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Turning the crisis                Innovation and Research to develop new products and processes

            into an opportunity,              Besides working towards fighting the pandemic, PSEs also developed

            PSEs have                         alternatives so as to ensure that official work carried on smoothly with
                                              minimum disruption due to the medical situation.
            successfully designed
                                              companies  like  oNGc were proactive to develop  and upgrade
            and developed                     information systems and IT infrastructure so as to enable smooth work

            equipments and                    from home for its employees. They also used IT effectively to develop
                                              a portal to address the concerns of employees and their families due to
            products crucial to               coVID 19. on the other side, PFc prides itself in developing a closed IT
            fight COVID- 19.                  network whereby the cMD was in close touch with his team and not a
            Also, PSEs have used              single manday was lost due to the present situation. RailTel developed
                                              efficient  video  conferencing  facilities  for  both  its  employees  as  well
            virtual platforms very            as railways. This  ensured an effective e-platform system for storing

            effectively to not only           important data which facilitated in seamless flow of essential services.
            maintain contact with             Public sector has set examples for many to follow by using research and
            all employees but                 development to make the country self-sufficient in key medical aspects.
                                              Turning the crisis into an opportunity, they have successfully designed
            also engage them in               and  developed  equipments  and  products  crucial  to  fight  COVID-19.

            capacity development              BHeL has developed electrostatic disinfectant spray machine and
            through e-platforms.              touch free elevator button. GAIL has also taken initiative of designing
                                              and developing N99 Mask with better breathable technology through
                                              a startup. BeL in association with AIIMS  Rishikesh is developing a
                                              state-of-the-art  health monitoring system to remotely assess  the vital
                                              health parameters of  coVID-19 suspects/patients.  ecIL  developed
                                              an  innovative  system  for  remote  monitoring and  tracing  coVID-19.
                                              MIDHANI supplied fine wire of special nickel grade with purity more
            As it is said “Charity            than 99.6% which was critically required for the manufacture of oxygen
            begins at home”, the              sensors pertaining to the critical core ventilator. Material was developed
            fraternity left no stone          and supplied within 96 hours of the demand which was earlier imported

            unturned in ensuring              from Switzerland. All these efforts have made the  country  from net
                                              importers to self sufficient in masks, gloves, PPE kits and to some extent
            preventing measures               ventilators.

            for their commercial              Other preventive measures
            complexes assuring                As it is said “charity begins at home”, the fraternity left no stone unturned

            all employees and                 in ensuring preventing measures for their commercial complexes
            workers of their                  assuring all employees and workers of their health and safety. Strict
                                              implementation of standard operating procedures has been fortified.
            health and safety.                These include thermal screening of all employees and visitors at entry
            Strict implementation             points  in  plants,  depots  and  offices,  checking  status  of  Arogya  Setu

            of standard operating             App in mobiles, meetings through virtual platforms, strengthening and
                                              streamlining video conferencing, maintaining minimum office strength
            procedures has been               and ensuring staggered shifts at work, seating arrangement confirming

            fortified.                        to social distancing norms, disinfecting machines and equipments

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