Author: Sanjay Sharma in Bhopal
Publication: Sify News
Date: January 3, 2003
URL: http://headlines.sify.com/1505news4.html?headline=MIT~names~minor~planet~after~Indian~whizkid
A Jabalpur boy has literally had
his niche carved in the galaxy for his brilliant invention. The Massachusetts
Institute of Technology(MIT), US, has named '12509 Pathak' - a recently
spotted minor planet between Mars and Jupiter - after Madhav Pathak - a
Class X student.
"We feel proud to name the minor
planet discovered by LINEAR programme in honour of students and teachers
recognised by Science Service Programmes", says a letter from the Lincoln
Laboratory US.
Pathak has earned the rare honour
for his innovation 'Nova Front Face Braille Writer' that helps the visually
handicapped to read and write from left to right like a normal person.
The visually impaired person write
from right to left and then turn over the punched paper sheet to read what
is written.
The Council of Scientific and Industrial
Research(CSIR) has got this invention of Madhav patented as co-assignee.
Pathak is being awarded first prize,
carrying Rs 50,000 cash at the CSIR Diamond Jubilee Awards, for 'Invention
of School Children'.
He has also bagged the World Intellectual
Research Organisation(WIPO) Award for the "Outstanding Student Inventor".
