IIT-educated US professor wins $1 million Millennium Technology Prize
Professor Bantval Jayant Baliga, a 76-year-old Indian-American electrical engineer born in Chennai, Tamil Nadu, has been awarded the 2024 Millennium Technology Prize. The prize, awarded by Technology Academy Finland, which includes a €1 million award (approximately $1.1 million), recognizes his invention of the Insulated Gate Bipolar Transistor (IGBT), which has reduced global electrical energy and…