Bio/Wiki
Full Name | Deepak Chopra |
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Physical Stats & More
Height | 178 cm |
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Weight | 85 kg |
Eye Color | Black |
Hair Color | Black |
Educational Qualification(s)
School | St. Columba's School, New Delhi |
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College | All India Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi |
Educational Qualification | Graduation in Medicine |
Personal Life
Zodiac sign/Sun sign | Libra |
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Hometown | New Delhi, India |
Relationships & More
Marital Status | Married | ||||
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Wife/Spouse | Rita Chopra | ||||
Children |
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Family
Father | Krishan Chopra (Cardiologist) |
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Mother | Pushpa Chopra |
Brother | Sanjiv Chopra (Professor at Harvard Medical School) |
Career
Debut | Writing: Creating Health (1987) |
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Religion | Hinduism |
Ethnicity | Indian |
Some Lesser Known Facts
Born and raised in New Delhi. | |
Studied medicine in India before moving to the United States in 1970. | |
Became Chief of Staff at New England Memorial Hospital (NEMH) in 1980. | |
Founder and President of the American Association of Ayurvedic Medicine. | |
Adjunct Professor in the marketing divisions of Columbia Business School & Kellogg School of Management. | |
Serves as a board member of Men's Wearhouse since 2004. | |
Founder of Chopra Foundation and ISHAR. | |
Promoted from assistant professor to full professor at the University of California, San Diego in 2016. | |
Recipient of the Ig Nobel Prize in physics in 1998. | |
Regarded as America's leading advocate for Ayurveda. | |
Author of 80 books, 21 of which made The New York Times bestsellers list. | |
His book, The Seven Spiritual Laws of Success, was a New York Times Best Seller for 72 weeks. |