Baldev Singh obtained his MBBS (1927) from Punjab University, Lahore. He obtained MRCP (1930) from Royal College of Physicians, London, UK. Singh’s research interests were neural manifestations of high altitude, brain edema biofeedback, heat hyperpyrexia, yoga, sleep, consciousness, epilepsy, tissue culture, and neural regulation of visceral, autonomic and behavior. He developed an experimental model of human anemia. He carried out lesions in the cat thalamus by implanting radon seeds and recorded cortical EEG by implanted electrodes. He showed cortico-thalamic involvement in the genesis of spike and dome EEG responses as seen in human EEG’s by this animal mode. Dr Singh served on ICMR Scientific Advisory Board and International Brain Research Organization. Dr Singh was conferred with the Basanti Devi Amirchand Award by ICMR (1961), Padma Bhushan (1971). He was Honorary Member, American Neurological Association and also Honorary Consultant to the President and the Prime Minister of India.

Vinodkant Shah obtained his MSc (1954) from MS University of Baroda and received the Chancellor’s Gold Medal for standing first in MSc. He obtained MS (Zoology) (1957) from the University of Minnesota, USA and PhD (1961) from Columbia University, New York. He worked at Brookhaven Laboratory, Long Island and Tufts University, Boston (1961-64). His research interest was in the fields of cell biology, cytogenetics, and genetics. He studied heterochromatin and its replication using autoradiography, DNA synthesis in isolated chloroplasts of Euglena. He also worked on cell cycle using anti-metabolites. He was appointed as Member, Board of Governors, United States Educational Foundation in India. Shah played an active role in improving science education particularly in biology in the state of Gujarat. He served as Secretary and later President of All India Cell Biology Association. Shah was twice awarded the KG Nayak Award and Vikram Sarabhai Award (1992). He was elected Vice President of the International Organization of Cell Biology as well as Asia-pacific Organization of Cell Biology.