Narinder Singh Kapany
Indian physicist (1926-2020)
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
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- ↑ rediff.com: Honouring the Achievers. Specials.rediff.com. Retrieved on 6 April 2011.
- ↑ The Tribune, Chandigarh, India – Business. Tribuneindia.com. Retrieved on 6 April 2011.
- ↑ How India missed another Nobel Prize – Rediff.com India News. News.rediff.com (12 October 2009). Retrieved on 6 April 2011.
- ↑ "Narinder Singh Kapany Chair in Opto-electronics". University of California Santa Cruz. Archived from the original on 21 May 2017. Retrieved 20 May 2017..
- ↑ Dharmakumar, Rohin (11 March 2011). "Lighting up the Last Mile". Forbes India.
- ↑ 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) [1] Archived 28 May 2016 at the Wayback Machine
- ↑ Sharma, Dinesh C. (15 October 2009). "Nobel Question Mark". New Delhi: India Today. Retrieved 20 May 2017.
- ↑ "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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