Narinder Singh Kapany

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Narinder Singh Kapany



Narinder Singh Kapany (born 31 October 1926) is an Indian-born American Sikh physicist known for his work in fibre optics. He was named as one of the seven 'Unsung Heroes' by Fortune in their 'Businessmen of the Century' issue (1999-11-22).[4][5][6] He is also known as "Father of Fiber Optics". The term fibre optics was coined by Singh Kapany in 1956. He is a former IOFS officer.



Known for




  • Pioneering work on Fiber optics



Awards




  • Pravasi Bharatiya Samman

  • The Excellence 2000 Award

  • FREng (1998)



Fields




  • Physics



Institutions




  • Agra University

  • Ordnance Factories Board

  • Imperial College of Science

  • British Royal Academy of Engineering

  • Optical Society of America

  • American Association for the Advancement of Science

  • Professor at the University of California, Berkeley (UCB)

  • University of California, Santa Cruz (UCSC)

  • Stanford University



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