Dr. Narinder Singh born in Moga (Punjab) and raised in Dehradun, India. He was educated in England and is considered as the Father of Fibre Optics. Dr. Narinder Singh Kapany has lived in the United States for forty-five years. A graduate of Agra University in India, he completed advanced studies in optics at the Imperial College of Science and Technology, London, and received his Ph.D. from the University of London in 1955.

During his schooling he tried to disprove his teacher that light travels in straight line which has inspired him to create fibre optics that has revolutionised the technology. The fibre optics technology behind devices from endoscopy to high-capacity telephone lines that has changed the medical, communications and business worlds tremendously. He was named one of seven ‘Unsung Heroes’ by Fortune magazine in their ‘Businessmen of the Century’ issue (Nov. 22, 1999).

Dr. Narinder Kapany's career has spanned science, entrepreneurship and management, academia, publishing, and farming. His personal interests include philanthropy, art collecting, and sculpting. He has specialized in the processes of innovation and the management of technology and technology transfer.

Dr. Kapany founded Optics Technology Inc. in 1960 and was Chairman of the Board, President, and Director of Research for twelve years. In 1967 the company went public with numerous corporate acquisitions and joint ventures in the United States and abroad.

In 1973, Dr. Kapany founded Kaptron Inc. and was President and CEO until 1990 when he sold the company to AMP Incorporated. For the next nine years, Dr. Kapany was an AMP Fellow, heading the Entrepreneur & Technical Expert Program and serving as Chief Technologist for Global Communications Business.

Dr. Kapany has founded K2 Optronics. He has also served on the boards of various companies. He was a member of the Young Presidents Organization and remains a member of the World Presidents Organization. He is the founder and chairman of the Sikh Foundation, a non-profit organization founded in 1967 having its officers in Palo Alto, California.

In collaboration with international institutions and publishers, the Foundation runs programs in publishing high quality books on Sikhism, endowing permanent Sikh Studies Chairs and Fellowships in leading universities in North America and establishing long-term and permanent Sikh art exhibits.