Srish Chandra Seal obtained his DSc (1980) from Mumbai University. His specialization was in the areas of Epidemiology and Immunology. He worked successfully on plague. He discovered cholera exotoxin from which a vaccine was prepared to help eradicate the disease. He also worked on epidemic dropsy. He was Chairman, IIFWHE, Population Education and Family Welfare Institute, Kolkata. He was a member of WHO Plague Research Committee. He was conferred with The Coated Medal (1952), by University of Kolkata, Leadership recognition in Public Health by American Public Health Association. He was elected Fellow, American College of Physicians, Chairman, International Medical Science Academy, President, Medical section, Indian Science Congress.

Anil Sheth obtained PhD from Mumbai University. His specialization was in Reproductive Biology, Endocrinology and Biochemistry. His main research was on Regulation of male and female fertility, Purification, assay and mechanism of hormone action in protein hormones, Sperm physiology. He isolated and characterized inhibin, consisting of 94 amino acid residues. It has applications in detection and therapy of prostatic cancer. He was the Director, Institute for Research in Reproduction, Mumbai. Dr. Sheth was the recipient of the Basanti Devi Amirchand Award (1987). He was elected Fellow of the Indian Academy of Sciences, Bangalore, Maharashtra Academy of Sciences and Gujarat Academy of Science.