Narinder Singh Kapany

Narinder Singh Kapany (; 31 October 1926 – 4 December 2020) was an Indian-born American physicist. He was  known for his work in fibre optics.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. He was named as one of the seven "Unsung Heroes" by Fortune. He was known as "Father of Fiber Optics"..

The term fibre optics was created by Singh Kapany in 1956.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)   He was IOFS officer.

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

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