Jyotirmoy Das obtained his DSc degree from University of Kolkata (1982). His specializations were Molecular biology and Biophysics. He demonstrated the DNA repair mechanism in Vibrio Cholerae and identified genes involved in these processes. He contributed significantly to the elucidation of V cholerae genome structure, identification of genomic rearrangements and diversity. He further went on to construct an ordered cloned DNA map of V cholerae genome. He is also credited with the development of an oral vaccine strain for cholera. He was Director, IICB, Kolkata (1995-1998). He was the recipient of the Ranbaxy Research Foundation Award (1989), Om Prakash Bhasin Award (1990).

Ramamirtha Jayaraman obtained his PhD from Tufts University, Boston (1970). He was Bacterial Geneticist. His specialization was bacteria especially escheria coli. His main research was on transcription and its regulation in E.coli. He developed a genetic assay for gene-specific mRNAs of Bacteriophage T4. He was the first one to show the role of accessory transcription factors in E coli. He authored the reference manual, ‘Jayaraman Laboratory Manual in Molecular Genetics’. He was the recipient of Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar award (1982).