By Munish Chawla
Lockdown was declared by the Governments with the onset of the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic. Overnight everyone was forced to stay at home and this also forced everyone to Go Digital.
Physical Meetings got replaced with online meetings, seminars got replaced with webinars, office work got shifted to ‘Work from Home’. A Digital Transition started happening in the way we work and live. Students started attending online classes, doctors started with telemedicine, restaurants became cloud kitchens, everyday household Shopping became online, every possible product and services started getting booked online and got delivered at home. New Digital Normal got established.
However, everyone did not accept these overnight changes easily and there was a lot of resistance from many. Few waited for everything to go back to the traditional ways. They are also now slowly accepting that these changes are here to stay for some time at least and they have no other option but to Go Digital.
In our Startup Jeevitam, since we are Tech-Enabled Livelihood Platform, the transition to Go Digital helped us reach out to our clients with Innovative Solutions. We launched Remote/Digital Hiring for Corporates, Digital Job Fairs with Labour Ministry, and Digital Skill Mapping with various Philanthropy Organizations & State Governments.
The year 2020 is a year of Survival and Go Digital, many have realized, its the only way to survive this crisis. There is no denying that the Coronavirus outbreak has provided a massive push for change, even it’s now a matter of necessity. I also believe probably it is the opportunity for everyone to reset the ways we live and work.
We have realized that working from home is indeed possible and traveling as much can be avoided. Many are seeing opportunities to scale up, bring efficiencies in the way they work, and open new markets. I believe post this crisis also most of us are likely to adopt a hybrid model wherein both traditional & Digital practices may coexist. Go Digital & Do the Right Thing.
About the Author:
Munish Chawla is the Co-Founder of Startup Jeevitam, a Tech-Enabled livelihood platform. An industry veteran for over 28 years, Munish actively participates in public policy forums in India and is a Member of CII National Committee on Startups & Entrepreneurship. Munish is also a former banker with over 20 years of banking experience.
