Amritsar, Aug. 2 -- Gurtej Sandhu, a former student of Guru Nanak Dev University (GNDU), Amritsar, has become the seventh most prolific inventor in the world with 1,382 US patents, surpassing Thomas Edison's record, bringing immense pride to the country and his alma mater.

Currently senior fellow and vice-president at Micron Technology, Gurtej has spearheaded groundbreaking advancements in microelectronics.

His work on atomic layer deposition, oxygen-free titanium coating and pitch-doubling techniques have been pivotal in sustaining Moore's Law, enabling the creation of smaller, faster and more efficient chips that power modern devices like smartphones, cameras and cloud storage systems.

GNDU vice-chancellor Karamjeet Singh called it "...