Kasturi Lal Chopra was an influential Indian materials physicist, serving as the director of IIT Kharagpur. He established the Thin Film Laboratory at IIT Delhi and the Microscience Laboratory at IIT Kharagpur. Chopra held numerous US and Indian patents and authored several books on thin film technology. His contributions to science earned him prestigious awards, including the Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar Prize and the Padma Shri, one of India's highest civilian honors, which he received in 2008.
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Meaning of the name - Kasturi
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Kasturi Lal Chopra belongs to the Silent Generation group.
Educated At: Royal Military College of Canada | University of Delhi | University of British Columbia
Occupation: physicist
Employers: Cornell University | Northeastern University
Awards Received: Fellow of the American Physical Society | Padma Shri in science & engineering | Om Prakash Bhasin Award | Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar Prize for Science and Technology
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Note: Moon position is location and time sensitive.Planet | Position (Tropical, Western) | Transits on July 31, 2025 | Secondary Progressions for July 31, 2025 |
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Sun | 8 Leo 0 | 8 Leo 44 | 7 Scorpio 49 |
Moon | 27 Scorpio 54 | 29 Libra 51 | 18 Aries 52 |
Mercury | 5 Leo 55 | 9 Leo 12 | 1 Sagittarius 18 |
Venus | 4 Virgo 52 | 0 Cancer 38 | 23 Sagittarius 23 |
Mars | 14 Libra 7 | 26 Virgo 7 | 16 Sagittarius 6 |
Jupiter | 21 Virgo 39 | 11 Cancer 39 | 10 Libra 46 |
Saturn | 13 Aquarius 37 | 1 Aries 31 | 10 Aquarius 9 |
Uranus | 27 Aries 24 | 0 Gemini 56 | 24 Aries 54 |
Neptune | 8 Virgo 44 | 1 Aries 58 | 11 Virgo 50 |
Pluto | 23 Cancer 24 | 2 Aquarius 25 | 24 Cancer 44 |
Rahu | 29 Aquarius 41 | 20 Pisces 17 | 24 Aquarius 49 |
Ketu | 29 Leo 41 | 20 Virgo 17 | 24 Leo 49 |
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