Indians who made IT happen

It was 25 years ago that the first chips that went into the USB or Universal Serial Bus connector that links computers to a variety of other devices, were manufactured at Intel.  The man who led the Intel team and co-created the USB standard was Ajay Bhatt, an alumnus of Maharaja Sayajirao University Baroda and City University, New York who is today Intel  Fellow and Chief Architect for platforms and interconnects. His efforts have seen three generations of USB connectors and some 6 billion connections made around the world.

(The man who led the Intel team and co-created the USB standard was Ajay Bhatt)

When Routers  like the one reviewed on this page, sport six antennas to create channels out of just 2 wireless bands, they are exploiting a technology called MIMO, Multiple In  Multiple Out , a  method for multiplying the capacity of a radio link using multiple transmit and receive antennas. MIMO today is a key technology harnessed by all wireless data communications: WiFi, 3G, 4G, LTE.

The key US patent (No. 5,345,599 issued in 1994) for MIMO, is held by 2 Indian origin scientists at Stanford University Arogyaswami Paulraj and Thomas Kailath.  Dr Paulraj  began his career in India as a a naval officer who led the effort to develop India's first Sonar or antri submarine defence system. He is today Emeritus Professor at Standard and  one of the most decorated scientists in the US most recently  winner of the Marconi Prize  2014. His mentor Kailath, also Emeritus Professor at Stanford was selected by US President Barack Obama for the National Medal of Science in 2014. He is an alumnus of MIT and the College of Engineering, Pune.