Raziuddin Siddiqui

Muhammad Raziuddin Siddiqui, FPAS, NI, HI, SI (Urdu: , ; (8 January 1908 – 8 January 1998), also known as Dr. Razi, was a Pakistani theoretical physicist and a mathematician who played a role in Pakistan's education system, and Pakistan's indigenous development of nuclear weapons. An educationist and a scientist, Siddiqui established educational research institutes and universities in his country.

During the 1940s in Europe, he contributed in mathematical physics and worked on general relativity and the theory of relativity, nuclear energy, and quantum gravity.

He had been the vice-chancellor of four Pakistani universities, and the first vice-chancellor of Quaid-e-Azam University and served as the Emeritus professor of Physics there until his death in 1998. Through marriage, he was related to another well-known scientist who played a significant role in Pakistan: Nazir Ahmed.

Siddiqui in Europe Siddiqui was then awarded a scholarship from the Government of the State of Hyderabad to pursue higher studies in United Kingdom where he completed his MA in mathematics, under Paul Dirac from the University of Cambridge in 1928. He did his post doctoral work at the University of Paris, France. where he had led the discussions on unsolved problems in physics and in mathematics. During his stay in Great Britain, he studied Quantum mechanics and published scientific papers at the Cavendish Laboratory.

Return to India In 1931, Siddiqui then returned to Hyderabad, British Indian Empire, and joined Osmania University there as an associate professor of mathematics.

In 1964, he moved to Islamabad, where he joined PAEC. There he began his academic research in theoretical physics.

With the establishment of TPG, Siddiqui began to work with Abdus Salam, and on his advice began research in Theoretical Physics at PAEC.

During the 1970s, Siddiqui worked on problems in theoretical physics with Pakistani theoretical physicists in the nuclear weapons programme. At PAEC, he became a mentor to some of the country's academic scientists.

Civil awards Sitara-i-Imtiaz (1960) Hilal-i-Imtiaz (1981) Nishan-e-Imtiaz (1998) Gold Medal, Pakistan Academy of Sciences (1950) Gold Medal, Pakistan Mathematical Society (1980) Gold Medallion, Pakistan Physical Society (1953) Doctorate of Science Honoris Causa, Osmania University (1938)

Books Quantum Mechanics and its Physics Dastan-e-Riazi (The Tale of Mathematics) Izafiat Tasawur-e-Zaman-o-Makaan Experiences in science and education by M. Raziuddin Siddiqui, published in 1977. Establishing a new university in a developing country: Policies and procedures by M. Raziuddin Siddiqui, published in 1990.