NuSocia Knowledge Centre | Dealing with Post COVID
Thu June 4, 2020
Dear NuSocia Patron,
Welcome to the first issue of Monthly NuSocia Newsletter – an effort to bring to you interesting pieces of short reads curated for patrons like you. This would be a combination of some interesting blogs, opinions from Industry experts on contemporary topics, details of online learning sessions organised by NuSocia and other relevant news. We would be extremely happy to receive your feedback and suggestions on content. It would help make the newsletter even more relevant to you.
This month, for the inaugural issue – the most pertinent topic all across the globe – is the impact of COVID 19 pandemic on the social impact sector.
Hope you find value in the content!
Readings : Food for Thought
We have carefully curated a quick and customized reading list for you to get in-depth idea of the post crisis situation and how to mitigate them.
1. Effective Disaster Preparedness is it even Possible: Almost all states in India are prone to one or other kind of calamity. Every time a disaster strikes, government, non- profits and individuals have acted with a great sense of responsibility and empathy. While that was great, but the question remains: How prepared are we?
Read Now (5 Min Read)
2. Post COVID-19: The most adaptable will survive: Some of the large Work from Home (WFH) experiments are underway leading the world to radically rethink traditional work assignments. Innovation in technology are moulding lives in a manner that would have been unimaginable a few years back.
Read Now (5 Min Read)
3. Future Predictions for a Post Corona virus World: As the ripple of COVID-19 careens around the globe, it’s forcing humankind to innovate and change the way we work and live. The upside of where we find ourselves right now is that individuals and corporations will be more resilient in a post-COVID-19 world.
Read Now (6 Min Read)
Expert Speaks
Each issue of the newsletter we bring to you some expert opinion from industry leaders on the topic. We recently spoke to Ms Akshima Ghate (Director, RMI) about the impact of COVID on the mobility sector. Here is an excerpt from the interview.
Given the current COVID-19 pandemic, what impact do you see on the transportation sector and how do you think it will recover?
We will definitely see a reduction in transportation demand - this may be good for the environment but not really for several start-ups who have entered into the mobility industry developing mobility designs because they made their products based on pre-COVID mobility projections - there is now a need to do rethinking and readjusting.
The public transport ridership will see a downturn in the short term which is a point of concern because we have been wanting to promote public transport. People would in the short term refrain from public transport. This would actually lead to increased usage of private transport- we may also see an increased demand for second hand personal vehicles because of safety in transportation. In the pre-COVID world our criteria for choosing a transport was time and cost but in the post COVID world safety will also become a criteria."
Ways to engage right now
What's New:
While the first two sessions of YIL2020 were held on 27th May and 2nd June, the 3rd session is lined up on 5th June at 7.30pm where we will have Ms Richa Pant, Head – Group CSR and Sustainability at L&T Finance, where she will share her perspective on importance of fieldwork in development sector and why shared value is important for a sustainable future"