| Dr. | C. | Ravindran | CSIR-National Instiute of Oceanography | India | Immunology and Microbiology | microbiology | Research Excellence Award | View Profile |
| Dr. | Peeyush | Phogat | CSIR-National Institute of Science Communication and Policy Research | India | Materials Science | Electrochemistry | Young Scientist Award | View Profile |
| Prof. Dr. | Suresh | K I | CSIR-National Institute for Interdisciplinary Science and Technology | India | Materials Science | Polymer Material Science & Technology | Research Excellence Award | View Profile |
| Dr | Sunil K. | Roy | CSIR-National Geophysical Research Institute | India | Earth and Planetary Sciences | Geophysics (Seismology) | Best Researcher Award | |
| Dr | Mamill | Venkateshwarlu | CSIR-National Geophysical Research Institute | India | Earth and Planetary Sciences | Paleomagnetism | Best Researcher Award | |
| Dr. | Penumaka | Nagababu | CSIR-National Environmental Engineering Research Institute (NEERI) Nehru Marg, Nagpur-(Maharashtra)-440020 | India | Chemistry | Environemtal and materials chemistry | Best Researcher Award | View Profile |
| Prof. Dr. | Joshua Krupadam | Reddithota | CSIR-National Environmental Engineering Research Institute (NEERI) | India | Nanotechnology and Advanced Materials | Water purification and Wastewater treatment | Research Excellence Award | View Profile |
| Dr | sharda | kondawar | CSIR-National Chemical Laboratory | India | Chemistry | Catalysis | Best Researcher Award | |
| Dr. | Nandita | Singh | CSIR-National Botanical Research Institute | India | Environmental Science | Phytoremediation | Best Researcher Award | View Profile |
| Dr | Porkodi | | CSIR-NAL | India | Chemistry | polymer and fiber science | Best Researcher Award | |
| Dr. | Pradyut | Sengupta | CSIR-Institute of Minerals and Materials Technology, Bhubaneswar | India | Materials Science | Materials processing and characterization | Research Excellence Award | View Profile |
| Dr. | Pralay | Das | CSIR-Institute of Himalayan Bioresource Technology | India | Chemistry | Organic Chemistry | Best Researcher Award | View Profile |
| Dr. | RENU | CHAUDHARY | CSIR-INSTITUTE OF GENOMICS AND INTEGRATIVE BIOLOGY (IGIB), NEW DELHI | India | Immunology and Microbiology | Fungal_Microbiology | Best Researcher Award | View Profile |
| Dr | Rajesh | Kumar | CSIR-Indian Institute of Toxicology Research | India | Others | Wastewater Treatment | Best Researcher Award | View Profile |
| Dr | Abhay | Raj | CSIR-Indian Institute of Toxicology Research | India | Environmental Science | Microbiology | Best Researcher Award | View Profile |
| Dr. | Ajeet | Kumar Prajapati | CSIR-Indian Institute of Petroleum Dehradun | India | Engineering | Alternative fuels | Research Excellence Award | View Profile |
| Dr. | Saurabh | Saran | CSIR-Indian Institute of Integrative Medicine | India | Healthcare Innovations and Medical Breakthroughs | Medical Microbiology & Immunology | Best Researcher Award | View Profile |
| Dr | Galla V. | Karunakar | CSIR-Indian Institute of Chemical Technology, Hyderabad | India | Chemistry | Synthetic Organic Chemistry, Medicinal Chemistry | Best Researcher Award | View Profile |
| Dr. | srihari | Pabbaraja | CSIR-Indian Institute of Chemical Technology | India | Chemistry | Organic Chemistry | Research Excellence Award | View Profile |
| Dr | Anjana Devi | Tangutur | CSIR-Indian Institute of Chemical Technology | India | Healthcare Innovations and Medical Breakthroughs | Cancer Biology | Best Researcher Award | View Profile |