Pentium chip inventor, USB creator among Padma awardees

New Delhi: Indian-American engineer Vinod Dham, widely known as the ‘Father of the Pentium chip’, prominent malaria researcher Chetan Chitnis, noted chemical engineer and President of the Indian National Science Academy Ashutosh Sharma figure among the Padma awardees in the field of science and engineering. Dham, inventor and entrepreneur, has been chosen for the Padma Bhushan award, while Chitnis and Sharma will receive the Padma Shri.