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The Department of Physics, Quaid-e-Azam University (founded as the Institute of Physics, Qau; also referred as Institute of Theoretical Physics), is an academic and research department of the Quaid-e-Azam University (Qau).
Established in 1966 with efforts led by Abdus Salam,[1] the institute was located in Rawalpindi, Punjab Province and offered research in mathematics and theoretical physics.[2] Professor Riazuddin served its first and founding director of the institute after shifting to the present QAU campus in 1972.[2] The institute holds a cultural legacy and is considered a birthplace of school of theoretical physics of Pakistan.[1] Since 1960s and the present, the institute embarked a major activity in the area of theoretical particle physics and has launched a strong experimental research program in a number of areas of physics.[1] It is also a birthplace of "Theoretical Physics Group" (TPG), now shifted to PINSTECH, and invited numbers of prominent scientists from all over the world.[2] The department collaborated with number of highly acclaimed institutes, including Kahuta Research Laboratories, National Centre for Physics, Government College University, International Centre for Theoretical Physics (ICTP) and the CERN.[2]
Foundation and history
Template:Rquote Between 1966-1968, Abdus Salam's doctoral students had returned to Pakistan after earning their doctorates and experience.[1] These young, bright, and highly qualified physicists had been under Abdus Salam's influence and were eager to established an institute of physics.[1] Abdus Salam lured them to engage their research in theoretical physics and influenced them to established the country's first school of theoretical physics.[1] Abdus Salam provided his full support to establish the institute and gave the founding directorship of this institute to his pupil student, Riazuddin.[1]
Abdus Salam and Riazuddin founded the first "Theoretical Physics Group (TPG)" in 1968 that gave birth to Pakistan's school of theoretical physics.[1] The infrastructure was built by the Pakistan Atomic Energy Commission (PAEC) after Raziuddin Siddiqui also persuaded the PAEC to provide its full support to establish this institute as a birthplace of theoretical physics.[1] The new institute was re-established at the University of Islamabad and, Salam, Siddiqui and Bhutto somehow convinced the authorities in Pakistan, specifically President Ayub Khan, to make the proposed university a research institution.[1] Raziuddin Siddiqui understood the needs of such an institute. Siddiqui convinced chairman of PAEC, dr IH Usmani, to send all the theoreticians in PAEC to the Institute of Physics at the University of Islamabad to form a viable group of theoretical physics.[1]
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