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Narinder Singh Kapany (31 October 1926 – 4 December 2020) was an Indian-American physicist best known for his work on fiber optics. [ 2 ] [ 3 ] [ 4 ] Kapany is a pioneer in the field of fiber optics , known for coining and popularising the term.
Jan 7, 2021 · Narinder Singh Kapany was born on Oct. 31, 1926, in Moga, a town in Punjab, in northwest India, and raised in Dehradun, about 200 miles to the east. His father, Sundar Singh Kapany,...
Dec 10, 2020 · Narinder Singh Kapany, a pioneering scientist, entrepreneur, and philanthropist who served as a Regents Professor at UC Santa Cruz and a trustee of the UC Santa Cruz Foundation, died on Thursday, December 3, at age 94.
Dec 4, 2020 · RENOWNED PHYSICIST, businessman and Sikh activist Narinder Singh Kapany passed away on Friday. He was 94.Born in Punjab’s Moga, Kapany, who had been living in the US, was called the ‘father of fiber optics’ and had more than 100 patents in his name.
Mar 1, 2023 · Punjab-born scientist Narinder Singh Kapany was posthumously awarded the Padma Vibhushan in the field of science and engineering in 2021. Kapany, known as the "Father of Fibre Optics," was born on October 31, 1926, in Moga, Punjab, and died on December 4 in California, USA.
Apr 21, 2021 · The Indian scientist and passionate entrepreneur responsible for pioneering work on optical fibres and biomedical optics has passed away aged 94.
Dec 11, 2021 · For someone who was hailed as one of the seven unsung heroes of the 20th century for his Nobel Prize-deserving invention in 1999 by Fortune magazine, Narinder Singh Kapany remains relatively...
Jun 5, 2023 · Narinder Singh Kapany, the unheralded “Father of Fiber Optics.” Born in India, Kapany found his calling in physics, his love for the subject propelling him from Agra University to Imperial College London.
Jul 1, 2024 · Narinder Singh Kapany (1926–2020) was an Indian American physicist whose work in the mid to late 1950s, along with that of others, laid the foundations for a global telecommunications revolution and the modern internet era. These early pioneers showed that it was possible to send optical signals along tiny glass fibers.
Apr 1, 2021 · Narinder Singh Kapany, considered by many as the father of fibre optics, was one of the first scientists to start the field of fibre-optics with ground-breaking demonstrations of optical fibre...
