11 Things you should know about the Indian Origin Engineer who got Russia’s Top Tech Award

11 Things you should know about the Indian Origin Engineer who got Russia’s Top Tech Award

 - Shashank Singh

 

 June 20, 2015

He has been awarded Russia’s highest tech award. He was also awarded America’s highest engineering prize in 2011. His invention has saved around $24 Trillion by raising efficiency of digital equipment. Know more about the incredible B. Jayant Baliga.

B. Jayant Baliga, a US-based Indian scientist, has been awarded Russia’s top technology award in recognition of his work in energy management by Russian President Vladimir Putin on Friday.

Baliga’s incredible work that led to a major development in energy management brought about a huge increase in efficiency and major savings.

Here are 11 awesome things you need to know about him –

1. While working at the General Electrical research & development centre in New York, he had invented the digital switch or the insulated gate bipolar transistor (IGBT) in 1980 which switches energy hundreds of thousands of times a second, resulting in a multi-fold increase in the efficiency of all digital equipment and computer hardware.

Engineering researcher Jay Baliga in his EGRC lab. PHOTO BY ROGER WINSTEAD

Source: asiancorrespondent.com

2. Baliga claims that his invention, which combines the two streams of Electronics and Electrical engineering, has probably saved around 24 trillion dollars by raising the efficiency of such equipment.

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3. He also says that every motor today is at least 40 percent more efficient, the CFL is 75 percent better and a motor vehicle saves over 10 percent fuel because of his invention.

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4. He did not get any money out of his invention but he says he did it all for humanity.

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5. He has written 19 books and over 500 papers in peer-reviewed journals.

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6. Baliga is a graduate of IIT-Madras and did his MS and PhD from the US in Electrical Engineering, after which he joined GE where he spent over 15 years.

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7. Several colleagues told him that his invention would not work, but he stood by his conviction and eventually it did become successful.

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8. When scientists ask him why doesn’t India recognize his work, he says perhaps they don’t know what I did.

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9. Scientific American magazine included him among the ‘eight heroes of the semi-conductor revolution’.

10. President Barack Obama awarded him with the highest recognition given to an engineer by the United States government, the National Medal of Technology and Innovation, in October 2011.

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11. He is the 2014 recipient of the IEEE Medal of Honour.

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An Open Letter To Narendra Modi From Engineers Of India

Dedicated to all my engineering friends
A message to P.M from ENGINEERS.:-
Sir we have done 22 years of hard work
commitments and with hope..our parents have invested lakhs of rupees for our education..But sir what is the use of it..Even after hard work for such a long time we are unemployed..My college dint even call up for a single company in
campus drive.

My seniors asked me to create account in naukri.. But no use.. I only get updates for b.p.o and tech supports..sir s.s.l.c is more than enough to work in a b.p.o
Seniors then asked me to go in search of a job myself..I did.. BUT companies today don't need fresher's they only need experience candidate..

Companies are hiring fresher's only if they have good reference..But I don't have reference or influence :-I failed...

Then some people asked me to approach some industries and to hand over my resumes to hand it over to watch man's.. I even did that.. But watch man answers me that our company has vacancies only for I.t.I and diplomas,we don't need engineers..I failed....

Then some people suggested me to join some consultancy..I even did that..consultancy showed me a ray of hope. They arranged me for a interview.. I went there..first question asked by h.r was :- what wil u do from morning til
evening. I answered that I SEARCH jobs..he laughed at me and suggested to join some courses.. Okie..I even did that by investing some more money to complete my dreams.

Then consultancy arranged me for one more interview I went there...it was a small scale industry.. I got selected in 3 rounds of interview. .H.R offered me 8000 to 10000 rupees per month with a two years bond in a metropolitan city where I at least need 10000 rupees to fulfill my basic needs has a bachelor..Respected sir would u accept this type of a job..I guess NO.. My friend who has secured very less marks than me us working in a M.N.C wil a package of 25000 because he had influence..

Sir we have invested lakhs and have done hard work not to earn 8000.
we avoid attending family programmes not because we have EGO but its because we don't have job.. First question asked by relatives is WHAT R U DOING NW..sir I feel ashamed to answer this question..
Whenever I call my parents the first question they asked me is DID U GET A JOB.I again feel ashamed. .
I have to ask money from my dad atleast for food and shelter.. This is the most worst moment.. I feel ashamed.. One small request sir

if India don't have potential to give employment stop giving license to new colleges..10 new engineering college are been permitted every year in my state.. Is that important.. Around 2 lakh students are joining for engineering every year only in my state.. Y is that sir..I have lost
all my faith because I have gone through very bad times and failures..

But I AM PROUD TO BE A ENGINEER.. This is not only my story ..but every engineer who don't have money and influence.. WE BADLY NEED YOUR HELP...U R OUR ONLY HOPE SIR

@ NARENDRABHAI MODI

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#StopChildAbuse In India #TheDivergentIndia Post Must Look bY iNDIANS

Once as children we learnt, and then as parents some of us taught 
our children - how to cross the road, not to play with fire, not to 
talk to strangers. 

Today we need to learn and teach our children -in a way they can 
understand - about child sexual abuse.

-If you think your child has been abused or a child comes to you 
and expresses his/her trouble,

1. Believe the child; children rarely lie about sexual abuse.
2. Commend the child for speaking up.
3. Assure the child that you will protect him or her.

Please share, remember, we are either parents or parents-to-be!

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India Needs Feminism? The Divergent Indian Posts [Must Read By All The Indians]

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India Needs Feminism? 

Updated about a month ago

45 people told BuzzFeed India why they want, need, and deserve a more femenist India.
Let us know what do you feel about it!

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 A few points I'd like to add here addressing Malik and many Men I know that share the same feelings about the causes of rape;
1. Imagine that all the girls stopped wearing "flashy" dresses, do you think rapes will suddenly stop because men aren't tempted anymore? You know better than to say yes. 
2. A majority of rapes in India(North at-least) happen when women head out to the fields in the morning to defecate. Going by the "influence of dressing" argument that we hear from men like Malik seenu and various police commisioners, What do you think tempts men in this whole process? 
Following one's religion and traditions is a "personal" choice. While you can endorse someone that's doing that, you have no right to criticize a person
1. Who does not wish to follow tradition (or) 
2. Who has different traditions. 
I believe that while you RESPECT and ENDORSE like-minded people that share your religion/belief , you should equally learn to RESPECT and ACCEPT the choices of people who don't follow traditions/dress how they want. 
DO NOT BLAME or say that there's an influence of non-conformists(liberal dressers if you'd like) or religions with no real dressing codes, on something as vile and disgusting as rape Feminism is never about equality , it is all about over-empowering women and man-heating movement , and turning men into gay and girls into lesbian , so that man should disappear in next decade from earth . And for the girl in the pic :- DO HELL WITH YOUR LEADERSHIP ITT: people having no clue what feminism is. It means equality and yes, it is called that (feminism) and is very much needed because men have always had an advantage and latent, if not explicit, sexism fueling it.

although the idea of a leader is not a fixed constant, one has to take context into cognizance- the woman here is chronicling breaking of the proverbial Glass Ceiling, and till the time this (women leaders) becomes a normal de rigueur, celebrating it will and should happen.

"The best line read somewhere....dont teach a girl..what to wear...teach your son, brother, husband....NOT TO RAPE" What I wear is my own business. Yes, people do stare. Men as well as women, even children. But if I'm comfortable with what I wear, I don't think I should be tagged as a slut or whore as I am never asking for it through the clothes I wear. We women have perfect vocal cords to ask, thank you.Ok.. Forget rapes..so U r telling me u wear exposing outfits bcoz u r comfortable with it? Lol sure!!!! U wanna expose and want to b the center of attraction.. Fine u don't want guys to look at u. If that's not the case u want other girls to see u and be jealous.. It's a fact many girls admit.. A life of pleasin others and getting others attention.. 
Pathetic!!Let me just inform everyone that women feel the equal amount of sexual urges that men do, and, in some cases, even more. What we're talking about here is the need to respect the people around you and their bodies. I'm saying "people" instead of "women" because I refuse to believe that only women need respect in the society. We're not discussing the faults of men nor suggesting that they have a very easy life. Every person needs to learn how to treat everyone with the respect we all deserve. Even prostitues deserve respect because what they are doing is their job and they, with no education and a huge family to look after, have chosen this way of life for money. But we all do have to agree to this little fact that being born a girl in India is a lot more difficult than being a girl. I've had a lot of personal experiences and have seen many things which have led me to believe this. if women control to show off thier body as in this picture , then definitely no men get attract to it , its psychology, that is the natural attraction men towards women and vise versa its just like YOU SITTING IN FRONT OF LION WITH HAVING FRESH MEAT IN YOUR HAND !! I thing by this vulger dressing provoke the natural instict of menSome of the placards in this series are really wonderful, but a lot of them are plain stupid. In an attempt to pass on as witty and clever ones, some of the placards were just seriously cringeworthy. However, THIS ONE, takes the cake.. nay, the whole bakery for being the most stupid !With respect, feminism and humanism are not the same. Feminism is about bringing to light injustices specifically faced by women and achieving gender equality, where women are given the same rights, responsibilities and freedom as men - in social, economical and political spheres. Saying India doesn't specifically need feminism is like saying the US didn't need the civil rights movement. Equality is achieved through activism, and taking the "fem" out of "feminist" and calling yourself an "equalist" or "humanist" ignores the problem of gender inequality adversely affecting women. Women are the majority of victims if rape, domestic abuse, illiteracy, lower pay (for the same jobs as men), lack of representation in courts and Parliament and other decision making bodies that make decisions which affect women. Feminism is not an "anti-men" movement - it is a "pro-women" movement. The two terms do not lead to the same outcome. An anti-men movement would replace one type of discrimination with another. But a pro-women movement simply aims to bring women's experiences into the public discourse and give these experiences the same standing as those of men, which currently dominate areas like politics and education. We can only achieve equality by identifying inequality, which is what feminism does. From that point, we can take action to eliminate the inequality. Without women's voices being loud and clear in the public sphere, they will continue to bury all the injustices they are forced to endure.