Narinder Singh Kapani

Background

Narinder Singh was born in Punjab, India and educated in India. Kapany has lived in the United States for forty-five years. A graduate of Agra University in India,He did his education in England also he completed advanced studies in optics, and Ph.D. degree at Imperial College London in 1955.

Education

There a teacher informed him that light only traveled in a straight line. He took this as a challenge and made the study of light his life work.

Achievements

• Founded Kaptron Incorporated and K2 Optronics.

• He was the founding chairman and major funder of the Sikh Foundation, which runs programs in publishing, academia, and the arts.
  
  

Views

Quotations: When a rich man's dog died, everyone commiserated. When a poor man lost his mother, no one noticed.

Interests

• philanthropy, art collecting, sculpting

Connections

Wife:

Satinder Kapany

Son:

Rajinder Kapany

Daughter:

Kiren Kapany