Devendra Lal

Devendra Lal
Born(1929-02-14)14 February 1929
Varanasi, India
Died1 December 2012(2012-12-01) (aged 83)
La Jolla, California, United States
Education
SpouseAruna Lal (née Damany)
Awards
Scientific career
FieldsGeophysics
Workplaces
Thesis (1960)
Academic advisors
Bernard Peters

Devendra Lal FRS (14 February 1929 – 1 December 2012) was an Indian geophysicist.

Life

He was born in Varanasi, India. He graduated from Banaras Hindu University. He graduated from Bombay University; his thesis was on cosmic ray physics; his thesis adviser was Bernard Peters.

He was Director, of the Physical Research Laboratory, Ahmedabad from 1972 to 1983.

He was Visiting Professor at Scripps Institution of Oceanography, University of California, San Diego, from 1989 to 2012. Devendra Lal was President of the International Union of Geodesy and Geophysics (IUGG) from 1983 to 1987. He was also elected Fellow of the Royal Society in 1979.

References

  1. ↑ ":: SCRIPPS OCEANOGRAPHY NEWS : : Obituary Notice: Devendra Lal: 1929-2012 ::". scripps.ucsd.edu. 10 January 2013. Retrieved 28 May 2013.
  2. ↑ ":: Scripps Institution Of Oceanography, Ucsd : :::". Sio.ucsd.edu. 10 December 2012. Archived from the original on 13 April 2013. Retrieved 28 May 2013.
  3. ↑ "Devendra Lal (1929-2012)". www.geochemsoc.org. Geochemical Society. Archived from the original on 7 September 2015. Retrieved 10 September 2015.
  4. ↑ "Geophysicist Devendra Lal Dead". India Journal. 15 December 2012. Retrieved 28 May 2013.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: deprecated archival service (link)
  5. ↑ "Devendra Lal, 1929-2012". The Meteoritical Society. 21 October 2012. Retrieved 28 May 2013.
  6. ↑ "Geophysicist Devendra Lal passes away". The Hindu. 8 December 2012. Retrieved 28 May 2013.
  7. ↑ Goswami, J. N.; Macdougall, J. D. (2021). "Devendra Lal. 14 February 1929—1 December 2012". Biographical Memoirs of Fellows of the Royal Society. 70: 263–281. doi:10.1098/rsbm.2020.0047.