| Mr | ANAND | KUMAR | INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY DELHI | India | Optical Physics | Holography, Optical System Design, Biomedical Optics, Laser and Photonics, Computational Optics and Imaging and its applications | Best Researcher Award | View Profile |
| Assist Prof Dr | Sara | Mahshid | McGill University | Canada | Optical Physics | nanomaterials biosensing, diagnostics | Best Researcher Award | View Profile |
| Prof. Dr | Conrad Bertrand | Tabi | Botswana International University of Science and Technology | Botswana | Optical Physics | Nonlinear Optics and applications | Best Researcher Award | View Profile |
| Dr | Rahul | Pandey | Chitkara University, Punjab | India | Optical Physics | Photovoltaic | Young Scientist Award | View Profile |
| Prof. Dr | Fairouz | Tchier | King Saud University | Saudi Arabia | Optical Physics | Applied mathematics | Excellence in Research | View Profile |
| Dr | Yongfu | Liang | Zhengzhou University of Light Industry | China | Optical Physics | fluorescence | Best Researcher Award | View Profile |
| Dr | Chenchen | Zhou | Nanyang Technological University | China | Optical Physics | Optics Physics Applied in Material Science | Best Researcher Award | |
| Dr | vijayakumar | m | Saveetha School of Enigneering | India | Optical Physics | Rare earth doped glasses | Best Researcher Award | |
| Dr | puxian | xiong | south china university of technology | China | Optical Physics | mechanoluminescence, persistent luminescence, bismuth, luminescent glass and ceramics | Young Scientist Award | |
| Prof Dr | Serhii | Pokutnii | Chuiko Institute of Surface Chemistry National Academy Sciebces of Ukraine | Ukraine | Optical Physics | Quantum Optics Nanosystems | Best Researcher Award | |
| Prof Dr | Slava G. | Turyshev | NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory | United States | Optical Physics | remote sensing | Best Researcher Award | |
| Prof Dr | Lokendra | Kumar | University of Allahabad | India | Optical Physics | Molecular Photophysics | Best Researcher Award | |
| Mr | Laxman | Mandal | Indian Institute of Technology Madras | India | Optical Physics | Optical Metrology | Best Researcher Award | |
| Ms | KRITIKA | AWASTHI | IITISM DHANBAD | India | Optical Physics | Silicon Photonics | Best Researcher Award | |
| Assist Prof Dr | Huda F | Khalil | City of Scientific Research and Technological applications SRTA-City | Egypt | Optical Physics | Ferroelectric and Dielectric materials | Best Researcher Award | |
| Prof Dr | Guangfeng | Shi | Changchun University Science and Technology | China | Optical Physics | Optical detection,laser physics and application | Best Researcher Award | |
| Mr | Suvindraj | Rajamanickam | Universiti Sains Malaysia | Malaysia | Optical Physics | Nano-optoelectronics | Best Researcher Award | |
| Prof Dr | Rohan | Senadeera | The Open University of Sri Lanka | Sri Lanka | Optical Physics | moleculer photovolataics | Best Researcher Award | |
| Mr | Basim Abdullah | Al-Farsi | Sultan Qaboos University | Oman | Optical Physics | optical materials, semiconductor materials | Best Researcher Award | |
| Dr | Guoyu | Fu | School of Mechanical Engineering, Tianjin University | China | Optical Physics | Inertial confinement fusion | Best Researcher Award | |