If $$Y=\sum_{i=1}^{N}X_i^2$$ where $X_i \sim \mathcal{N}(0,\sigma^2)$, i.e. all $X_i$ are i.i.d. normal random variables of zero mean with same variances, then $$Y \sim \Gamma\left(\frac{N}{2},2\sigma^2\right).$$
I know the chi-squared distribution is a special case of the gamma distribution, but could not derive the chi-squared distribution for random variable $Y$. Any help, please?
The $\chi^2_n$ distribution is defined as the distribution that results from summing the squares of $n$ independent random variables $\mathcal{N}(0,1)$, so: $$\text{If }X_1,\ldots,X_n\sim\mathcal{N}(0,1)\text{ and are independent, then }Y_1=\sum_{i=1}^nX_i^2\sim \chi^2_n,$$ where $X\sim Y$ denotes that the random variables $X$ and $Y$ have the same distribution (EDIT: $\chi_n^2$ will denote both a Chi squared distribution with $n$ degrees of freedom and a random variable with such distribution). Now, the pdf of the $\chi^2_n$ distribution is $$ f_{\chi^2}(x;n)=\frac{1}{2^\frac{n}{2}\Gamma\left(\frac{n}{2}\right)}x^{\frac{n}{2}-1}e^{-\frac{x}{2}},\quad \text{for } x\geq0\text{ (and $0$ otherwise).} $$ So, indeed the $\chi^2_n$ distribution is a particular case of the $\Gamma(p,a)$ distribution with pdf $$ f_\Gamma(x;a,p)=\frac{1}{a^p\Gamma(p)}x^{p-1}e^{-\frac{x}{a}},\quad \text{for } x\geq0\text{ (and $0$ otherwise).} $$ Now it is clear that $\chi_n^2\sim\Gamma\left(\frac{n}{2},2\right)$.
The difference in your case is that you have normal variables $X_i$ with common variances $\sigma^2\neq1$. But a similar distribution arises in that case: $$Y_2=\sum_{i=1}^nX_i^2=\sigma^2\sum_{i=1}^n\left(\frac{X_i}{\sigma}\right)^2\sim\sigma^2\chi_n^2,$$ so $Y$ follows the distribution resulting from multiplying a $\chi_n^2$ random variable with $\sigma^2$. This is easily obtained with a transformation of random variables ($Y_2=\sigma^2Y_1$): $$ f_{\sigma^2\chi^2}(x;n)=f_{\chi^2}\left(\frac{x}{\sigma^2};n\right)\frac{1}{\sigma^2}. $$ Note that this is the same as saying that $Y_2\sim\Gamma\left(\frac{n}{2},2\sigma^2\right)$ since $\sigma^2$ can be absorbed by the Gamma's $a$ parameter.
If you want to derive the pdf of the $\chi^2_n$ from scratch (which also applies to the situation with $\sigma^2\neq1$ under minor changes), you can follow the first step here for the $\chi_1^2$ using standard transformation for random variables. Then, you may either follow the next steps or shorten the proof relying in the convolution properties of the Gamma distribution and its relationship with the $\chi^2_n$ described above.
