Narinder Singh Kapany

Narinder Singh Kapany (Punjabi: ਨਰਿੰਦਰ ਸਿੰਘ; 31 October 1926 – 4 December 2020) was an Indian-born American physicist. He was known for his work in fibre optics.[1][2][3][4] He was named as one of the seven "Unsung Heroes" by Fortune. He was known as "Father of Fiber Optics".[5][6]

The term fibre optics was created by Singh Kapany in 1956.[7] He was IOFS officer.[8]

Singh Kapany died on 4 December 2020 in California, aged 94.[9]

References

  1. ↑ "Narinder Kapany, Ph.D., Founder and Chairman, K2 Optronics, Inc". Archived from the original on 31 July 2005. Retrieved 26 March 2008.
  2. ↑ rediff.com: Honouring the Achievers. Specials.rediff.com. Retrieved on 6 April 2011.
  3. ↑ The Tribune, Chandigarh, India – Business. Tribuneindia.com. Retrieved on 6 April 2011.
  4. ↑ How India missed another Nobel Prize – Rediff.com India News. News.rediff.com (12 October 2009). Retrieved on 6 April 2011.
  5. ↑ "Narinder Singh Kapany Chair in Opto-electronics". University of California Santa Cruz. Archived from the original on 21 May 2017. Retrieved 20 May 2017..
  6. ↑ Dharmakumar, Rohin (11 March 2011). "Lighting up the Last Mile". Forbes India.
  7. ↑ Sanjay D. Jain, Manish Shukla, Vivek M. Nanoti, Science Reporter, NISCAIR, CSIR, Dr KS Krishnan Marg, New Delhi - 110 012. p. 35 (ed. February 2016) Archived 28 May 2016 at the Wayback Machine
  8. ↑ Sharma, Dinesh C. (15 October 2009). "Nobel Question Mark". New Delhi: India Today. Retrieved 20 May 2017.
  9. ↑ "Father of fibre optics and patron of Sikh arts Narinder Singh Kapany dies at 94". Archived from the original on 2020-12-15. Retrieved 2020-12-04.


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