USB Inventor Ajay V. Bhattn, Indian-Born US researcher, Get Recognition

 Ajay V. Bhatt, the Indian-born US researcher, won the European Inventor Award 2013 presented by the European Patent Office (EPO) in the non-European countries category for leading a team of computer experts at Intel that developed USB technology.

Out of a group of 15 nominees from 11 countries, he is one of five Award winners announced.

Bhatt received the award at a ceremony in Amsterdam in the presence of Her Royal Highness Princess Beatrix of the Netherlands and 500 international guests

He won the prize together with his team consisting of Bala Cadambi, Jeff Morriss, Shelagh Callahan, and Shaun Knoll for inventing the USB technology. Frustrated with the process of reconfiguring and rebooting the computer while installing a printer for his wife’s computer, he decided to create a connection interface that would recognize and run new devices automatically when they were plugged into a computer – the idea of the Universal Serial Bus was born: The USB interface works by ‘translating’ the different signals from peripherals and delivering them into one centralized message stream to the computer’s OS.

"Ajaj V. Bhatt helped greatly simplify the way we interact with computers today. To get all the different devices to understand each other is example of technological progress that is really benefitting our life by making it easier. It helps us making the most of out digital technology and enjoying its advantages," said Benoit Battistelli, president of the EPO.

Bhatt’s invention is now found in billions of electronic devices the world over. USB not only allows users easy connections of computers with webcams, smartphones and even complex scientific instruments. It also streamlines work for hardware and software developers.

He got his Bechlor’s Degree fom M.S. University Baroda, India, and his Master’s Degree from New York, then he joined Intel Corporation. He also known as ‘Intel Rock Star’. He is Intel Fellow, chief client platform architect of Intel Architecture Group.