University of Southern California University of Chicago
Known for
Advanced nuclear cosmic ray research. First director of CSIO.
Scientific career
Fields
Nuclear physics
Institutions
Tata Institute of Fundamental Research Atomic Energy Commission of India Aligarh Muslim University Punjab Agricultural University University of Chicago Central Scientific Instruments Organisation
Doctoral advisor
Arthur Compton
Piara Singh Gill (28October 1911 – 23March 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]
^Up Against Odds: Autobiography of an Indian Scientist. (South Asia Books, 1993. ISBN 81-7023-364-X)
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