Narinder Singh Kapany
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Dr. Narinder Singh Kapany is widely acknowledged as the father of optical fiber [1]. Earlier, Irish physicist John Tyndall had shown that light could travel in curve inside a material (water). In 1952, this earlier work led Kapany to conduct studies that led to the invention of optical fiber.
Although Narinder Singh Kapany is of Punjabi origin, he was educated in England and has spent over 45 years in the United States. He was named as one of the seven 'Unsung Heroes' by Fortune magazine in their ‘Businessmen of the Century’ issue (1999-11-22).