Prominent Punjabi Americans
Har Gobind Khorana
The Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine 1968. For more information, visit: http://www.nobelprize.org/nobel_prizes/medicine/laureates/1968/khorana-bio.html
Governor Bobby Jindal
Governor Bobby Jindal - State of Louisiana. For more information, visit: http://gov.louisiana.gov/index.cfm?md=pagebuilder&tmp=home&navID=38&cpID=1&catID=0
Governor Nikki Haley
Governor Nikki Haley - Governor of South Carolina. For more information, visit: http://governor.sc.gov/About/Pages/GovernorBio.aspx
Dr. Narinder Singh Kapany
Dr. Narinder Singh Kapany is widely acknowledged as the father of fiber-optics, the technology behind devices from endoscopy to high-capacity telephone lines that has changed the medical, communications and business worlds. For more information, visit: http://sikhfoundation.org/comprof0602.html
Satjiv S. Chahil
Satjiv S. Chahil widely recognized as a high-tech industry pioneer and convergence driver. For more information, visit: http://sikhfoundation.org/comprof0503.html
KALPANA CHAWLA (PH.D.)
NASA ASTRONAUT (DECEASED) - Born in Karnal, India. Died on February 1, 2003 over the southern United States when Space Shuttle Columbia and the crew perished during entry, 16 minutes prior to scheduled landing. For more information, visit: http://www.jsc.nasa.gov/Bios/htmlbios/chawla.html