| Dr | T. | SUTHAN | Lekshmipuram College of Arts and Science | India | Innovative Leadership | Physics | Best Researcher Award |
| Dr | Vijayashree | Mathad | Narayana Health | India | Innovative Leadership | Non communicable diseases | Women Researcher Award |
| Assist Prof Dr | Nilanjan | Chakraborty | Scottish Church College, Kolkata | India | Others | Botany | Best Researcher Award |
| Prof Dr | Yuichi | Sei | The University of Electro-Communications | Japan | Decision-making and Problem-solving | Data mining for leadership management | Best Researcher Award |
| Ms | Rajashree | Samal | IIT Bhubaneswar | India | Transformational Leadership | Economics | Best Researcher Award |
| Mr | Dagnew Gebrehiwot | Giday | Ve ltech University | India | Performance Management | HRM | Best Researcher Award |
| Prof Dr | Yonghui | Sun | Hohai University | China | Visionary Leadership | Optimization Methods | Best Researcher Award |
| Dr | Nisar | Abid | University of Management and Technology | Pakistan | Motivation and Employee Engagement | Education | Best Researcher Award |
| Mr | Aregawi Zeferu | Hadush | School of Management, VelTech Rangarajan Dr. Sagunthala R&D institute of Science and Technology, Chennai TN 600062 Tamil Nadu India | India | Strategic Leadership | MBA | Best Researcher Award |
| Mr | Khamisi | Musanje | Makerere University | Uganda | Adaptive Leadership | Adaptation of evidence based interventions for low resource contexts | Best Researcher Award |
| Prof | Anjula | Gurtoo | Indian Institute of Science | India | Others | Public Policy | Best Researcher Award |
| Dr | Rogie Royce | Carandang | University of Connecticut School of Medicine | United States | Cross-Cultural Leadership | Pharmacy Practice, Public Health, Global Health | Best Researcher Award |
| Dr | Ahmed | Habib | Independent Research | Egypt | Risk Management | Accounting and Finance | Best Researcher Award |
| Prof | Yunming | Wang | Huazhong University of Science and Technology | China | Innovative Leadership | Functonal polymers | Best Researcher Award |
| Mrs | Rudo Violet | Denga | Copperbelt University | Zambia | Others | Ecology/sociology | Women Researcher Award |
| Ms | Srishti | Saha | kIIT DEEMED TO BE UNIVERSITY BHUBANESWAR | India | Others | Material technology | Best Researcher Award |
| Dr | Małgorzata | Osowska | Institute for Educational Research | Poland | Strategic Leadership | Smart City | Best Researcher Award |
| Dr | Mohan Kumar | Bera | BIT Pilani K.K. Birla Goa Campus | India | Others | Disaster management | Best Researcher Award |
| Ms | Farhana | Yasmin | Barishal University | Bangladesh | Others | Sociology | Women Researcher Award |
| Mr | Md. Alamgir | Hossain | Prime University | Bangladesh | Decision-making and Problem-solving | Computer Science | Best Innovation Award |