B. Jayant Baliga is an electrical engineer best known for inventing the Insulated Gate Bipolar Transistor (IGBT), one of the most widely used power semiconductor devices in the world. While working at General Electric and later at North Carolina State University, he developed and helped commercialize technologies that revolutionized power electronics. The IGBT enabled more efficient control of electrical power in applications ranging from industrial equipment to transportation and renewable energy systems. Baliga holds more than 100 patents and is widely regarded as a pioneer in modern power semiconductor technology.
