Charusita Chakravarty graduated from Delhi University with a gold medal obtained her PhD, at Cambridge University, UK, under the guidance of David Clary. Her research was on the spectra and dynamics of Ar–OH, an open shell system that involved a lot of nuances. She completed her post-Doctoral at the University of California, under Horia Metiu. She returned to India (1994), later she joined IIT Delhi (1994). Her research interest were theoretical chemistry and chemical physics, the structure and dynamics of Liquids, water and hydration, nucleation and self-assembly. She also worked on atomic and molecular clusters. Her major work was on the application of path integral Monte Carlo simulation to unravel quantum mechanical effects in the properties of atomic and molecular clusters. She was awarded with B.M. Birla Science Award (1999), Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar Award for Science and Technology (2009).

Asima Chatterjee obtained her DSc (1944) from the University of Calcutta. Her specialization was in Natural Products Chemistry and Reaction Mechanism. Her significant contribution in research areas were in Indole, isoquinoline, steroid alkaloids, terpenoids, polyphenolics and reaction mechanism. The novel antiepileptic drug, Marsilin and antimalarial drug, Ayush-64 are her major conributions. She was Dean, Faculty of Science, University of Kolkata, Project Coordinator, Centre of Advanced Study on Natural Products (UGC Progamme). She was member, Sigma Xi (USA), IACS, Chemical Society (London). She was the recipient of Nagarjuna Gold Medal (1940), Watumul Fellowship (1948-49), USA, Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar Award (1961), Padma Bhushan (1995).