M V Govindaswamy obtained his MBBS and DPM from England. He was an excellent medical scientist who specialized in psychiatry. Dr. Govindaswamy was the first psychiatrist to start psychosurgery in 1947. He was a great clinician and teacher who recognized the value of basic sciences as psychology, neurophysiology, genetics etc. He was the Superintendent, Mental Hospital (now National Institute of Mental Health and Neuroscience), Bangalore and also the Founder- Director, All India Institute of Mental Health (1954-59). Dr. Govindaswamy was the Member of National Advisory Council for Education of Mentally Handicapped. Dr. Govindaswamy was a Member/Fellow of Royal Society of Medicine (London) and Indian Medical Association and World Mental Health Federation.

Ponani Narayana Ganapati obtained his DSc degree (1942) from the University of Madras. He specialized in protozoology – marine biology. His contributions include parasitic protozoa in marine worms and fishes, marine biology, biological oceanography, planktonology, marine pollution. He was the first to describe life histories of several new pathogenic sporozoans of the food fishes of India. He also carried out pioneering work on the systematics and ecology of littoral fauna at Vishakhapatnam and Kakinada and described several new species of Bryozoa, Mollusca, Polychaeta, Nematoda, Gastrotricha and Echinodermata. Dr. Ganapati was a teacher par excellence and a Professor Emeritus, Department of Zoology, Andhra University, Waltair. Dr. Ganapati was a Member of the Indian National Committee of Oceanographic Research (CSIR) and of Scientific Panel for Fisheries Research (ICAR). Dr. Ganapati received Curzon Prize (Maharajah of Travancore) (1942), Sir Dorabji Tata Gold Medal (1976).