| 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 | |
| Assoc. Prof. Dr | Fuzhong | Sun | College of Mechanical and Power Engineering, Nanjing Tech University | China | Optical Physics | Inertial confinement fusion | | |
| Dr | Moletlanyi | Tshipa | University of Botswan | Botswana | Optical Physics | Condensed Matter physics | Best Researcher Award | |
| Assoc Prof Dr | Khalid | K. Ali | Al-azhar university | Egypt | Optical Physics | Mathematics | Best Researcher Award | |
| Dr | Anwar | Hussain | COMSATS University Islamabad | Pakistan | Optical Physics | Light matter interaction | Best Researcher Award | |
| Dr | Atta ur | Rahman | Khushal Khan Khattak University Karak | Pakistan | Optical Physics | nano materials | Best Researcher Award | |
| Assist. Prof. Dr | Majid | Vaseghi | The University of Alabama | United States | Optical Physics | Characterization | Best Researcher Award | |
| Assoc Prof Dr | Behnam | Davoodi | Iran University of Science and Technology | Iran | Optical Physics | Fabrication of optical elements | Excellence in Research | |
| Assoc Prof Dr | Mohamed | Hasaneen | Jouf university | Saudi Arabia | Optical Physics | Thin film and solar cell applications | Best Researcher Award | |
| Assoc Prof Dr | Yasser | Ismail | Islamic University in Madinah, Saudi | Saudi Arabia | Optical Physics | Third Generation of Solar Cells | Best Researcher Award | View Profile |
| Dr | Preet | Kaur | Sri Guru Granth Sahib World University, Fatehgarh Sahib | India | Optical Physics | Lasing Materials | Women Researcher Award | View Profile |