Govind P. Agrawal, Date of Birth, Place of Birth

Govind P. Agrawal

American physicist

Date of Birth: 24-Jul-1951

Place of Birth: Kashipur, Uttarakhand, India

Profession: physicist, university teacher

Nationality: United States

Zodiac Sign: Leo

Govind P.
Agrawal is an Indian American physicist and a fellow of both the IEEE and the Optical Society of America.
He is the recipient of James C.
Wyant Professorship of Optics at the Institute of Optics and a professor of physics at the University of Rochester.
He is also a senior scientist at the Laboratory for Laser Energetics (LLE) in the University of Rochester.
Agrawal has authored and co-authored several highly cited books in the fields of non-linear fiber optics, optical communications, and semiconductor lasers.