S K Saidapur obtained his Ph.D. from the Karnataka University, Dharwad, in 1974. His research mainly focused on comparative endocrinology, the different types of reproductive processes, the tropical anurans, and their control mechanisms. His studies helped in understanding the reproductive biology of vertebrates. He developed new ways for the captive breeding of reptiles. Dr. Saidapur is elected Fellow of the Indian Academy of Sciences, Bangalore (1993); The National Academy of Sciences, Allahabad (2009); The World Academy of Sciences (2010). He is a recipient of the Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar Award (1991).

Subhash Chandra Lakhotia received his doctorate from Kolkata University, Kolkata, in 1970. His research interests include cytogenetics, gene expression, cell, and developmental biology. His studies discovered how the IncRNA gene modulates apoptosis and neurodegeneration in Drosophila models of human diseases. Dr. Lakhotia was an elected fellow of INSA in 1993; the senior fellow of the Cell Stress Society International in 2017. He was awarded the prestigious Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar Award in 1989.