Nationality India Fields Geophysics Name Devendra Lal | Spouse Aruna Lal (nee Damany) Academic advisors Bernard Peters Thesis 1960 | |
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Born 14 February 1929
Varanasi, India ( 1929-02-14 ) Institutions TIFR
Director, Physical Research Laboratory
Scripps Institution of Oceanography 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 Died December 1, 2012, La Jolla, San Diego, California, United States Alma mater Banaras Hindu University, Tata Institute of Fundamental Research Institution Tata Institute of Fundamental Research, Physical Research Laboratory, Scripps Institution of Oceanography | ||
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Devendra Lal FRS (14 February 1929 – 1 December 2012) was an Indian geophysicist.
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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.
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