Background
Piara Singh Gill was born on October 28, 1911, in a village in Hoshiarpur district of Punjab, India.
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Piara Singh Gill was born on October 28, 1911, in a village in Hoshiarpur district of Punjab, India.
Piara Singh Gill attended Khalsa High School in Mahilpur and left for the America in 1929. He graduated with bachelor's and master's degrees from University of Southern California. Piara Singh Gill worked for his Doctor of Philosophy in Physics at University of Chicago under the supervision and guidance of Arthur Compton, the Nobel laureate. He was awarded his Doctor of Philosophy in March 1940.
Piara Singh Gill was the first Director of Central Scientific Instruments Organisation (CSIO) of India. He was research fellow of University of Chicago (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 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).
Piara Singh Gill was a member of the Indian Science Congress Association (General Secretary, Outstation), the U.P. Scientific Research Committee, the U.P. University Grants Committee, the Council of Indian Physical Society.
