While looking up info on GC, came across gem of information on GC. It seems that GC has the unique distinction of being the only college in South Asia to produce two Nobel Laureates: Dr. Hargobind Khorana (in the field of Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine) and Dr. Abdul Salam (in the field of Physics).

We all know (or should know) about Dr. Salam. Less publicized, is that Salam Chair in Physics was established in the memory of the Nobel Laureate and Ravian, Physicist, Dr. Abdus Salam. The chair will promote and enhance the research activity in Physics at GC University, Lahore. A distinguished physicist of international repute Dr. G. Murtaza, S.l. has been appointed as the first Salam Professor of Physics. His specialization is in Theoretical Particle Physics & Plasma Physics.

In yet another great honor, the most prominent part of the Main Building, the magnificent Main Hall, is now called Dr. Abdus Salam Hall.

Hargobind Khorana was born in Raipur, Kabirwala, Khanewal, a village in Pakistan (then British India).

His father was the village “patwari” or modernly known as zamindar, an equivalent of a taxation official. He was home schooled by his father, and he later attended D.A.V. Multan High School. He currently lives in Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States serving as MIT’s Alfred P. Sloan Professor of Biology and Chemistry, Emeritus. (Wiki)

Hopefully, someone living near Cambridge may find inclination to interview him for the posterity.

Go Ravians!