Kalpana Chawla, the first Indian American astronaut and first Indian born woman in space is perhaps Tagore Baal Niketan's most famous alumni.
Juhi Chawla | Surveen Chawla | Kalpana Chawla | Kalpana | Bhumika Chawla | Kalpana Lajmi | Kalpana Kartik | Kalpana Iyer |
On February 5, 2003 it was renamed to Kalpana-1 by the Indian Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee in memory of Kalpana Chawla—a NASA astronaut who perished in the Space Shuttle Columbia disaster.