthesis | Best Researcher Award |
| Dr | Muhammad | Nawaz | National University of Singapore | Singapore | Incident Response and Digital Forensics | Assessing community resilience | Best Researcher Award |