Joey Arora is the esteemed recipient of the Kalpana Chawla Outstanding Recent Graduate Award, a recognition befitting his outstanding contributions to entrepreneurship, innovation and public service.

Kalpana Chawla was born in a Punjabi family in Karnal, Haryana, India. Kalpana in Sanskrit means "imagination". Her interest in flying was inspired by J. R. D. Tata, a pioneering Indian pilot and ...

Kalpana Chawla gave this plaque to her teacher and mentor, Don Wilson. The inscription in Chawla's handwriting at the top reads: "For Don & Pat Wilson - My adopted family - Thanks so much for ...

Kalpana Chawla's father Banarsi Das, mother Sanjogta, and her two sisters and a sister-in-law had recently come from India to witness the Jan. 16 launch of Columbia from Cape Canaveral.

US News: WASHINGTON: US space shuttle Columbia disintegrated shortly before landing on Saturday, killing the seven crew members on board, including Indian-Amer ...

Kalpana Chawla has inspired many Indian women to turn towards the field of science and technology and was a key member of various space missions. Kalpana Chawla died in the Space Shuttle Columbia ...

Banarasi Lal Chawla, the father of India’s first female astronaut and aerospace engineer late Kalpana Chawla, passed away after a brief illness at a private hospital here on Tuesday. He was 90.

Please join us at Asia Society Texas Center for this unique fusion of family programming and our Books in Conversation series. Ai-Ling Louie will read passages from her book, answer questions about ...

As Sunita Williams and Butch Wilmore safely return to Earth, the world remembers Kalpana Chawla, the first Indian-origin ...

Early life and education. Born on March 17, 1962, in Karnal, Haryana, India, Kalpana Chawla was the youngest of four children in her family. Her parents, Banarsi Lal Chawla and Sanjogta Kharbanda ...