Yogendra Deva

"Absorbing intricacies of geology at project sites makes me feel at home". That’s Yogendra Deva, a consulting Engineering Geologist for over 42 years. A 1974 Post-graduate in Applied Geology from University of Delhi, and voluntary retired formerly Director, Geological Survey of India, Yogendra has served the International Association for Engineering Geology and the Environment (IAEG) as Vice President for Asia, and Indian Society of Engineering Geology as Secretary and Editor for long durations. Yogendra has carried out and supervised feasibility, DPR and construction stage engineering geological investigations of over hundred hydropower, irrigation and communication projects in India (entire Himalayan belt, Northeast and Peninsular area), Nepal, Bhutan, Myanmar, DR Congo, Burundi, Indonesia, Rwanda, Tanzania and Papua New Guinea. Although not very fond of travelling, his work has taken him also to countries like Portugal, New Zealand, Italy, South Africa, France, United Kingdom, Malaysia, China, Japan, Vietnam, USA and Singapore. Yogendra also serves as a visiting faculty and can be seen as invited speaker both at home and overseas. An avid sportsperson and keen lover of light vocal music, Yogendra finds time to play competitive Bridge on a regular basis and can be seen enjoying his own singing at social events.