Bhalchandra Bhavanishankar Mundkur obtained his Ph.D. from the Iowa state college of agriculture, USA, in 1930. His research interest was mycology and plant pathology. He established four genera, over a hundred new species, and new combinations of fungi. The smut genus Mundkurella was named in his honor. He served as Director of the Plant Protection Ministry of Food and Agriculture. A Fellow of the Indian National Science Academy, Dr. Mundkur was a member of the American Phytopathological Society and Founder President of the Indian Phytopathological Society.

Harendra Nath Ray, an eminent parasitologist, received his Ph.D. from the University of London, UK, in 1930. He discovered many new genera and species in Rhizopoda, Mastigophora, Ciliophora, Gregaria, Coccidia, and Haemosphoridia. He was a pioneer in establishing the method of transmission of Thalesemma Annulate in cattle through the eggs of infected ticks. His notable discovery was the presence of small cysts clusters in the liver of the Himalayan flying squirrels depicting the exoerythrocytic schizogony of a malarial parasite referred to as a new genus Rayella. Dr. Ray was President of the Zoology and Entomology Section, Indian Science Congress; and Sectional President Third International Congress of Protozoology, Leningrad. He was also elected Fellow of the Royal School of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene, American Society of Parasitologists, and Zoological Society of India.

04-05 December, 2022

At In Person & Virtual at Houston Marriott Medical Center Hotel, Texas.