The object
Ajay V. Bhatt led the engineering effort that created Universal Serial Bus, the standardized connector-and-cable interface for computer peripherals. IEEE recounts the team's design of the inexpensive four-conductor cable, while India's 2025 Padma Shri citation identifies Bhatt's central role in establishing USB and related computer hardware technologies.
What Ajay did
Led Intel's cross-industry team that created the USB hardware interface for connecting computer peripherals.
Why it matters
USB replaced a tangle of incompatible peripheral connections with a low-cost interface able to carry data and power, becoming a durable computer-hardware standard.
Living-status check
India's government published Bhatt's Padma Shri citation in May 2025, documenting his award and describing his USB work.