Business Today Mindrush
THE POST-PANDEMIC PARADIGM
22nd and 23rd January, 2021
THE POST-PANDEMIC PARADIGM
The Indian economy which was going through an extended slowdown has seen GDP growth contract for two successive quarters after the lockdown since the Covid-19 outbreak. As people get back to work, know how India Inc., government and small businesses try to rise from the prolonged slowdown. It has also led to a sea-change in the way business is done. What does this mean for companies, management and employees? Will these changes become the norm for the future?
Aroon Purie, Chairman and Editor-in-Chief, India Today Group addresses the audience at the annual Business Today MindRush Conclave
As India moves ahead on the recovery path after the pandemic, it needs to make more of the opportunities presented by AI and machine learning, Misra said
The government needs to be aggressive on bringing the virus under control even if it has to spend around "8-10 billion dollars of public money", he said
High-income countries have excellent tertiary health care facilities but over the years their public health surveillance systems have weakened, she said
Sanjiv Mehta, who joined the HUL in 2013 stated one must put 'compassion' at the centre of the leadership. He also said that a leader must spot the crisis and immediately take action
Discussing the future of healthcare post-COVID at the Business Today MindRush event on Friday, January 22 , a panel of distinguished experts shared their views on how the present crisis will shape the basics of healthcare in times to come
Zerodha CIO and founder Nikhil Kamath, Wow Momos' Co-founder Sagar Daryani and Cars24 Co-fonder and CEO Vikram Chopra expound on the challenges and opportunities for the startup world during COVID-19
Experts agree that biggest impediment for all operators will be spectrum cost and all stakeholders need to work together towards addressing these challenges. The other challenge for telcos is to seamlessly deploy infrastructure support
Vikram Patel, during his address, explained what corporates can do and what they should be doing to combat mental health-related problems at the workplace
According to Dr Sangita Reddy, one of the drastic changes that she saw during the COVID-19 outbreak was the low footfall of patients in the hospitals because many people were scared that they would get infected by the virus
Amid pandemic, hybrid mode of working has been accepted across industry. How companies are making sure they don't miss on coordination and what are challenges in keeping productivity high
In terms of industries, almost all sectors - banking, retail, government, communication - have leveraged AI across the board and used the technology to gain traction widely
India received "disproportionately large" amount of foreign portfolio flow in 2020 and this has continued till now in 2021 as well. Besides, he said, most of the emerging markets, except China, reported outflow during the period
On rebuilding the business after the pandemic, Keswani said unlike most hotel companies, Lemon Tree didn't shut most hotels
Pandemics are likely to be a recurring threat
Dr Reddy, President, Public Health Foundation of India This is certainly not the last pandemic we will see Dr Soumya Swaminathan, Chief Scientist, WHO Behavioural changes are here to stay and every sector will be impacted Rajeev Misra, CEO SoftBank Vision Fund
Future of education is a hybrid of offline and online learning Rajeev Misra, CEO SoftBank Vision Fund The faster we get the vaccine, the faster the economy will recover Arvind Panagariya, Professor of Economics, Columbia University 
