Author Deepak Chopra was the keynote speaker at an interfaith event of the Unification Church co-hosted with UN at the United Nations Headquarters.

Until recently, there was no formal protection for those who spoke up from a position of knowledge inside government, with even senior civil servants ( Shiv Chopra being one notable case ) fired or constructively dismissed for speaking up about internal abuses.

The company was founded with author Deepak Chopra, filmmaker Shekhar Kapur, and entrepreneurs Sharad Devarajan and Gotham Chopra.

Those interviewed include Shiv Chopra, a Canadian researcher who was fired by Health Canada for revealing an attempted bribe by Monsanto regarding the attempted introduction of bovine growth hormone into Canada.

** Priyanka Chopra of India, was crowned Miss World 2000 by Miss World 1999 Yukta Mookhey of India.

* The first black African to win Miss World was Agbani Darego of Nigeria, crowned in 2001 by Priyanka Chopra, Miss World ( Miss World 2000 ) at Sun City, South Africa.

Deepak Chopra, described as " one of the Maharishi's top assistants before he launched his own career ", wrote that the Maharishi collapsed in 1991 with kidney and pancreas failure, that the illness was kept secret by the Maharishi's family and that he tended to Maharishi during a year-long recovery.

After meeting officials from the IMF – including Ireland mission head Ajai Chopra – European Central Bank ( ECB ) and European Commission ( EC ), Noonan said it was agreed the terms of the rescue deal would be altered, as long as the financial targets remain the same.

It was produced by his father Yash Chopra under the banner of Yash Raj Films, and stars Shahrukh Khan and Kajol.

Director Aditya Chopra originally wanted to cast Tom Cruise for the role of Raj, as he wanted it to be an Indo-American affair, but was dissuaded by his father / producer Yash, who did not want a foreign star.

Chopra then asked Shahrukh Khan to play the lead in the film, who initially was not really interested because of the romantic nature of the film.

Saroj Khan was the choreographer, but after several disputes with Chopra, she was replaced by Farah Khan near the end of the shoot.

After filming was complete, Chopra decided to make a Hollywood-style documentary of the filmmaking process, which had never been done before in India.

The author was Anupama Chopra, and the book was released in 2002.

Goel published the book The Calcutta Quran Petition with Chandmal Chopra in 1986 and on August 31, 1987 Chandmal Chopra was arrested by the police and kept in police custody until September 8 for publishing with Goel this book on the Calcutta Quran petition.

Chopra left his position at the NEMH and became the founding president of the American Association of Ayurvedic Medicine, and was later named medical director of the Maharishi Ayurveda Health Center.

In 1996, Chopra and neurologist David Simon founded the Chopra Center for Wellbeing, which incorporated Ayurveda in its regimen, and was located in La Jolla, California.

Chopra was born in New Delhi, British India.

His father, Krishan Chopra ( 1919 – 2001 ) was a prominent Indian cardiologist, head of the department of medicine and cardiology at Mool Chand Khairati Ram Hospital, New Delhi, for over 25 years, and a lieutenant in the British army.

In that same year, Chopra left his position at the New England Memorial Hospital and became the founding president of the American Association of Ayurvedic Medicine, and was later named medical director of the Maharishi Ayurveda Health Center for Stress Management and Behavioral Medicine.

In 1996, The Weekly Standard published an article which accused Chopra of " plagiarism and soliciting a prostitute "; however, Chopra sued and the paper withdrew its statements and published an apology.

* Assistant to the President and Associate Director for Technology ( Chief Technology Officer of the United States ): Aneesh Chopra first appointed.

According to Chopra, the Maharishi accused him, in July 1993, of trying to compete for the position of guru and asked him to stop travelling and writing books, which led to Chopra's decision to leave the movement in January 1994.

* Life Mastery, espouses Robbins ' ideas about what makes for a healthy lifestyle, and has in the past featured guest lecturers including Deepak Chopra and John Gray.

Chopra eventually convinced him to do it, and Khan has since then expressed his gratitude to Chopra for making him a star.

* Star Screen Award for Best Film: Yash Chopra

* Star Screen Award for Best Director: Aditya Chopra

The University of California, San Diego, School of Medicine and American Medical Association have granted continuing medical education credits for some programs offered to physicians at the Chopra Center.

In 2009, Chopra established the Chopra Foundation to advance the cause of mind / body spiritual healing, education, and research through fundraising for selected projects.

According to a 2008 article in Time magazine, Chopra is “ a magnet for criticism ”, primarily from those involved in science and medicine.

In 1993, Chopra became executive director of the Sharp Institute for Human Potential and Mind – Body Medicine with a $ 30, 000 grant from the Office of Alternative Medicine in the National Institutes to study Ayurvedic medicine.

That same year, Chopra and neurologist David Simon founded the Chopra Center for Wellbeing, which incorporated Ayurveda in its regimen, and was located in La Jolla, California.

The University of California, San Diego, School of Medicine and American Medical Association have granted continuing medical education credits for some programs offered to physicians at the Chopra Center.

* Rumi's Tasawwuf and Vedanta by R M Chopra in Indo Iranica Vol.

* " Lodi ", a song from the Bollywood film Veer-Zaara, directed by Yash Chopra

* In the 1999 novel Lords of Light: A Novel by Deepak Chopra, the Lamed Vav are depicted, one of them who betrayed God posing as the new Messiah.

A parody of celebrity profiles, the article described an upcoming movie with Woody Allen, her tempestuous relationship with David Schwimmer ( including a scandal involving nude photographs supposedly taken by paparazzi ) and her friendship with Deepak Chopra.

Shashi ’ s initial films like Dharmaputra directed by Yash Chopra and Prem Patra and Benazir both directed by Bimal Roy didn't do well and till 1965 did not have any hit film.

In 1991, Andrew Skolnick wrote that William Jarvis, president of The National Council Against Health Fraud, described pulse diagnosis as a variety of palm reading and that Chopra refused to have pulse diagnosis tested by JAMA in a blinded protocol " on the grounds that a blinded experiment would ' eliminate the most crucial component of the experiment, which is consciousness.

In its May 22 / 29, 1991 issue, the Journal of the American Medical Association ( JAMA ) published an article coauthored by Chopra: " Letter from New Delhi: Maharishi Ayur-Veda: Modern Insights Into Ancient Medicine ".

According to his own account, Chopra was accused by Maharishi Mahesh Yogi of attempting to compete with the Maharishi's position as guru.

In 1997, Chopra was given the Golden Gavel Award by Toastmasters.

This form of meditation is now taught at the Chopra Center and by certified instructors who receive their training through Chopra Center University.

" Chopra was awarded the 2006 Ellis Island Medal of Honor by the National Ethnic Coalition of Organizations.

In 2010 the Chopra Foundation sponsored the first Sages and Scientists Symposium, attended by a number of scientists, social scientists and artists from around the world, with a second symposium hosted in February 2011.

The Time article summarized Chopra's reception and popularity thus: " Of all the Asian gurus …, Chopra has arguably been the most successful at erasing apparent differences between East and West by packaging Eastern mystique in credible Western garb.