PervasID, a company that span out of Professor Richard Penty's research group in 2014, has been awarded the Queen's Award for Enterprise: Innovation 2021.
PervasID is a fast-growing Cambridge-based technology company that develops battery-free Radio Frequency IDentification (RFID) reader systems for automating inventory and asset tracking. The patented products are enabling organisations across a wide range of markets to streamline processes by providing visibility into goods, assets and people.
The award recognises PervasID’s pioneering work in battery-free tag tracking technology to allow enterprises to improve how they manage inventory and optimise their asset management.
Now in its 55th year, the Queen’s Awards for Enterprise are the most prestigious business awards in the country, with winning businesses able to use the esteemed Queen’s Awards emblem for the next five years. PervasID now joins just over 7,000 UK enterprises that have received this Royal recognition since the Awards were established in 1965.
Sabesan Sithamparanathan is the company’s CEO and one of Sidney’s former PhD students. Sabesan commented, “Our company has grown rapidly, with deployments around the globe, and we are delighted to have been recognised with this Queen’s Award for our innovation.”
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