Devendra Lal

Devendra Lal

Born	(1929-02-14)14 February 1929 Varanasi, India
Died	1 December 2012(2012-12-01) (aged 83) La Jolla, California, United States
Nationality	India
Fields	Geophysics
Institutions	TIFR Director, Physical Research Laboratory Scripps Institution of Oceanography
Alma mater	Banares Hindu University TIFR
Thesis	(1960)
Academic advisors	Bernard Peters
Notable awards	Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar Prize for Science and Technology, 1967 Krishnan Medal, Indian Geophysical Union, 1965 Fellow, Indian National Science Academy, 1972 Fellow, FRS, 1979 Fellow, Meteoritical Society, 1970 Foreign Associate, National Academy of Sciences, 1975 V.M. Goldschmidt Medal, Geochemical Society, 1997 Padma Shri, 1971
Spouse	Aruna Lal (née Damany)

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

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.