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DOCTORABDUSSALAM Through hi H International Center For Theoretical Physics at Trieste , Italy this world renowned physicist is helping young s cientists from the developing nations to keep abreast of current research. ) A staunch, dedicated and a distinguished scholar , Doctor Abdus Salam possesses an unassuming personality and affable manners inspite of his towering stature in the field of outstanding services to Islam, Ahmadiyyat and science. lie has demonstrated that the guidance of the Holy Quran leads man to unprecedented heights in his quest for knowledge just as it did in the historical contrib utions of early I slamic scientists in laying the foundations of mathematics, physics, astronomy, chemistry, medicine, logic and philosophy. H e is the first Nobel Prize Winner from the world of Islam. Doctor Salam's brilliant educational career started from Jhang with distinctions and top positions in every examination in the Universities of Punjab, Pakistan and Cambridge. In 1955, Salam served as the scientific secretary at the first Atoms for Peace Conference of the UN at Geneva. Two years afterwards he was chosen to found the department of theoretical physics at Imperial College of Science and Technology al the University of London. In 1960 Salam proposed the creation of his International Center for Theoretical Physics. Since its opening in 1964 the Center has provided a meeting place for le ading theoreticians from all over the world to share with professors and students the current state of knowledge in the research of physics and informally meet with world leaders in the field. The Center has provided effective collaboration between physicists of the East and the West. ln addition developing nations have sought valuable training for their theoreticians. 40 Dr. Salam receiving the No bel Pri ze (1979) At the UN Advisory Committee on Science and Technology Salam alongwith other leading scient ists specify ways in which scientific knowledge and technical skil ls can hasten the advancement of those living in poverty. This Committee's "World Plan of Action" works towards building up science and technology within the developing nations and for tranferring technical knowledge to countries that desperately need it. Some of these technologies are desalination and elimination of disease - bearing insects. In these Committees, Abdu s Salam has been particularly interested in the involvement of leading scientists of advanced countries in the problems of world development. In all the great advances of nuclear physics, Salam has been in the thick of action.