Energy
Winner: Dr. Ravichandar Babarao, CSRIO, Australia
1st runner up: Dr. Pradip Pachfule, National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology, Japan
2nd runner up: Dr. Adeeb Hayyan, University of Malaya, Malaysia
Water
Winner: Dr. Hongwei Bai, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore
1st runner up: Dr. Sarva Mangala Praveena, Universiti Putra Malaysia, Malaysia
2nd runner up: Dr. Hongtao Wang, Tongji University, China
Biodiversity
Winner: Dr. Jaswinder Singh, Khalsa College Amirtsar, India
1st runner up: Dr. Xiao Sun, Nanjing Agricultural University, China