Known as the ‘Father of Fibre Optics’, Dr Narinder Singh Kapany had over 100 patents under his name.
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 unknown.
The Indian American scientist was a multi-faceted personality—physicist, innovator, entrepreneur, farmer, philanthropist, and an avid art collector.
he also invented Retinal laser coagulation treatment. He became the first Indian Sikh to take a company public in Silicon Valley.
In 1967, Kapany created the Sikh Foundation that pioneered the display of Sikh Arts at the Victoria and Albert Museum in London and established the first permanent Sikh Art Gallery in the United States and Canada