B. Jayant Baliga: Difference between revisions

Baliga grew up in [[Jalahalli]], a small village near [[Bangalore]], [[India]]. His father, Bantwal Vittal Manjunath Baliga, was one of India's first electrical engineers in the days before independence and founding President of the Indian branch of the [[Institute of Radio Engineers]], which later became the [[IEEE]] in India. Baliga's father played pivotal roles in the founding of Indian television and electronics industries.<ref name="electronicdesignbaliga2010" /><ref name="forbes">{{cite news |last=Prasad |first=Shishir |date=25 February 2012 |title=Jayant Baliga's invention is a power saver |url=http://www.forbesindia.com/article/innovation-special/jayant-baligas-invention-is-a-power-saver/32328/1 |access-date=16 January 2017 |newspaper=[[Forbes India]]}}</ref> During his childhood his father inspired him a lot. Baliga remembers reading IEEE proceeding during his highschoolhigh school days which were brought home by his father to home. He graduated from highschoolhigh school in 1963.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Oral-History:B. Jayant Baliga |url=https://ethw.org/Oral-History:B._Jayant_Baliga}}</ref>