Ajay Bhatt

Bhatt completed his Bachelor of Engineering (Electrical) in 1980 from the Maharaja Sayajirao University of Baroda, India and received his master's degree from the City College of New York, United States.[https://thehindi.in/the-indian-connection-silicon-valley/ "The Indian Connection Silicon Valley"], The Hindi Magazine, 3 June 2019. Retrieved 14 August 2023.

Bhatt joined Intel in 1990 as a senior staff architect on the chipset architecture team in Folsom. He holds one hundred and thirty-two U.S. and international patents, and several others are in various stages of filing. In 1998, 2003 and 2004, Bhatt was nominated to take part in a Distinguished Lecture Series at leading universities in the United States and Asia. Ajay received an Achievement in Excellence Award for his contribution in PCI Express specification development in 2002.{{Cite web |title=The Asian Awards {{!}} Honouring Asian Excellence {{!}} VIP Asian Awards {{!}} Business Awards {{!}} Asian Business Awards |url=https://www.theasianawards.com/ajay_bhatt.html |access-date=2024-05-13 |website=The Asian Awards}}

Intel's Chief I/O architect responsible for the platform and I/O interconnects directions, Bhatt also leads definition and development of the next-generation Client Platform architecture.

The October 9, 2009 episode of the late night variety/talk show The Tonight Show with Conan O'Brien included a comedy sketch featuring him that parodied Intel's "Rockstar" commercials.{{Cite web|url=https://www.engadget.com/2009/10/10/conan-obrien-talks-to-the-co-creator-of-usb-on-the-tonight-show/|title=Conan O'Brien talks to the co-creator of USB on The Tonight Show|website=Engadget|date=10 October 2009 |language=en|access-date=2019-10-23}}

Bhatt was brought greater attention by a 2009 Intel television advertisement in which he was portrayed by actor Sunil Narkar.{{cite web|url=http://www.oregonlive.com/business/index.ssf/2009/05/intel_ad_campaign_remakes_rese.html|title=Intel ad campaign remakes researchers into rock stars |first=Mark|last= Graves|publisher=The Oregonian|date=May 9, 2009|accessdate=September 23, 2009}}

• Featured in GQ India's July 2010 issue as one of "The 50 Most Influential Global Indians."
• Recipient of The Light of India Award in 2012 for contributions to the advancement of science and technology.{{Cite web |title=Transforming the PC with new computing experiences (Ajay V Bhatt, Intel Architect Group) |url=https://www.imperial.ac.uk/events/108628/transforming-the-pc-with-new-computing-experiences-ajay-v-bhatt-intel-architect-group/ |access-date=2025-01-25 |website=Imperial College London |language=en-GB}}
• Winner of the 2013 European Inventor Award in the Non-European Countries category.{{cite web |last1=Office |first1=European Patent |title=A truly universal connection |url=http://www.epo.org/learning-events/european-inventor/finalists/2013/bhatt/feature.html |accessdate=4 July 2020 |website=www.epo.org |language=en}}
• Recipient of the Outstanding Achievement in Science & Technology Award at The Asian Awards, London, April 2013.[http://bollyspice.com/57703/asian-awards-winners-night-event Winners at the Asian Awards]
• Awarded the Padma Shri by the Government of India in 2025.{{cite news|url=https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/full-list-of-padma-awards-2025/article69141094.ece|title=Full list of Padma Awards 2025|date=25 January 2025|access-date=25 January 2025|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250125180026/https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/full-list-of-padma-awards-2025/article69141094.ece|archive-date=25 January 2025|work=The Hindu|language=en-IN}}

• [http://www.cnn.com/2010/TECH/02/04/ajay.bhatt.usb.inventor/index.html USB producer is tech's unlikely 'rock star'], By John D. Sutter, February 4, 2010 – Ajay Bhatt on CNN.COM
• [http://www.cnn.com/2013/04/26/tech/innovation/usb-intel-billion-seller How humble USB turned engineer into tech 'rock star'] By Nick Glass and Matthew Knight, CNN

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• {{YouTube|q-8GVi2Fdi4|Intel commercial – Ajay Bhatt}}
• [https://www.engadget.com/2009/10/10/conan-obrien-talks-to-the-co-creator-of-usb-on-the-tonight-show/ Ajay Bhatt Interview with Conan O'Brien]
• [https://www.flickr.com/photos/gaspar/3520583135/ Photo] at Flickr
• [http://www.epo.org/learning-events/european-inventor/finalists/2013/bhatt/feature.html Ajay V.Bhatt winner of the European Inventor Award]
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