Inventor, Mr. Satish V. Pathak, has recently received a prestigious global award by International Society of Automation (ISA), USA for Excellence in Technical Innovation – Product, Endowed by UOP, a Honeywell company. The award ceremony took place at The Marriott, Newport Beach, CA, USA. Mr. Pathak has a Patent in his name with the title ‘The Digital Controlled Valve for Precise Liquid Dispensing by Gravity Flow’ that is a step change technology in industrial valves. Mr. Satish V. Pathak has bagged one more award from ISA Asia Pacific Dist.-14 for the same technology innovation. This honor is entitled “Outstanding Product/System Development in Instrumentation/Automation” Award. The technology stands unique in its functionality setting new standards in industrial process automation. Considering this the ISA HQ, USA wrote in the Award Grant Letter – “The Honors& Awards Gala is ISA’s opportunity to recognize and express appreciation for your outstanding achievements and contributions to the automation community”.
Mr. Pathak is the first Indian to receive the award under this heading since its establishment in 1973. He is a seasoned industrial automation expert, gaining his technical expertise from instrumentation, embedded electronics, application software and interfacing and has executed several “first of the kind” automation projects. He now has plans to establish a manufacturing venture based on his IP. The digital controlled valves he invented find multiple applications from almost every industry sector across the international market.
