Bengaluru, June 19, 2020: Dr. Majeed Foundation, a non-profit institution founded by Dr. Muhammed Majeed, Founder and Chairman of Sami-Sabinsa Group, contributed ₹ 10 crore to PM CARES Fund, to help combat the widespread outbreak of COVID-19.
The Prime Minister’s Citizen Assistance and Relief in Emergency Situations Fund was created on 28 March 2020, following the outbreak of COVID-19 pandemic in India. The fund will be used for combating, containment and relief efforts against the coronavirus outbreak and similar pandemic like situations in the future.
Dr. Muhammed Majeed, Founder and Chairman of Sami-Sabinsa Group said, “We have always believed in supporting the less fortunate while also giving back to the society and the nation. Today, as Covid-19 pandemic poses an unprecedented challenge for the country, the contribution of ₹ 10 crore towards PM CARES Fund is a step towards helping combat the virus.”
In addition, Dr. Majeed Foundation, also recently contributed ₹2 crores to Karnataka State Disaster Management Authority.
Dr. Majeed Foundation has been actively supporting people in distress, by ramping up its community outreach programs to reach out to the poor and vulnerable communities. Especially to those who have been most affected by the pandemic in Bengaluru and Hyderabad and provided them with essential food items, protective equipment, hand sanitizers and health supplements.
Recently in Chokkasandra, Peenya, Bengaluru, Dr. Majeed Foundation distributed a total of 2,000 food kits – each food kit containing essential grocery items with 5 kgs of rice, 1 kg toor dal, 1 kg atta, 1 kg sugar, 1 kg salt, I ltr oil, one bath soap and a reusable face mask.
In Hyderabad, Dr. Majeed Foundation distributed a total of 1600 food kits to the residents of Turkapally village, an old age home, and various slum-dwelling units.
June 22, Bangalore – Hindustan Coca-Cola Beverages, one of India’s leading FMCG companies, though headquartered in Bangalore has seen its employees across the country extend a helping hand to people amidst the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic. At a time when the world is facing one of the worst crisis, we often get to hear stories of people struggling to come to terms with what is being called ‘the new normal’.
However, there are a select few that are going out of their way to extend a helping hand and making on ground contributions in their limited capacity, all in an effort to help others sail through these trying times.
These stories of HCCB employees is a testament of just that.
One for the saviors in white!
With the COVID-19 cases rising, hospitals needed as many hands as would help. Rajesh Bhande, who works as a forklift operator in Hindustan Coca-Cola Beverages, at its Pirangut based factory near Pune, was already eager to contribute. He reached out to his former employer – a local hospital in Pune – enquiring if he could volunteer, for he had earlier worked in the health sector. The hospital staff said yes. Could he make masks, for visitors and those in the neighbourhood, they enquired? Rajesh immediately signed up. Reminisces Rajesh, “it was such a joy to see my wife and son take turns to make cloth face masks on a sewing machine at home. Shortly we were being able to make 50 masks a day.” For Rajesh, it was his way of contributing to the cause of combating the outbreak of COVID-19. As he sums up, “I feel proud and privileged to be able to do my part especially for those who are putting their own lives on the line.”
Feeding the hungry
Hunger was undoubtedly the biggest bane that the vulnerable were fighting for. Spurred by their plight, Suraj Das, high-speed line Operator in the HCCB factory at Raninagar near Siliguri, and a few friends, started with small sums from their own pocket. Later they tapped into crowdfunding, to feed many more. Suraj and friends would make packets of essential groceries and get on to their bikes to distribute them. With support pouring in from others, they continued to serve over 480 families throughout the lockdown. Calling his experience as fulfilling, Suraj says, “the lockdown has taught us to be there for each other and take care.”
The lockdown also meant complete ban on the entry of part time helps inside residential complexes. Some residents were concerned about how they would manage daily household chores. Some were worried about the availability of essential food and grocery items. And, some were frowning about overall cleanliness of the locality. But very few like Anoop Sharma spared some thoughts about how these daily wage earners would feed their family. After all, they live off what they earn each day. Just a simple thought that their children could go to bed empty-stomach, Anoop reached out to these neglected grief-stricken families to offer them meals just outside his complex, ‘Parn Kuti’ near Gandhi Nagar Police Station in Bhopal. He did not wait for any help from anywhere. He just put his hand in his pocket. He would take packets of freshly prepared food outside his residential complex and offer them to the sweepers and gardeners living in his neighbourhood. Initially only a couple of daily wage earners came but as the word spread 3 to 4 other laborers also started collecting the meals. Recalling those days, Anoop describes an incident with a lump in his throat, “One day, when we offered a packet of meal to a laborer, he immediately responded with tears in his eyes that my children are very hungry, and they will be delighted to see this meal.”
What is more heartening is that Anoop’s wife, Kanta was in the eighth month of pregnancy when the lockdown was announced. She continued to prepare meals for 5 to 6 daily wage labourers every day during the entire 21 day of the first phase of the lockdown. The good news is that Anoop and Kanta have recently been blessed with their second child, a baby girl. Appreciating her support Anoop says, “Kanta prepared food willingly and never complained of any uneasiness.” When asked to comment on his charitable work, the unassuming Anoop bends his head downwards and says with all humility, “In times like this nothing is enough for these underprivileged people who serve us throughout the year.” He goes on to add, “I feel it’s our duty to help these people who remain grossly neglected.” Anoop works as a Line Fitter in the factory of Hindustan Coca-Cola Beverages, at Nimach in Bhopal.
The story of Janardhana Rao, store executive at the HCCB factory in Ameenpur, is equally humbling. Touched by the predicament of unemployed daily wage earners, he and a few colleagues, started preparing and serving freshly cooked food. Gradually, more and more people from his apartment joined. Some even made biryani and sambar rice to feed the hungry.
Devendra Divekar, knows he is lucky. All three meals of the day for his family, are a certainty. But what kept rankling in his head was that there were several who were forced to skip at least two meals of the day. They were stranded in the lockdown. “I wanted to do my bit”, says Devendra. He started small with his own money. His family supported him in supplying essential food items such as rice, dal, poha and cooking oil to the people nearby. His gesture inspired many of his friends and their families to come forward. In the ensuing period, they also helped people with ration cards to procure the essentials through the government run channels. Soon, they had taken care of 1,000 families.
In Hyderabad, Shiva Shankar, a part of the extended sales team deployed by HCCB, reached out to over 350 families with essentials. The food packet that he would distribute included rice, oil, dal, tomato, onion and chilies. On days, he would also cook and feed families, when distributing food packets wasn’t feasible. He had soon fed over 2,000 individuals. “It just takes a little heart and few like-minded people to serve the needy,” says Shiv Shankar.
Not all needing help during the lockdown are necessarily poor. Some are just caught in the circumstances. One can’t just expect the government to reach out to all. It is here that Rahul Ligade, AVP, Business Shared Services at HCCB and Jayant Patel, National Manager, at HCCB, took the lead. They came forward to serve food to the house keepers and security staff in their respective housing societies. The staff were mostly on duty and could not go home. Rahul and Jayant mobilized resources and served meals, fruits, beverages and snacks to all of them for the entire period of the lockdown.
Soni Yadav, a part of the Logistics team at HCCB, started serving refreshments like tea, coffee, Coke, biscuits among security and administrative officials who were on patrol. Her rationale, “they protect us by maintaining law & order and I am happy to bring smiles to their faces.” Just like Soni, D. Suresh, Quality Assurance Executive at the HCCB factory in Nemam, near Chennai, also paid his tribute to the police officials by buying and sharing all or any of HCCB’s products. He also bought vegetables and fruits directly from farmers and distributed them among the 150 families near his community. “We need to step in and help our community as much as possible during these hard times,” avers Suresh.
Guarding with grit
He showed exemplary strength in vulnerability. That panic would have scared most, but not Dharmveer Kumar Mahto, the security head at HCCB’s Goa factory. In drills that denoted a lot of practice, he was right there attending to one of the drivers of a third-party vehicle, who was running high fever. A coronavirus infection could be one of the possibilities. The driver was not from Goa. In fact, it was his maiden visit to the city. Losing no time, Dharmveer immediately took the driver to a local dispensary in the factory ambulance. He had all the preventive measures taken for himself, but the sheer thought of being with a potentially infected, could be bothering. The doctors at the dispensary directed Dharmveer to take the driver to a Covid scanning center at VASCO. Reflecting on the events of the day, Dharmveer says, “I just wanted to do everything I could to save him and protect others.” As a responsible citizen, he then got himself quarantined and deputed two of his associates to continuously monitor the well-being of the driver. The driver was soon discharged from the hospital. He was not infected by the corona virus. But Dharmveer had done his duty!
No doubt, these selfless souls of HCCB, define Indianness. They seek meaning for life beyond the daily chores.
“Reflecting the company’s long-standing commitment to its communities, Kartikeya Sharma, President – South Asia, AB InBev today handed over 1,000 Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) Kits to Dr C N Ashwath Narayan, Hon’ble Deputy Chief Minister and Higher Education Minister, Government of Karnataka in Bangalore. In addition to this, AB InBev has donated 27,000 bottles of hand sanitizer to the Karnataka State Drug and Logistics Warehouse to aid frontline workers in the fight against COVID-19.
Earlier in April, the company engaged with various states governments across the country to provide 73,000 litres of hand sanitizer in Uttar Pradesh, Delhi, Haryana, Karnataka, Telangana and Maharashtra; 25,000 FFP2 in the hard-hit State of Maharashtra and 3750 PPE Kits certified for healthcare professionals treating COVID-19 patients in Uttar Pradesh, Maharashtra, Karnataka and Telangana. More than 1.5 million healthcare, law enforcement and government workers across India have been positively impacted through these initiatives” said Kartikeya Sharma, President, South Asia, AB InBev
ಬೆಂಗಳೂರು: ಕೊರೊನಾ ವೈರಸ್ ಪರಿಣಾಮ ನೇಮಕಾತಿ ಪ್ರಕ್ರಿಯೆಗಳು ಸ್ಥಗಿತಗೊಂಡಿದೆ. ಇದರಿಂದಾಗಿ ಇಂಜಿನಿಯರಿಂಗ್ ಪದವಿದರರು ಕೆಲಸ ಸಿಗದೆ ಚಿಂತೆಗೆ ಈಡಾಗಿದ್ದಾರೆ ಎಂದು ಬ್ರಿಡ್ಜ್ಲ್ಯಾಬ್ಜ್ ಸಂಸ್ಥೆ ನಡೆಸಿದ ಸಮೀಕ್ಷೆಯಿಂದ ಬಹಿರಂಗಗೊಂಡಿದೆ. ಸಂಸ್ಥೆಯ ಸಮೀಕ್ಷೆಯಲ್ಲಿ ಸುಮಾರು 1000 ಇಂಜಿನಿಯರಿಂಗ್ ಪದವಿದರರು ಪಾಲ್ಗೊಂಡಿದ್ದರು.
ನಮ್ಮ ಸಾಂಕ್ರಾಮಿಕ ನಂತರದ ಜಗತ್ತಿನಲ್ಲಿ ಎಂಜಿನಿಯರ್ಗಳನ್ನು ‘ಕೆಲಸ ಸಿದ್ಧ’ ಮಾಡುವ ಮೂಲಕ ಕೌಶಲ್ಯದ ಅಂತರವನ್ನು ಪರಿಹರಿಸುವ ಅಗತ್ಯವನ್ನು ಸಮೀಕ್ಷೆಯ ಸಂಶೋಧನೆಗಳು ಪುನಃ ಸ್ಥಾಪಿಸುತ್ತವೆ. ಶೇಕಡ 76 ರಷ್ಟು ಜನರು ತಮ್ಮ ಕಾಲೇಜುಗಳಲ್ಲಿ ಸಕ್ರಿಯ ಪ್ಲೇಸ್ಮೆಂಟ್ ಸೆಲ್ ಹೊಂದಿರುವುದನ್ನು ಒಪ್ಪಿಕೊಂಡರೆ ಉಳಿದವರು ಇಲ್ಲದಿದ್ದರೆ ಹಕ್ಕು ಸಾಧಿಸಿದ್ದಾರೆ.
ಹೆಚ್ಚಿನ ವಿದ್ಯಾರ್ಥಿಗಳು ಸಕ್ರಿಯ ನಿಯೋಜನೆ ಕೋಶಗಳನ್ನು ಹೊಂದಿದ್ದಾರೆಂದು ಒಪ್ಪಿಕೊಂಡರೂ ಶೇಕಡ 24 ರಷ್ಟು ಪ್ರತಿಕ್ರಿಯಿಸಿದವರಲ್ಲಿ ಐದನೇ ಒಂದು ಭಾಗಕ್ಕಿಂತ ಸ್ವಲ್ಪ ಹೆಚ್ಚು ಮಾತ್ರ ಅವರ ಮೂಲಕ ಉದ್ಯೋಗವನ್ನು ಪಡೆಯಲು ಸಾಧ್ಯವಾಯಿತು ಎಂಬುದು ಗಮನಾರ್ಹ. ವಿದ್ಯಾರ್ಥಿಗಳ ಪ್ರಮುಖ ಭಾಗವು ಯಾವುದೇ ಉದ್ಯೋಗ ಕೊಡುಗೆಗಳಿಂದ ದೂರವಿರುತ್ತದೆ. ಶೇಕಡ 78.64 ರಷ್ಟು ವಿದ್ಯಾರ್ಥಿಗಳು ಪ್ರಸ್ತುತ ಯಾವುದೇ ಉದ್ಯೋಗವನ್ನು ಹೊಂದಿಲ್ಲ ಎಂದು ಇದು ಸೂಚಿಸುತ್ತದೆ.
ಸಮೀಕ್ಷೆಯ ಪ್ರಕಾರ ಶೇಕಡ 35.48% ಎಂಜಿನಿಯರಿಂಗ್ ಉದ್ಯೋಗಾಕಾಂಕ್ಷಿಗಳು ಸಮಯೋಚಿತ ನಿಯೋಜನೆಗಳ ಬಗ್ಗೆ ಚಿಂತಿತರಾಗಿದ್ದಾರೆ. ಸಾಂಕ್ರಾಮಿಕ-ಪ್ರೇರಿತ-ಆರ್ಥಿಕ ಮಂದಗತಿಯ ಹಿನ್ನೆಲೆಯಲ್ಲಿ, ಅನೇಕ ಸಂಸ್ಥೆಗಳು ತಮ್ಮ ನೇಮಕ ಪ್ರಕ್ರಿಯೆಗಳನ್ನು ಸ್ಥಗಿತಗೊಳಿಸಿವೆ ಅಥವಾ ಸಾಮೂಹಿಕ ವಜಾಗೊಳಿಸುತ್ತಿವೆ. ಈ ತಾತ್ಕಾಲಿಕ ಪ್ರವೇಶಸಾಧ್ಯತೆಯು ತಾತ್ಕಾಲಿಕ ಎಂಜಿನಿಯರಿಂಗ್ ಪದವೀಧರರ ಸ್ಥಾನವನ್ನು ಸಮಯಕ್ಕೆ ಸರಿಯಾಗಿ ಪಡೆದುಕೊಳ್ಳುವಲ್ಲಿ ಈ ಜಾಗದಲ್ಲಿ ಅವಕಾಶಗಳನ್ನು ಬಯಸುತ್ತದೆ.
“ಸಮೀಕ್ಷೆಯು ಅನೇಕ ಚಿಂತನಾ ಅಂಶಗಳನ್ನು ಮುನ್ನೆಲೆಗೆ ತಂದಿದೆ. ಮೊದಲನೆಯದಾಗಿ ಎಲ್ಲಾ ಎಂಜಿನಿಯರಿಂಗ್ ಅಭ್ಯರ್ಥಿಗಳು ತಮ್ಮ ಕಾಲೇಜುಗಳಲ್ಲಿ ಕ್ಯಾಂಪಸ್ ನಿಯೋಜನೆ ಹೊಂದಿಲ್ಲ. ಎರಡನೆಯದಾಗಿ, ಅಂತಹ ನಿಬಂಧನೆಗಳ ಪ್ರವೇಶವು ಸಹ ಉದ್ಯೋಗವನ್ನು ಖಾತರಿಪಡಿಸುವುದಿಲ್ಲ. ಪ್ರಸ್ತುತ ಆರ್ಥಿಕ ಕುಸಿತದ ನೇತೃತ್ವದಲ್ಲಿ ನೇಮಕ ಪ್ರಕ್ರಿಯೆಗಳಲ್ಲಿ ಅಭೂತಪೂರ್ವ ವಿರಾಮ ಇದಕ್ಕೆ ಕಾರಣವಾಗಿರಬಹುದು. ಮತ್ತು, ಕೊನೆಯದಾಗಿ ಆದರೆ, ಉದ್ಯೋಗಾಕಾಂಕ್ಷಿಗಳಲ್ಲಿ ಶೀಘ್ರದಲ್ಲೇ ಅಪೇಕ್ಷಿತ ಸಂಭಾವನೆಯೊಂದಿಗೆ ಕೆಲಸ ಸಿಗುತ್ತದೆಯೇ ಎಂಬ ವಿಶ್ವಾಸವಿಲ್ಲ” ಎಂದು ಬ್ರಿಡ್ಜ್ಲ್ಯಾಬ್ಜ್ ಸಂಸ್ಥೆಯ ಸಿಇಒ ನಾರಾಯಣ್ ಮಹಾದೇವನ್ ಹೇಳಿದರು.
ಬೆಂಗಳೂರು: ಕೊವೀಡ್-19 ನಿಯಂತ್ರಣಕ್ಕೆ ಜೆಸ್ಟಾ ಸಂಸ್ಥೆಯು ಆಟೋಮೆಟೆಡ್ ಗೋಡೆ ಥರ್ಮಾಮೀಟರ್ ಅನ್ನು ಮಾರುಕಟ್ಟೆಗೆ ಬಿಡುಗಡೆ ಮಾಡಿದೆ. ಥರ್ಮಾಗನ್ ಹಿಡಿದು ಒಬ್ಬೊಬ್ಬರಿಗೆ ಟೆಂಪರೇಚರ್ ನೋಡುವ ಅಗತ್ಯತೆಯನ್ನು ಈ ಹೊಸ ವಿನೂತನ ಸಾಧನವು ಇಲ್ಲವಾಗಿಸುತ್ತದೆ. ಸುಮಾರು 15 ಸೆಂಮೀ ದೂರದಲ್ಲಿರುವ ವ್ಯಕ್ತಿಯ ಟೆಂಪರೇಚರ್ ಅನ್ನು ಈ ಸಾಧನವು ಆಟೋಮೆಟಿಕ್ ಆಗಿ ಸ್ಕಾನ್ ಮಾಡುತ್ತದೆ.
ಭಾರತದಲ್ಲಿ ಇಂಥದೊಂದು ಸಾಧನವನ್ನು ಜೆಸ್ಟಾ ಸಂಸ್ಥೆಯು ಪ್ರಪ್ರಥಮ ಭಾರಿಗೆ ಬಿಡುಗಡೆ ಮಾಡಿದೆ. ಇದರ ಬೆಲೆ ರೂ 10,999. ಫ್ಲಿಪ್ಕಾರ್ಟ್, ಅಮೆಜಾನ್ ಸೇರಿದಂತೆ ಸಂಸ್ಥೆಯ www.Staunch.in ವೆಬ್ಸೈಟ್ ಮೂಲಕವು ಖರೀದಿಗೆ ಅವಕಾಶವನ್ನು ಒದಗಿಸಲಾಗಿದೆ.
ಮೇಲ್ವಿಚಾರಣೆ ಪ್ರಕ್ರಿಯೆಯನ್ನು ತ್ವರಿತಗೊಳಿಸಲು ಸ್ವಯಂಚಾಲಿತ-ಪರಿಹಾರ ಮತ್ತು ತ್ವರಿತ ಪ್ರತಿಕ್ರಿಯೆ ದರ ಎರಡೂ ನಿರ್ಣಾಯಕ ಅಂಶಗಳಾಗಿವೆ ಎಂಬುದು ಗಮನಾರ್ಹ. ಮೌಲ್ಯಮಾಪನ ತಾಪಮಾನದಲ್ಲಿನ ಯಾವುದೇ ವಿಳಂಬವು ಸರತಿ ಸಾಲುಗಳನ್ನು ರೂಪಿಸುವಲ್ಲಿ ಕೊನೆಗೊಳ್ಳುತ್ತದೆ, ಅದು ಸಾಮಾಜಿಕ ದೂರ ಮಾರ್ಗಸೂಚಿಗಳಿಗೆ ಹಾನಿಕಾರಕವಾಗಿದೆ. ಈ ಪ್ರಕ್ರಿಯೆಯಿಂದ ಮಾನವಶಕ್ತಿಯ ಅನುಪಸ್ಥಿತಿಯು ಎಲ್ಲಾ ಜನರ ಆರೋಗ್ಯ ಮತ್ತು ಸುರಕ್ಷತೆಯನ್ನು ಖಾತ್ರಿಪಡಿಸುವಲ್ಲಿ ಗಮನಾರ್ಹವಾಗಿದೆ.
“ಸಾಂಕ್ರಾಮಿಕ ರೋಗವು ವ್ಯವಹಾರಗಳಿಗೆ ದುರದೃಷ್ಟಕರ ಆರ್ಥಿಕ ಕುಸಿತಕ್ಕೆ ಕಾರಣವಾಗಿದೆ. ಅದೃಷ್ಟವಶಾತ್ ಲಾಕ್ಡೌನ್ ಆದೇಶಗಳಲ್ಲಿ ಇತ್ತೀಚಿನ ಸರಾಗತೆಯೊಂದಿಗೆ ಭಾರತವು ಈಗ ಸಾಮಾನ್ಯ ಸ್ಥಿತಿಯನ್ನು ಪುನಃಸ್ಥಾಪಿಸುವತ್ತ ಸಾಗುತ್ತಿದೆ. ಈ ಮಾರ್ಗವು ದೇಶದ ಆರೋಗ್ಯ ಮೂಲಸೌಕರ್ಯಕ್ಕೆ ಮತ್ತಷ್ಟು ಅಪಾಯವನ್ನುಂಟುಮಾಡಬಾರದು. ಪ್ರಸ್ತುತ ಪರಿಸ್ಥಿತಿಯನ್ನು ಗಮನಿಸಿದರೆ, ದೊಡ್ಡ ಸಂದರ್ಶಕರನ್ನು ಆಕರ್ಷಿಸುವ ಸಂಸ್ಥೆಗಳಿಗೆ ಎಲ್ಲಾ ಮಧ್ಯಸ್ಥಗಾರರನ್ನು ಸಮರ್ಥವಾಗಿ ಮತ್ತು ಸಮಯೋಚಿತವಾಗಿ ಮೇಲ್ವಿಚಾರಣೆ ಮಾಡುವುದು ಅಸಾಧ್ಯ” ಎಂದು ಜೆಸ್ಟಾ ಸಂಸ್ಥೆಯ ವಕ್ತಾರ ಸುಫಿಯಾನ್ ಮೋತಿವಾಲಾ ಹೇಳಿದರು.
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