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The article offers information on Professor B. Ramamurthi, who was an Indian neurosurgeon. It presents an information that B. Ramamurthi, was an elected Fellow of all the three science academies in India in addition to the National Academy of Medical Sciences. It also mentions information on efforts of B. Ramamurthi, to establish the Neurosciences Centre at All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS) and the research institute National Brain Research Centre in India.

In this article, the author presents the brief profile of Professor Baldev Singh and Professor Jacob Chandy. It mentions that Singh worked as a teacher in Biology in the Dayanand Anglo Vaidik Mahavidyalaya (DAV) College in Lahore, Pakistan. It also mentions that Chandy was the founding father of Neurosciences in India and worked with the Mission Hospital.

The article provides information on Krishna Prasad Bhargava, a professor who is considered as founder of Indian Neurosciences. Topics discussed include his childhood and education in Alwar, India and graduation from King George's Medical College; establishment of Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR); and his research on cardiovascular functions.

The article features Professors Autar Singh Paintal and Darab Kersasp Dastur, founders of Indian Neurosciences. Paintal was born in Mogok, Burma on September 24, 1925 and died on December 21, 2004. His major contribution to science is said to be the development of a single-fiber technique for recording afferent impulses from individual sensory receptors. Professor Dastur was born in Bombay, India on February 6, 1924 and died on February 16, 2010. His awards and honours are listed.

The article talks about Bimal Kumar Bachhawat, Indian neurochemist and glycobiologist, known for his discovery of HMG-CoA lyase, which is an intermediate in mevalonate and ketogenesis pathway, and for elucidation of molecular cause of Metachromatic leukodystrophy, a hereditary disease of the brain. Professor Bal Krishan Anand, Indian Physiologist and Pharmacologistis credited for the discovery of feeding center in Hypothalamus in 1951.