Piara Singh Gill

Piara Singh Gill, (28 October 1911 - 23 March 2002) was a nuclear physicist who was a pioneer in cosmic ray nuclear physics and worked on the American Manhattan project . Moreover, was the first Director of Central Scientific Instruments Organisation (CSIO) of India. He was research fellow of Chicago University (1940). He was research Professorship fellow of Tata Institute of Fundamental Research (TIFR) (1947), Officer-on-Special Duty (OSD) with ... more

Piara Singh Gill, (28 October 1911 - 23 March 2002) was a nuclear physicist who was a pioneer in cosmic ray nuclear physics and worked on the American Manhattan project . Moreover, was the first Director of Central Scientific Instruments Organisation (CSIO) of India. He was research fellow of Chicago University (1940). 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 & Head in the Department of Physics at Aligarh University (1949), Director of Central Scientific Instruments Organization (CSIO) (1959) and Professor Emeritus Punjab Agricultural University (1971) . He was born in 28 October 1911 in a Gill family in the village of Chela in Hoshiarpur district of Punjab. He attended Khalsa High School in Mahilpur (1928) and left for America in 1929. He attended and graduated with a bachelors and Master's degree from University of Southern California. He... less