Inventor of the Year award
Indian-American scientist Rajiv V. Joshi ...
Joshi holds a B.Tech degree in mechanical engineering from IIT Bombay. He came to the US in 1977 to pursue a master’s degree at MIT and a doctoral degree at Columbia University. According to Joshi’s biography, his processes and structures for aluminium, tungsten, and copper technologies are widely used in IBM for various technologies.
Joshi has extensively worked on novel memory designs and commercialized these techniques. He received three Outstanding Technical Achievements (OTAs) and three highest Corporate Patent Portfolio Awards for licensing contributions. A Distinguished Visiting Professor with IIT Roorkee, he was inducted into the New Jersey Inventor Hall of Fame in August 2014 along with the pioneer Nicola Tesla.
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