Sarabjit Singh Marwah

Widely recognized as the “father of fiber optics,” holding more than 100 patents in fiber optics, laser technology, biomedical instrumentation and solar energy, Dr. Narinder Singh Kapany immigrated to the United States in 1955. After teaching at the University of Rochester in New York for two years, Dr. Kapany went on to head the Optics Department at Chicago’s Illinois Institute of Technology. He later established three companies, Optics Technology, Kaptron and K2 Optronics, as well as founded the Sikh Foundation, a non-profit organization dedicated to promoting the heritage and future of Sikhism.