Rajinder Kapany

URI: https://gptkb.org/entity/Rajinder_Kapany
GPTKB entity
Statements (26)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:person
gptkbp:awarded gptkb:Padma_Vibhushan
gptkbp:birthDate 1926-10-31
gptkbp:birthPlace gptkb:Moga,_Punjab,_British_India
gptkbp:children gptkb:Rajinder_Singh_Kapany_Jr.
gptkbp:citizenship gptkb:United_States
gptkbp:deathDate 2020-12-04
gptkbp:education gptkb:Imperial_College_London
gptkbp:employer gptkb:Stanford_University
gptkb:University_of_California,_Santa_Cruz
gptkbp:field gptkb:optics
photonics
gptkbp:founded gptkb:K2_Optronics
gptkb:Kaptron_Inc.
gptkb:Optics_Technology_Inc.
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Rajinder Kapany
gptkbp:knownFor fiber optics
gptkbp:nationality gptkb:American
gptkb:Indian
gptkbp:nickname Father of Fiber Optics
gptkbp:occupation gptkb:inventor
gptkb:physicist
entrepreneur
gptkbp:spouse gptkb:Satinder_Kapany
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Narinder_Singh_Kapany
gptkbp:bfsLayer 6