NEAST Conferred the Award for Founder Honorary Fellow of NEAST
- Dr.S.K. Srivastava, Vice Chancellor, NEHU, Shillong
- Dr.Pardeshi Lal, Vice Chancellor, Nagaland University, Kohima
- Dr. D. Ramaiah, Director, North East Institute of Science & Technology (NEIST), Jorhat
- Dr.MoirangthemPremjit Singh, Vice-Chancellor, Central Agricultural University, Imphal
- Dr.Mridul Hazarika, Vice-Chancellor, Guwahati University, Guwahati
- Dr.Dilip Chandra Nath, Vice Chancellor, Assam University, Silchar
- Dr. H. S. Yadav, Director, North Eastern Regional Institute of Science & Technology (NERIST), Nirjuli
- Dr. B. C. Goswami, Vice Chancellor, Cotton University, Guwahati
- Dr. K.R. S. Sambasiva Rao, (Founder Honorary President, NEAST), Vice Chancellor, Mizoram University, Aizawl
- Dr. R. Lalthantluanga, (President, NEAST) Ex. Vice Chancellor, Mizoram University, Aizawl
- Dr. Diwakar Tiwari, (Secretary, NEAST), Mizoram University, Aizawl
Conferred the Award in-absentia
- Dr.D.P. Singh, Chairman, University Grants Commission, New Delhi
- Dr.Raghavendra P. Tiwari, Vice Chancellor, Dr. Harisingh Gour Vishwavidyalaya, Sagar, M.P.
- Dr.Alak Kumar Buragohain, Vice Chancellor, Dibrugarh University, Dibrugrah
- Dr.Gautam Biswas, Director, IIT, Guwahati
- Dr.V.K. Jain, Vice-Chancellor, Tezpur University
- Dr. D. M. Thappa, Director, North Eastern Indira Gandhi Regional Institute of Health and Medical Sciences (NEIRIHMS), Shillong
- Dr.KamalMallaBujarbaruah, Vice Chancellor, Assam Agricultural University, Jorhat