Piara Singh Gill

Piara Singh Gill
Piara Singh Gill
Born(1911-10-28)28 October 1911
Died23 March 2002(2002-03-23) (aged 90)
NationalityIndian
Alma materUniversity of Southern California
University of Chicago
Known forAdvanced nuclear cosmic ray research.
First director of CSIO.
Scientific career
FieldsNuclear physics
InstitutionsTata Institute of Fundamental Research
Atomic Energy Commission of India
Aligarh Muslim University
Punjab Agricultural University
University of Chicago
Central Scientific Instruments Organisation
Doctoral advisorArthur Compton

Piara Singh Gill (28 October 1911 – 23 March 2002) was an Indian nuclear physicist and a pioneer in cosmic ray nuclear physics.[1] He was the first Director of Central Scientific Instruments Organisation (CSIO) of India.[2] He was research fellow of University of Chicago (1940).[3] He was research Professorship fellow of Tata Institute of Fundamental Research (TIFR) (1947), Officer-on-Special Duty (OSD) with the Atomic Energy Commission in New Delhi. Professor and head of the Department of Physics at Aligarh University (1949), Director of Central Scientific Instruments Organization (CSIO) (1959) and Professor Emeritus at Punjab Agricultural University (1971).[3]

  1. ^ Up Against Odds: Autobiography of an Indian Scientist. (South Asia Books, 1993. ISBN 81-7023-364-X)
  2. ^ "The Hindu : P.S. Gill (1911–2002): Physicist and instrument designer". Archived from the original on 2 April 2011. Retrieved 24 January 2007.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link)
  3. ^ a b "1404.PDF | jun102002 | currsci | Indian Academy of Sciences" (PDF).

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