Kalpana may refer to:

Film and television

* ''Kalpana'' (1948 film), an Indian Hindi-language dance film * ''Kalpana'' (1960 film), a romantic Bollywood film * ''Kalpana'' (1970 film), an Indian Malayalam film * ''Kalpana'' (2012 film), an Indian Kannada-language comedy horror film * ''Kalpana'' (TV series), an Indian TV series

People

Mononym

Kalpana (Kannada actress) Kalpana (18 July 1943 – 12 May 1979), born Sharat Lata, was an Indian actress who appeared in Kannada films. She was affectionately referred to as ''Minugu Taare'' ("A Shining Star") among the film fraternity. She was widely recognised as one ...

(1943–1979), Indian Kannada film actress *

Kalpana (Malayalam actress) Kalpana Ranjani (5 October 1965 – 25 January 2016), better known mononymously as Kalpana, was an Indian actress who appeared in South Indian films, predominantly in Malayalam and Tamil. Kalpana has acted in over 300 films in various Sou ...

(1965–2016), Indian Malayalam film actress

Surname

* Venkatacher Kalpana (born 1961), Indian cricketer

Given name

* Kalpana Chakma, Bangladeshi indigenous women's rights activist *

Kalpana Chawla Kalpana Chawla (17 March 1962 – 1 February 2003) was an Indian-born American astronaut and mechanical engineer who was the first woman of Indian origin to go to space. She first flew on Space Shuttle Columbia, Space Shuttle ''Columbia'' in 199 ...

(1961–2003), Indian American astronaut lost in the Space Shuttle Columbia disaster * Kalpana Dash (born 1966), Indian lawyer and mountaineer *

Kalpana Datta Kalpana Datta (27 July 1913 – 8 February 1995), also Kalpana Joshi, was an Indian independence movement activist and a member of the armed independence movement led by Surya Sen, which carried out the Chittagong armoury raid in 1930. Later sh ...

(1913–1995), Indian independence movement activist and fighter *

Kalpana Iyer Kalpana Iyer (born 26 July 1956) is a former Indian actress, singer, and model, who is best known for her works in Hindi cinema throughout the 1980s and 1990s. She appeared in over 100 films, and is accredited for her performances in many popula ...

(born c. 1950), Indian beauty pageant contestant and Hindi film actress *

Kalpana Kartik Mona Singha (born 19 August 1931), also known by her stage name Kalpana Kartik, is a retired Hindi film actress. She starred in six films in the 1950s. She is the widow of the late Hindi film actor and film maker Dev Anand. Mona Singha was a ...

(born 1931), Indian Hindi film actress *

Kalpana Lajmi Kalpana Lajmi (1954–2018) was an Indian film director, producer and screenwriter. Lajmi was an independent filmmaker working more on realistic, low-budget films, which are known in India as parallel cinema. Her films were often woman-oriente ...

(1954–2018), Indian film director, producer and screenwriter *

Kalpana Mohan Kalpana (18 July 1946 – 4 January 2012), born Archana Mohan, was an Indian actress who worked in Hindi cinema in the 1960s. She appeared with Shammi Kapoor in the 1962 film ''Professor'', with Shashi Kapoor and Kishore Kumar in '' Pyar Kiye ...

(1946–2012), Indian Hindi film actress *

Kalpana Ramesh Narhire Narhire Kalpana Ramesh ( mr, कल्पना नरहिरे) (born 25 October 1969) is a Shiv Sena politician from Osmanabad district. She was a member of the 14th Lok Sabha of India representing Osmanabad Osmanabad (; pronounced ...

(born 1969), Indian politician from Osmanabad, Maharashtra *

Kalpana Pandit Kalpana Pandit (born 20 January 1967) is an Indian actress, model, and emergency physician. She owns the film production company ''House of Pandit (TM)''. She is known for her works in Bollywood, and Kannada cinema. In 2008, she hosted the tech ...

, Indian Hindi actress, model and physician * Kalpana Raghavendar, Indian playback singer *

Kalpana Saxena Kalpana may refer to: Film and television * ''Kalpana'' (1948 film), an Indian Hindi-language dance film * ''Kalpana'' (1960 film), a romantic Bollywood film * ''Kalpana'' (1970 film), an Indian Malayalam film * ''Kalpana'' (2012 film), an I ...

, Indian police officer *

Kalpana Swaminathan Kalpana Swaminathan (born 1956) is an Indian writer from Mumbai. She also writes with Ishrat Syed as Kalpish Ratna. Swaminathan and Syed are both surgeons. Swaminathan won the 2009 Vodafone Crossword Book Award (Fiction) for ''Venus Crossing: ...

(born 1956), Indian writer and doctor

Other uses

Kalpana (imagination) ''Kalpanā'' (Sanskrit: कल्पना) is derived from the root - ''kalpanama'' (कल्पनम्) + ना, and means – 'fixing', 'settlement', 'making', 'performing', 'doing', 'forming', 'arranging', 'decorating', 'ornamenting', 'for ...

, a Vedantic view *

Kalpana (supercomputer) Kalpana was a supercomputer at NASA Ames Research Center operated by the NASA Advanced Supercomputing (NAS) Division and named in honor of astronaut Kalpana Chawla, who was killed in the Space Shuttle ''Columbia'' disaster and had worked as an ...

, at NASA's Ames Research Center *

Kalpana (company) Kalpana was a computer-networking equipment manufacturer located in Silicon Valley which operated during the 1980s and 1990s. Its co-founders, Vinod Bhardwaj, an entrepreneur of Indian origin,

, inventor of the first Ethernet network switch *

Kalpana-1 Kalpana-1 was the first dedicated meteorological satellite launched by Indian Space Research Organisation using Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle on 12 September 2002. The satellite is three-axis stabilized and is powered by solar panels, getting u ...