Krishna Sahani Bilgrami received his DSc from the University of Allahabad in 1962. His research interest was in fungal physiology, mycotoxicology, and ecology. He demonstrated the significance of transglycosylation in bread and fungi's utilization of complex carbohydrates. He studied the impact of industrial and urban effluents on the biodiversity of river Ganga and thermal springs in Bihar, as well as the effect of various mycotoxins on critical physiological and biochemical processes of animals and plants. He was a member of the Ganga Project Directorate Research Committee, Agricultural Research Committee, Wetland Management Committee, and ICMR Taskforce Committee. He was a Member of the INSA Council (1992-93). 'Professor Krishna Bilgrami Memorial Medal' was instituted in his honor by the INSA.

Himadri Kumar Mookerjee obtained his DSc from the University of London in 1930. His specialization was embryology of vertebral columns and later fisheries. He postulated the hypothesis of a common structural basis for the development and evolution of the vertebral centra in the chordates. He did significant work on the development of the vertebral column from the embryonic state and the evolution of the column. He set forth that the modes of formation of the centra follow the same pattern in all the chordates. He was a member Asiatic Society, Vice-President (1955); He served as the President Indian Science Congress (1936).

04-07 December, 2022

At Buxted Park, East Sussex, UK.