The USB port
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Did Ajay Bhatt invent USB?
Indian contribution, later developed elsewhereTechnology & engineering
Indian claim
Ajay Bhatt, an engineer from Vadodara who studied at M.S. University, led the Intel team that designed the Universal Serial Bus, and is often called the 'inventor of USB'.
Evidence for the Indian claim
- Intel's 2009 advertising campaign showed Bhatt as the 'rock star' behind USB.
- Bhatt led the architecture work at Intel and is named on USB-related patents.
Commonly credited to
USB was created by a group of engineers and released in 1996 by a consortium of companies including Intel, Compaq, IBM, Microsoft, DEC, NEC and Nortel.
Evidence for the other claim
- Bhatt himself calls himself a 'co-creator' and credits a team of colleagues at Intel and the partner companies.
- USB is an open industry standard; no single person owns it.
What historians and scientists say
Ajay Bhatt played a leading role in creating USB, and is rightly honoured for it. It was, as he says himself, a team effort across several companies.