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“ MIMO was visual thinking . It was inspired by a physical experiment . It wasn ’ t something that came from a whiteboard ”
AROGYASWAMI PAULRAJ , PROFESSOR EMERITUS , DEPARTMENT OF ELECTRICAL ENGINEERING , STANFORD UNIVERSITY
Arogyaswami : Driving India ’ s digital growth Since the dawn of his career on the high seas , Arogyaswami has always helped enrich the technological future of India .
The widespread availability of mobile wireless networks over the past two decades thanks to his invention has dramatically transformed the nation .
In the early 2000s , the network was 2G , evolving to 3G in the late 2000s , to 4G in the past five years . Now , 5G is on the horizon and , once rolled out en masse , it will help bridge the country ’ s rural digital divide , create new employment opportunities and foster manufacturing innovation .
5G will help make India ’ s growth into a manufacturing superpower possible , cementing Arogyaswami as one of the most influential inventors and academics of the digital age .
He is undoubtedly worth celebrating as Manufacturing Digital ’ s latest Lifetime of Achievement . manufacturingdigital . com 105