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==