The Lasting Impact of a Teacher

In 1979, Pakistani scientist Dr. Abdus Salam was awarded the Nobel Prize for Physics. His work laid the foundation of the Standard Model where he introduced Higgs bosons to the theory. The same year, he issued a request to the Indian government to help locate his teacher Professor Anilendra Ganguly, who had taught him mathematics at the Sanatan Dharma College in Lahore. After two years, Dr Salam went to meet Ganguly, who was bed-ridden by then, in Kolkata. He placed his medal into his beloved teacher’s hands and said, ​“This is your prize Sir. It’s not mine.”