Biography of NARINDRA SINGH

KAPANY

By- SHARDA SHARAN

Dr. NARINDRA SINGH KAPANY

Father of Fiber Optics

CONTENT

• EARLY LIFE• CAREER• SCIENTIST

• BUSINESSMAN & ENTREPRENEUR• A MANOEUVER• AWARDS• REFERENCE

EARLY LIFE Born on 31 October,1926 At Moga, Panjab India To a Shikh family Later got nationality of America A graduate of Agra university Completed advance studies in optics at the Imperial

college of science & technology London Received Ph.D. from the university of London in 1955

CAREER

His career has spanned science. Entrepreneurship and management academia, publishing lecturing and farming.

His personal interests include philanthropy, art collecting, and sculpting.

SCIENTIST

As a scientist, Dr. Kapany is acknowledged as the father of fiber-optics.

His research and inventions have encompassed lasers, biomedical instrumentation, solar energy and pollution monitoring.

BUSINESSMAN & ENTREPRENEUR

Dr. Kapany has specialized in the processes of innovation and the management of technology and technology transfer.

In 1960, he founded Optics Technology Inc. and was Chairman of the Board, President, and Director of Research for twelve years.

A MANOEUVER

Dr. Kapany has published over 100 scientific papers and four books on opto-electronics and entrepreneurship.

As a philanthropist, Dr. Kapany has been active in education and the arts.

As an art collector, Dr. Kapany has specialized in Sikh art.

As an artist, Dr. Kapany has created 40 "dynoptic" sculptures.

AWARDS

He has received many awardsThe Excellence 2000 AwardPravasi Bharatiya SammanFREng in1998

The important thing is to be man of the world. That’s what I have tried to be, and to a small extent succeeded. But I like to do things for people.

MESSAGE

REFERENCE

Wikipedia www.sikhfoundation.org

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