Work from Home Culture in India: A Bird’s Eye View |Dr. Joyjit Sanyal | Dot Talks Webinar Series

Dr. Joyjit Sanyal (Ph.D, M.Com, PGDHRM) is currently on the Faculty of the Department of Commerce, Assam University, Diphu Campus. Before joining Assam University, he had worked in the Department of Commerce and Business Administration, Lalit Chandra Bharali College, Guwahati and also as a Guest Faculty and Junior Research Fellow in the Department of Commerce, Guwahati University. His articles and research publications have been published extensively in various reputed National and International journals. Dr. Sanyal has travelled extensively within the country and is an explorer as well and a great nature lover. His other interest includes painting and writing. His three books- two novels and a short story book have also been published in between 2006 to 2011. Dr. Sanyal is also a life member of the Indian Commerce Association (ICA) and North East India Commerce and Management Association (NEICMA).

A Bird’s Eye View The term ‘Work from Home’ is not a new term that has been used recently in the work environment because of the global crisis that has been evolving because of the pandemic Covid-19. Necessity is the mother of invention and innovation. We have already seen apps being installed in the mobile phones and other devices which provide daily reports and analytics to their managers about the time spent by the employees. Digital platforms like Google Hangout, Microsoft Teams, WebEx and Zoom are some of the examples which are enabling organisations to create collaborative work environment for meetings and discussions, thus continuing to maintain the human touch and create connectedness with the organisation. Many organisations in Europe and the US have been conditioned to work from home, as a result of which they had a robust cyber security system to access data and enable an environment outside of the firewall. Organisations who have been implementing cloud based solutions for their key applications could swiftly shift operations to homes. Among various sectors in the world, the education sector is one of the worst affected especially in India as e-learning platforms in India are yet to be evolved and adopted. The COVID-19 has created a chaotic situation in front of the students and educators because of a sudden shift to this platform. In this context, the speaker will highlight the stand on ‘Work from Home’ platform from educators of various higher education institutes in India.

Date: 3rd June 2020

Time: 11:00 AM

Registration link: bit.ly/dottalks0603