The vaccination drive for Covid 19 has been started across the globe. Vaccines have been developed and manufactured by a lot of companies around the world. Below are the top companies which are involved in the development and manufacturing of Covid vaccines.
Pfizer is an American based pharmaceutical company. It was founded in the year 1984 and has its headquarters in New York. Pfizer is one of the world’s largest pharmaceutical company. The company develops and manufactures vaccines and medicines for a wide range of medical disciplines.
Pfizer is in the process of development and manufacturing of mRNA vaccine for Covid 19.
Astra Zeneca
Astra Zeneca is a British-Swedish multinational biotechnology and pharmaceutical company. The company has its headquarters in Cambridge, England and was founded in the year 1999. Astra Zeneca has a portfolio of products for major diseases in areas such as oncology, cardiovascular, infection, respiratory, etc.
Astra Zeneca is well known for its involvement in developing the Oxford-Astra Zeneca Covid 19 vaccines.
Serum Institute of India
Serum Institute of India is an Indian Pharmaceuticals and Biotechnology company. It is the largest manufacturer of Vaccines around the globe. The company was founded in 1966 by Cyrus Poonawalla and is based in Pune, India. Adar Poonawalla is the Chairman, President, and CEO of the company.
Serum Institute of India has tied up with Astra Zeneca which is a pharmaceutical company. The company has released a vaccine called Covishield.
Bharath Biotech
Bharath Biotech International Limited is an Indian company which deals with biotechnology. The company has its headquarters in Hyderabad, India. The company is involved in drug development, manufacture of vaccines, drug discovery, bio-therapeutics, healthcare products, and pharmaceuticals.
It has partnered with the state-run Indian Council of Medical research in developing a vaccine against Covid-19 called as COVAXIN.
Moderna is a an American-based biotechnology and pharmaceutical company. The company has its headquarters in Cambridge. The company focuses on discovery of drugs, development of drugs and vaccine technologies.
Moderna is in the process of developing mRNA vaccine for Covid 19.
BioNTech
BioNTech is the short form for Biopharmaceutical New Technologies. It is a German based biotechnology company which has its headquarters in Mainz Germany. The company was founded in the year 2008.
BioNTech is also in the process of developing mRNA vaccine for Covid 19.
Novavax
Novavax is an American based Pharmaceutical company which is involved in the manufacturing of vaccines. The company was founded in the year 1987 and is located in Gaithersburg United States.
Novavax is in the process of development and manufacturing NVX-CoV2373 which is a vaccine for Covid 19.
Sinovac
Sinovac Biotech Ltd is a Chinese based biotechnology company. The company was founded in the year 1999 which is located in Beijing, China. The company focuses in the research and development, commercialization and manufacturing of vaccines which will protect against human infectious diseases.
Sinovac Biotech Ltd is in the process of development and manufacturing of CoronaVac which is a vaccine for Covid 19.
CanSino Biologics
CanSino Biologics is a Chinese vaccine company. The company was founded in the year 2009 and is headquartered in Tianjin, China. The company is in the process of development and manufacturing of Ad5-nCOV which is a vaccine for Covid 19.
Rate of COVID-19 vaccination worldwide as of April 10, 2021
Johnson & Johnson is an American multinational corporation. The company was founded in the year 1886 and has its headquarters in New Jersey, New York. It focuses on developing medical devices, consumer packaged goods and pharmaceuticals.
Johnson & Johnson is in the process of developing Ad26.COV2.S which is a type of vaccine for Covid 19.
Inovio
Inovio Pharmaceuticals is an American based biotechnology company. It was found in the year 1983 and has its headquarters in Pennsylvania. It focuses on the development, discovery and commercialization of synthetic DNA products. The products are used for treating Cancer and infectious diseases.
Inovio Pharmaceuticals is in the process of developing INO-4800 which is a DNA based plasmid Covid 19 vaccine.
R-Pharm
R-Pharm is an international pharmaceutical company. It has its headquarters in Russia. The company was founded in the year 2001 by Alexey Repik. The company concentrates on areas which include research, development, production and marketing of drugs which is primarily on inpatient and medical care.
Their main focus is on activities such as production of finished dosage forms, research and development of drugs and technologies, introduction to Russian market of pharmaceuticals, etc.
In December 2020, the company had got into a memorandum of understanding (MOU) with Astra Zeneca in the manufacturing of Oxford Astra Zeneca Covid-19 Vaccine.
BIOCAD is a Russian based pharmaceutical company. The company has its headquarters in Saint Petersburg, Russia. The company has offices in Belarus, India, China, Brazil and even United States. It is said that 40% of the company’s employees are scientists.
The company focuses on discovering, developing and manufacturing vertically integrated drugs. The company has around 50 products in its portfolio. BIOCAD is currently developing a mRNA vaccine for Covid-19.
Pharmasyntez
Pharmasyntez is a Russian based Pharmaceutical company. The company was founded in the year 1997 in Irkutsk. The first factory of the company was opened in the year 1999.
The company has more than 50 products in its portfolio. The company also supplies medicines to the largest pharmaceutical distributors in Russia. It is one of the top 3 fastest growing pharmaceutical companies in Russia.
Pharmasyntez is expected to start the production of Covid-19 vaccine Sputnik V.
FAQ
Is India exporting Covid vaccine?
Indian government has decided not to ban the commercial export of Covid-19 vaccines by the two manufacturers based in India, for now.
Who issued the official name of COVID-19?
The official names COVID-19 and SARS-CoV-2 were issued by the WHO on 11 February 2020.
Is the US using AstraZeneca vaccine?
AstraZeneca’s Covid-19 vaccine has not yet been rolled out in the U.S. as the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has only authorized the use of vaccines developed by Pfizer, Moderna and Johnson & Johnson.
Conclusion
These are the top companies in the world that is involved in the manufacturing and development of Covid 19 vaccines.
Covid has created a large negative impact on most of the industries in the sector. It has disrupted the economic activities in the country. Most of the sectors are being impacted due to the pandemic. Let’s look at how the various startups can help the government in the Covid-19 vaccination drive.
Since the major sectors of the country have been disrupted due to the ongoing pandemic. There is an opportunity for the various startups to help the government in the Covid-19 vaccination drive. It is said that in every crisis there will be an opportunity.
The healthcare startups have a seminal opportunity in helping the government by aiding and facilitating the vaccination drive in the country. Whereas the other startups like healthcare, IT, logistics, etc. will have plenty of opportunities in various other activities.
IT systems can play a really important role in the vaccination drive. They can help the government by playing a central role in creating and maintaining information related to the vaccination drive. They can do the enlisting and enumerating the people involved in the drive, they can keep the track of the number of dose intake during the vaccination drive of different people.
They can also use the various national IDs such as PAN card, Aadhar card, etc. to keep a number and to identify the individuals and their participation in the drive.
The IT sectors will have to ensure that the vaccination doses are delivered to the vulnerable and the critical sections around the country. They will have to combine their mapping applications and the startups will have to ensure that there is a coordinated vaccination campaign.
They also play an important role in identifying the genuineness of the vaccinations in the country. They will have to quickly detect it. They will have to identify the counterfeits and prevent the use of such counterfeits in the patients.
They will have to help the government in finding the source of such counterfeits and also use social media and other online sources to create awareness among the general public regarding the dangers that are caused by these fraudulent vaccines.
The logistics startups also play a very important role in the vaccination drive. They play a central role in fine tuning the appropriate delivery of the vaccines across the country. The logistics space in India has undergone a lot of developments.
The logistics in India have been innovating and adapting to the new technology to address the challenges faced due to the transportation. The new innovations and technology adaption in the logistic space can help the government in delivering the Covid vaccines to every nook and corner of the country in regular intervals.
Logistics market
The startups can also conduct various activities to share the social information regarding the Covid vaccine drive. They can help in creating trusted communities and categories people of the similar demographics, same geography or people with the same affinities.
These details can be used to discuss various factors which include the vaccination experience, after effects, opinions on the facilities and the actual process, best practices in the vaccination process and documentation on how to deal with the various aftermaths can be documented.
These can be used to share an opinion and be used to socialize for a larger ecosystem.
How Government can utilize this data
All the above details can be used by the government for a timely, granular and actionable plan to utilize it for the entire vaccination drive in an idealized fashion. The government can analyze various other factors such as which vaccinations to order, in administering the vaccines such as the ones that are imported and homegrown, where the vaccines are to be shipped and the logistical details of it.
They can also make decisions on whether to continue the vaccination drive or they will have to continue with a private partnership or public partnership. The government can also analyze the data sets and create vaccination drives in the most needed places and areas.
They can also redirect the resources such as financial and personnel according to the needs of the vulnerable section in the country.
COVID-19 vaccination drive has been initiated to cover healthcare and frontline workers and is to be scaled up to cover citizens above 60 years of age and and/or citizen above 45 years of age suffering from comorbidities.
How many people are vaccinated for Covid in India?
As of April, 8, India had administered 9,01,98,673 total doses of the Covid-19 vaccine.
Is there a shortage of vaccines in India?
Union health minister Harsh Vardhan had stated on that there is no shortage of shots in India. “All the claims of states are baseless and centre is supplying vaccines to all states equitably irrespective of the ruling party.
Conclusion
The startups can help the government in making the vaccination drives easier and carrying it forward more effectively. These are the various ways through which the Indian startups can help the government in Covid 19 Vaccination across the country.
With the lockdowns restrictions brought over by the Covid Pandemic, most economic activities were paused, millions lost their job and many industries faced difficulties. But there were also some industries like Online gaming, Online grocery, Fintech, Telemedicine, Ed tech, online media that were boosted due to the pandemic. Another such industry that increased two fold is the e-pharmacy or online pharmacy industry.
The e-pharmacy sector in India has grown because of the increased accessibility during a pandemic and many upcoming players like NetMeds, 1MG, EasyMedico and MedLife, Apollo Pharmacy. In 2019, the global e-pharmacy market is estimated to be more than $69.7 billion and is expected to grow 17% to more than $244 billion in 2027.
Which is why 2021 is the year for the industry, as the e-pharmacy market in India is estimated to be over $512 million in 2018 and is estimated to grow at a CAGR of 63% to reach $3,657 million by 2022. The sector is also attracting many investors as over 70% users are willing to use e-pharmacy post the pandemic, according to RedSeer survey.
In 2020, Covid 19 has pushed many consumers towards buying their medicines online. A report also shows that over 60 to 70% of the medicines that are ordered through e-pharma platforms are from chronic patients as it more affordable and accessible for them. The growth of e-pharmacy in India is evident due to the positive experience coupled with stronger adoption among low-income households.
Nowadays, many online industries are growing as people in the country are adapting to e-commerce rapidly with mobile first consumer behavior and improved digital payments infrastructure. In developed countries of North America and Europe, e-pharmacy is a flourishing market and is also structured, where the medicines are prescribed by doctors and tracked through barcoding to ensure systematic supply.
In India however, we have over eight lakh pharmacies, with pharmacies available every few kilometers. The e-pharmacies and healthcare companies have only recently grown in India because of Covid 19, improved Internet reach and smartphone penetration. The Indian e-pharmacy industry is some of well-known names in the market are Netmeds, EasyMedico and MedLife.
The growth of e-pharmacy in India
They are many startups that have also come up in the industry such as 1mg, Practo and Myra, even big retail stores like Apollo pharmacy have introduced their e-pharmacy segment.
In Indian pharmaceutical market is the third largest in terms of volume and 13th largest in terms of value. According to EY, the online pharmacy market in India is estimated to reach $2.7 billion by 2023 from $360 million which it is currently at.
In India, the retail pharma market is divided into 3 broad segments which are generic drugs, over the counter (OTC) drugs and patented products. Some of the country’s largest conglomerates and multinational e-commerce companies are looking to invest and get a foothold in this sector. For example Amazon has recently invested over $100 million in the largest Indian pharmacy chain Apollo Pharmacy.
In 2020, Reliance Retail invested Rs 620 crore to get a majority stake in Netmeds which is a chennai based startup. Tata group also acquired a a major stake in 1mg, while LGT Group and CDPQ the Canandian pension fund acquired Medlife in 2020. Even Pharmeasy is backed by the Singapore Temasek Holdings along with TPG a private equity firm from US.
Reasons behind the growth of the E-pharmacy Industry in India
Internet reach and smartphone penetration
In 2021, India has a wider internet reach because of the affordable prices of the smartphones and deployment of 4G provided by telecom providers like Reliance Jio. According to a report the number of internet users in India is said to reach 600 million by 2025. The government has also launched Digital India Program which is helping in improving broadband connectivity across the country.
Government initiatives
The Digital India Program was started by the government to digitally connect every corner of India including the rural areas and remote villages with high speed internet. The aim of this campaign was to empower citizens to gain knowledge and use the government services easily and to make people interact with the government.
Along with that, the Jan Aushadhi Program is introduced in order to ensure that the general population has access to quality and affordable medicines.
Top pharma companies in India
The increased preference towards online shopping
In the times of global pandemic, online shopping has gained a lot of popularity. This is because it is more convenient to get products delivered at home, while abiding the lockdown restrictions. Online shopping for essentials and medicines is growing at a fast pace.
Growing awareness about fake drugs
E-pharmacy has more stringent tracking mechanism when it comes to eliminating middlemen and the risk of counterfeit and sub-standard drugs.
The change in the disease patterns in India
In the last 25 years, the focus has shifted from communicable to non-communicable diseases. The disease pattern has shifted towards chronic diseases which has also lead to the increase in the demand for daily medicines. E-pharmacies provide medicines to the chronic disease patients at a lower cost than compared to retail pharmacies.
Better healthcare financial services
There has been a steady growth in the Indian financial industry, there are now better options for health insurance policy, life insurance policy, family and retirement plans, cashless claims and ease of accessing them online. These services have increased the healthcare spending which, in turn, has benefitted the online pharmaceutical industry.
The increase in domestic demand
There is an increase in the domestic demand because of growth of in capita income, changes in lifestyle due to urbanization and rise in literacy levels. Which is why the demand for advanced medical treatment is expected to increase along with the demand for pharmaceutical products.
E-pharmacy is more convenient than compared to retail pharmacy stores especially in the time of a global pandemic as the people can order their medicines from the comfort of their homes through any gadget that supports internet. This is also helpful for the elderly and patients that may not be in a condition to go find a pharmacy store.
Increased accessibility
Some medicines are hard to find in retail pharmacy stores, which is why e-pharmacy makes it more accessible to find those medicines. Retail Pharmacy only have limited stock and are expensive making it difficult for the people from the rural areas to buy medicines. E-pharmacies make it more accessible for the rural population to buy medicines.
Benefits of E-pharmacy
Lower cost
The biggest advantage of e-pharmacy is that it provides medicines at a lower cost because it has small working capital, less overhead costs, increasing margins.
E-pharmacy provides improved information
E-pharmacies usually provide value added information to consumers such as the side effects, medicine reminders, information on cheaper substitutes. It also links it to medical resources like universities, government agencies and other health association.
Authentic medicines
All medicine purchases through e-pharmacy platforms are stored digitally, making it easy to track the supply chain. This reduces the risk of fake medicines, drug abuse, and even self-medication.
The e-pharmacy market in the country is unregulated, this is because of the absence of a clear regulatory framework from India’s policymakers. The industry must be regulated because it involves the health of people.
The investors who invest in the e-pharmacy companies are also concerned about the lack of regulations in the sector. This is why a set of regulations for e-pharmacy must be implemented at the earliest.
Lack of technical Infrastructure
The key factor behind the success of any industry is a strong technical infrastructure. Even though smartphone and internet penetration rates are increasing, the rural population still don’t know about e-pharmacy and how to use it.
No awareness in the rural areas
There is huge gap between the rural population and online services like e-pharmacy. This is because people in the rural areas and remote villages lack internet connectivity and still don’t have gadgets that can access internet leading to poor connectivity.
E-pharmacies is unfavorable in the times of emergency
The one disadvantage of e-pharmacy is that when medicines are needed in emergency retail pharmacies, as e-pharmacies take more time from ordering to the delivery of the medicines. Hence why e-pharmacies are more suited for pre-planned purchases only.
Netmeds is currently one of the biggest players in the e-pharmacy industry. It provides a huge variety of medicines, healthcare products and drugs. It is one of the most popular Indian website to buy medicines online.
The company was founded in 2015 and now has a pan India presence, offering prescription, over the counter drugs and wellness products. The customers can set up their subscription for the medicines to be delivered every month and buy healthcare products such as skincare, family care, and baby care among others.
Practo
Practo is one of the most reliable online medical stores. It also has a huge catalog of medicines and healthcare products. The app offers its services to more than 100 cities and also connects millions of patients with thousands of healthcare providers around the world.
The company was founded in 2009 and has over 1,00,000 listed doctors from 310 towns and cities. The app also offers its customers to have an automated prescription refill option, allows them to check their medicine order and reorder what they want.
Top e-pharmacy websites in India
1mg
1mg is the country’s leading digital consumer healthcare platform. This app offers its delivery services to more than 1000 cities across the country. Its customers can order medicines and health products through the website and get it delivered at home from licensed pharmacies.
It also provides accurate and trustworthy information on medicines. The best part about the app is that the customers can enter the names of the medicines needed and get cheaper alternatives with the same compound. The app also offers health tips according to the medicines you order.
PharmEasy
PharmEasy is a well-known health tech startup that offers services such as online doctor consultation, medicine deliveries and diagnostic test sample collection. PharmaEasy offers more than 1 lakh products and even delivers it within 24 to 48 hours across 1.2k plus cities all across India. The app allows schedules reminders monthly and even cash on delivery services.
Apollo Pharmacy
Apollo Pharmacy offers more than 5000 products in various categories online and is also accredited an international quality certification. Apollo pharmacy over 3500 plus offline pharmacy outlets across the country.
The advantage of ordering medicines from Apollo is that the customers can order it 24/7 and get the medicines delivered on time and at their doorstep.
Medlife
Medlife is another popular online pharmacy in India that was founded in 2014. Medlife is easier for ordering medicines as the customers can just upload their prescription, confirm it on call and get the medicines delivered at their doorstep. If the customer does not have a prescription, they can also consult a Medlife doctor.
Netmeds, Medlife, Apollo Pharmacy, PharmEasy, and Practo are the top 6 e-pharmacy companies in India.
What are the challenges faced by the E-pharmacy Industry in India?
E-pharmacies is unfavorable in the times of emergency, No awareness in the rural areas, Lack of technical Infrastructure and Legal challenges are some of the challenges faced by the E-pharmacy Industry in India.
What are the benefits of E-pharmacy in India?
Convenience for consumers, Increased accessibility, Lower cost, Improved information e-pharmacy and Authentic medicines are the benefits of E-pharmacy in India.
What are the reasons behind the growth of the E-pharmacy Industry in India?
Internet reach and smartphone penetration, Government initiatives, The increased preference towards online shopping, Growing awareness about fake drugs, The change in the disease patterns in India, Better healthcare financial services and are the reasons behind the growth of the E-pharmacy Industry in India.
How big is the e-pharmacy industry in India?
In 2021, the e-pharmacy market in India is estimated to be over $512 million in 2018 and is estimated to grow at a CAGR of 63% to reach $3,657 million by 2022.
Conclusion
With the current situation of the global pandemic and the changing seasons, online pharmacies are the best option to buy your medicines. As the people will not have break the lockdown restrictions and go out to buy medicines from the local medical store.
Online pharmacies are more convenient as the medicines are delivered safely and at the comfort of your home. E-pharmacy is cheaper than compared to the retail pharmacies and it’s also offers discounts and cashback. The industry is said to increase two-fold in coming years and become one of the biggest industries.
In Today’s generation, tech-based learning is off the hook. Whereas on the traditional level of learning, the face-to-face interaction of a teacher and student is the prime learning procedure which may not be useful for a student at all times. Hybrid learning model is a model that combines traditional classroom teaching with online/remote activities.
Hybrid learning is a method of learning that combines classroom discussions with an online tech-learning, however replacing the element of the in-person class. Perhaps, Hybrid Learning is a contributing factor to the next level of learning techniques. Such combination of the e-learning methods and traditional classroom instruction is what we call Hybrid Learning.
In addition to it, the concept of a ‘hybrid’ form of learning has been a living example over the last decade except the last few months, for the unusual global catastrophe brought about by the pandemic. Otherwise just not going to school and asking for an online class would have seemed like a far-fetched idea.
What is Blended learning and How is it different than Hybrid learning model?
Hybrid learning and blended learning are often mistaken as the same learning model, However, both are two distinct learning models.
Blended learning
In the Blended Learning model, It combines in-person teaching with asynchronous learning methods. Where students watch instructional videos and work on online exercises during their own time.
Blended Learning
Hybrid Learning
In the Hybrid learning model, the teachers instruct in-person and remote students at the same time. In a hybrid learning model, some students can get hands-on experience, while some learners find those methods inaccessible due to geographic limitations.
For a productive hybrid learning, it needs an equipped curriculum setup of a different set of strategies in order to create a physical classroom environment. However through Hybrid learning, students gain better learning environment along with tailoring the learning experiences. With hybrid learning, the influence of education will reach greater heights.
Advancement of active learning skills
Through hybrid learning techniques, students get purposeful education. And therefore it is to say that, hybrid learning is poised to grow significantly for learners.
Flexibility for busy schedules
A hybrid approach offers the students a command over the flexibility of learning. This flexibility is often committed to regular attendance and good participation in the classes.
Immediate Feedback
Students participating in live lectures, live chats with teachers, customized assessments, can get immediate feedbacks to improve for the better.
Lower transportation costs
Students bearing hybrid learning, has less need to go offline, which in way saves transportation costs.
Advanced Use of Technology
The adoption of Artificial Intelligence has helped to tailor different learning styles that eventually lead to better learning outcomes. It has also helped to make the learning environment more entertaining and productive.
Cons of Hybrid Learning Model
As distance education don’t help in developing oral skills and social interactions, there may be some reasons that can be an obstacle in obtaining hybrid learning.
Less participatory in asynchronous class
Many a times teachers complain of students not participating in classes. Unlike in traditional method of teaching students are require to participate.
Technology trouble
Technology can cause trouble and be challenging challenging Rather Than Useful. Most of the students encounter problems like slow internet connection, or devices trouble.
How Hybrid learning has improved education in the times of Covid -19
Covid-19 enforced the academies and its educators to test out online study technique for distance education in the correct form. Indeed, there was a lot of new skills and knowledge gone into the process. To implement the modern technique of education, many different online learning tricks and techniques were tested and evaluated for an effective participation, and hybrid learning is one such approach.
As lockdowns and social distancing measures are likely to continue in some form and schools may have to remain closed for more months, as cases of infection research is alternating between periods of normal operation and quarantine.
With flexible or hybrid learning, every school can exist side by side with a parallel virtual school. Teachers and students can meet their educational requirements remotely over the internet and online classes can be held on a regular schedule just like traditional classes for synchronous learning.
Also if internet access is lacking, students can continue with the synchronous learning through self-paces lessons with the smart school system. Teachers have the flexibility to design and create digital lessons that are suited to needs of the students, whether taught online or in-person. Teachers are also getting access for a full digital curriculum with high quality content as found in textbooks.
Other functions may also be shifted online according to means, further reducing the need for anyone to come to school in person. Students can be enrolled in classes through the internet using certain online school platform.
Such platforms can be used to manage student enrollment online and to facilitate remote working for teachers and employees.
FAQ
What is the difference between hybrid learning and remote learning?
In remote learning student and teacher are separated by time and/or distance, Hybrid learning combines traditional classroom teaching with online/remote activities.
How can hybrid learning be improved?
Plan effective interactions, Craft a learner-centered approach to learning, and Support student success are some methods to improve hybrid learning.
Does hybrid mean online?
Hybrid learning replaces a portion of traditional face-to-face instruction with web-based online learning (e.g., video lectures, online discussions, or activities).
Conclusion
With the use of smart test tools, online testing allows teachers to design and conduct examinations remotely, so that the functions of the virtual schools keep running smoothly, thereby ensuring that learning never stops.
So even if we are self-isolated, it is to remember that we are all facing these challenges together. And with innovative tactics and broad support, the educators and students can get through this time in a biased way. Looking at the current scenario of Covid 19 and imposing lockdowns, it looks like the hybrid learning model is the future of education.
In the recent years the number startups or ventures funded by well-known Bollywood celebrities have increased. In 2020, many celebrities like Alia Bhatt, Suniel Shetty, Shilpa Shetty Kundra, Anushka Sharma, Katrina Kaif and Sonu Sood have helped the startup ecosystem rise during the hard times of global pandemic by investing or endorsing the products of startups. This also includes Madhuri Dixit Nene, as the iconic actress has also funded in a startup GOQii known for its fitness technology.
The Padma Shri awarded actress, Madhuri Dixit has also launched her own online dance academy known as Dance with Madhuri which has increase 5 times because of the ongoing pandemic, she is also the co-founder of the production company called RNM Moving Pictures with her husband Dr. Shriram Nene.
Madhuri Dixit Nene is an Indian actress, producer, dancer and a popular television personality. She is known for her work in movies like Devdas, Hum Aapke Hain Koun, Khalnayak, Dil to Pagal Hain, etc.
Madhuri has so far worked in over 70 Bollywood movies and is also one among the highest paid actresses of India, featured in the Forbes India’s Celebrity 100 list for more than 7 times.
Besides that Madhuri Dixit Nene is also known for her Philanthropic work as she is a part of UNICEF and has been vocal about the rights of children and child labor. She is a prominent name in India and uses her platform to endorse brands or even products from many small startups.
GOQii which is pronounced as Go-key, is a fitness technology company that is known for their range of wearable fitness bands with a mobile app and a personalized remote coaching.
The company is founded by Vishal Gondal who was also the CEO and founder of Indiagames and is headquartered in Menlo Park, California with offices in Mumbai, Maharashtra and Shenzhen, China.
An undisclosed amount was funded by Madhuri Dixit Nene and her husband Dr. Shriram Nene in 2014, as they liked that the company provided an end to end healthcare and wellness experience for users.
GOQii products
The smart-tech enabled and integrated preventive healthcare platform has a long list of investors like Mitsui, Megadelta, Galaxy Digital, Edelweiss, Cheetah Mobile, Ratan Tata, Akshay Kumar, etc.
The wearable fitness brand that GOQii makes collects the activity and sleep data of the user. The data is then reviewed by personal coach through the mobile app, after which the assigned coach guides the user towards a fitness or health goal for them. The app also has premium services which can be accessed after paying a subscription fee.
The app allows its users earn karma points by meeting their target, these points are then donated to a charity of the user’s choice. It also allows users to share their stats on other social media sites.
The mobile app of GOQii also includes health e-commerce store, scheduling health checkups, a health locker and exiting discounts. The company has also launched the personal health locker and a lifestyle doctor known as the GOQii Doctor for medical consultation in 2016.
RNM Moving Pictures Private Limited is a non-government company which was founded by Madhuri Dixit Nene and her husband Dr. Shriram Nene in June of 2012. This company is an embodiment of Madhuri and Dr Nene as it is made with the 30 year old expertise in the Hindi cinema and technology & medical experience.
It has a revenue of $5 million with its headquarters based in Mumbai, Maharashtra. The company is known for producing media and content across all platform by leveraging their individual and combined brand identities.
The company is divided into the sections entertainment, lifestyle, interactive gaming and healthcare. RNM moving pictures combines the individual strengths, brand identities and unique strengths of the power couple Madhuri Dixit Nene and Dr. Shriram Nene in order to produce world class content and media across different platforms.
The company produces digital products which are viewed on MadhuriDixit.com, the Madhuri Dixit app, Tophealthguru.com and DrNene.com across all Apple and Android devices.
The motive of creating these websites is that the fans can connect with Madhuri Dixit, and get the latest information on Madhuri’s film, dance, art, music as well as he actress’s thoughts and recommendation on fashion, health and beauty.
The DancewithMaduri.com which comes under this company is a dance initiative started by her for bringing her passion for dance to the world. The 10 year old company started with an idea of merging different sectors into one platform and giving the user a wide range to choose from.
Dance with Madhuri is a well-established online gamified dance academy that allows its users to learn various dance styles. The Dance With Madhuri platform is the first ever celebrity backed online dance academy in the world and allows people to learn different forms of dancing.
Madhuri says that she started this online dance academy because, “Dancing has been my passion since I was 3 years old, and it only grew stronger with time. Dance with Madhuri is an expression of my gratitude to my ever loving fans who have contributed to what I am today.”
About Dance with Madhuri
These dance forms are taught by renowned dancers/choreographers and the videos are designed to teach all levels of dancers from beginner to advance and are planned in a systematic, authentic and conveniently.
DWM allows its users to exhibit their talents by uploading their videos of the same dance or even their progress videos and much more. DWM teaches dance forms like Bollywood, Bharatnatyam, Kathak, Folk, Club Dance Forms, Latin and Ballroom, Bollyhop, Street dance, Contemporary, Jazz, Ballet, Tap dance and Flamenco among others.
Dance with Madhuri allows its users to learn various dance styles from the best teachers from their online dance courses and workshops. The website also promotes wellness and offers videos on exercise ranging from Core strengthening, stretching, functional training, Pilates, step burn, dancercise etc.
The user can also apply for a certified courses and also connect with other dancers, participate in contest and events and showcase their talent to the world through this platform.
The company started in February 2013, and was created in just three months with the help of online infrastructure and just three in house employees. When the website was launched it crashed after a while because of the overwhelming response that it received.
According to Dr. Nene, they had over 6 million page views and 200,000 users just within a year. The couple and the team reworked upon it and then relaunched it in 2015.
Earlier the DWM generated its revenue solely from sponsorship and advertisement model, but later changed to DTH subscribers in order to create a liner video channel. The company then got over 100,000 paid subscribers and turned profitable with over 50% of its users coming from India and rest the world. Currently in 2020, the business has grown over five times because of the covid 19 pandemic. The team is now planning to explore more avenues and introduce acting, scriptwriting, gourmet cooking, music and much more.
With the global lockdowns in 2020, many dancers and choreographers had lost their daily living which is why DWM gave them an opportunity to have their classes on its platform.
In an interview Dr. Nene added that, “Dance With Madhuri has been self- sustaining and could grow organically but looking at the potential it has, we are looking for strategic partners and funding so that we can expand it further.”
The couple is now working on starting a new venture which will be dedicated for holistic healthcare. Dr Shriram Nene who is a cardiovascular surgeon in America, has been working on starting this healthcare startup from a long time and is said to launch it soon.
In an interview Dr. Nene shares that, “We are trying to build is a holistic, personalized healthcare which can be used across different media platforms. What people really need is a trusted source which is aligned to their health needs from cradle to grave.”
FAQ
Who is Madhuri Dixit Nene?
Madhuri Dixit Nene is an Indian actress, producer, dancer and a popular television personality.
Which is the startup funded by Madhuri Dixit Nene?
The startup funded by Madhuri Dixit Nene is GOQii is a fitness technology company.
What are the ventures started by Madhuri Dixit Nene?
The ventures started by Madhuri Dixit Nene in RNM Moving Pictures Private Limited and Dance with Madhuri.
How much is Madhuri Dixit worth?
Madhuri Dixit approximately has a net worth of $35 million which roughly translates to Rs. 264 Crores.
What is the first movie of Madhuri Dixit?
Madhuri Dixit made her debut with the 1984 film Abodh.
Over the past few years, there has been an increasing number of Bollywood stars trying to do different things to give their career a whole new direction. Some celebrities are investing in startups that align with their interests in order to enter the technological space that is booming in India.
In 2020, many celebrities like Alia Bhatt, Suniel Shetty, Shilpa Shetty Kundra, Madhuri Dixit Nene, Anushka Sharma, Katrina Kaif, Deepika Padukone and Sonu Sood have become angel investors to upcoming startups that have potential especially during the hard times of global pandemic.
While some celebrities have become entrepreneurs themselves and are leaving no stone unturned to get into the competitive business world. The latest inclusion in the list of actors turned investors is a world renowned actress, Aishwarya Rai Bachchan.
Aishwarya Rai Bachchan is an Indian actress, who was also crowned Miss World in the year of 1994. The former Miss World is one of the most influential celebrities in India and is a recipient of Padma Shri by The Government of India and The Ordre des Arts et des Lettres by the Government of France.
She is also regarded as the most beautiful woman in the world, often times by the media. The actress is known for work in movies like Devdas, Hum Dill De Chuke Sanam, Jodhaa Akbar, Mohabbatein, Enthiran, Ae Dil Hai Mushkil, among others. But besides that she is also known for her humanitarian work as she is also the Goodwill ambassador for UNAIDS.
Aishwarya is now an angel investor to a company known as Ambee, which is an environment intelligence startup. The actress has also recently funded in a nutrition based healthcare startup called Possible. This is however, not her first investment as she had also funded in a wind power project in Maharashtra over ten years back.
Lets look at the Startups Funded By Aishwarya Rai Bachchan
Possible
Possible is a nutrition based startup earlier known as Truweight Wellness which was founded by Vishnu Saraf and Megha More in 2015. The company offers research driven nutrition service and healthy food products through its website. It also helps in leading a sustainable health, wealth loss and management of lifestyle diseases.
The startup claims to help over 40 thousand people in losing weight and managing diseases and aims to transform lives of more than 10 million people by helping them fight Lifestyle Disease.
Founders of Possible, Vishnu Saraf and Megha More
The website has over 50,000 success stories with more than 100 nutritionists and doctors and sells more than 50 super foods. The company excels in providing services and products to Combat Obesity, Thyroid, PCOS, Diabetes’s and others.
The company offers a wide variety of services like video tutorials, personal nutritionists, online consultations with doctors, customized meal plans, super foods including a tech based scientist’s analysis with constant mentoring. The strategy of the company is to provide physician supervision by an ayurvedic doctor, a personal health coach that will guide you in dietary habits.
The healthcare startup also offers a Pocket clinic to get on spot advice from doctors and a wide range of nutrient rich food products that are designed by food scientists.
Possible aims to helps people live a long life by converting their own kitchen into a pharmacy and using food as their medicine. Which is why the startup managed to raise Rs. 5 Crore from Aishwarya Rai Bachchan as a part of a larger funding round which raised over Rs. 15 Crore in total.
Possible is also backed by Blacksoil and Kalaari Capital and has also offered letters to raise Rs. 6.69 Crore from six investors. There are over 90 million health conscious people in Indian by 2018, which is expected to reach 130 million by 2022, according to the Redseer report.
With Covid 19 Pandemic, the customers in the country are becoming health conscious and are preferring to eat healthy food to build their immunity.
Ambee is a well-known Bengaluru based, environmental intelligence startup that makes a mobile box which measures particulate matter and high density to better analyze and predict immediate timely emergency warnings.
The company provides data on hyper local air quality for developers, consumers, health researchers and media companies. The company aims to measure the quality of air around the world, the ration sources of emissions, create emission inventory not just for urban but even in rural places around the world.
Aishwarya Rai Bachchan funding Ambee
The company was founded by Akshay Joshi, Jaideep Singh and Madhusudhan Anand in 2017. Ambee provides solutions for indoor air quality of different places like offices and commercial spaces like malls, hotels and cinemas, etc.
The platform helps its users make informed decisions or take preventive measures by providing data and analytics in the times environment distress. The data that the company provides includes sensor data, weather patterns, traffic data, ratio of diesel to petrol vehicles and even contextual data such as road repair, garbage burning and density of diesel generators.
The company monitors air quality with data through 100 sensors that has already been installed across Bengaluru. India has over 14 out of 20 of the most polluted cities in the world. According to World Health Organization (WHO), more than 10% to 50% of the indoor environments in countries like North America, Europe, Australia, Japan and India are polluted.
India has also witnessed a sudden growth in the number of cleantech/air purifier startups like Nanoclean, Clairco, Phoenix Robotix, Chakr Innovation, etc that are trying to solve India’s energy and pollution issues.
They have a variety of air quality monitors that can track a wide variety of pollutants and real time analytics in order to ensure that spaces know what people are breathing at that time and take corrective actions where necessary.
Which is why Aishwarya Rai Bachchan along with her mother Vrinda KR invested over Rs 50 lakh each at Ambee. The IoT startup has so far raised over Rs. 3.22 Crore from multiple investors Techstarts Bangalore, Touchstone Venture LLP, Motivated Minds Wealth LLP and Shekhar Kamal Lodha HUF.
From the past few years there has been an increase of Bollywood celebrities backing startups as investors or even launching their own ventures. Many celebrities like Alia Bhatt, Suniel Shetty, Anushka Sharma, Katrina Kaif and Sonu Sood have recently started investing or endorsing the products of startups during the Covid 19 Pandemic in order to help maintain the startup ecosystem.
This also includes Shilpa Shetty Kundra who has launched her own fitness and health app called Simple Soulful and also invested in a Gurugram based startup known as Mamaearth.
Shilpa Shetty Kundra is an Indian actress, film producer, dancer and also is known to be businesswomen and author. The actress is popular for her roles in movies like Baazigar, Main Khiladi Tu Anari, Life in a Metro, etc.
Shilpa Shetty Kundra has been a part of various fitness campaign such as the Fit India movement which was lauched by the Government of India.
She has also been a part owner of the Indian Premium League (IPL) team Rajasthan Royals from 2009 to 2015. Besides that she is also known to be a devote fitness enthusiast and celebrity endorser for brands and products and has been vocal about issues like feminism and animal rights.
Which is why the Shilpa started her own fitness and health app (Simple Soulful) and has also funded a startup Mamaearth that sells mother and childcare products. The startups funded by Shilpa Shetty Kundra are:
Mamaearth was founded in 2016 by a couple Varun and Ghazal Alagh, the company is owned and operated by Honasa Consumer Pvt. Ltd. The company is known for its product line that includes toxin free body lotions, rash creams, shampoos, body wash, massage oils and even bug sprays which are curated for the children up to the age of five years.
The company concentrates on making products that are for stress relief, postpartum weight loss for new mothers and non-preservative products for lactation.
Shilpa Shetty with Varun and Ghazal Alagh the founders of Mamaearth
The company sells most its products on its own website and other online ecommerce platforms like Amazon, FirstCry, Nykaa, Flipkart and Paytm. Shilpa Shetty Kundra has funded over $250,000 to the startup in April of 2018 and has backed the company ever since.
In an interview Shilpa disclosed that she decided to fund the startup because it offered natural and chemical free nature of products. Over 90% of company’s sales are done online but are also available in more than 300 stores across cities like Mumbai, Bengaluru, Delhi and are planning to expand to ten other cities in the country.
The company has its headquarters in Gurugram and has raised over Rs 6.5 crore in just the second round of funding by Fireside Ventures and other investors. It also managed to raise Rs 130 crore from the Sequoia Capital India, Fireside Ventures, Stellaris Venture Partners and Sharp Ventures.
It has so far acquired over 5 million new customers and aims on making the company over Rs 500 crore brand by 2023. The company also plans on launching more products and expanding operation to parts of Southeast Asia.
According to the founders Mamaearth, it is a pioneer in selling safer products curated specially for mothers and kids of India. The company is aiming to build a brand that is friendly to parents and intends to make lives of the mothers and pregnant woman better and beautiful. Mamaearth is also Asia 1st brand which sells the Made Safe Certified Products. Most the products are made by mothers as nobody else understands a baby’s needs like a mother does.
Which is why the company has a working panel of mothers who give genuine reviews to all the products. For the past 15 years the GDP per capita has become 4 times more especially in the urban cities, while the childcare has increased eight fold.
There has also been a rise in new mothers looking for customized products for themselves and their children. Mamaearth is helpful in reducing parental stress amongst young parents. In an interview, Varun Alagh disclosed how he got Shilpa Shetty Kundra to invest in the startup.
“The process started over a year back with finding ways to get a window with her which took nearly 3 months after sending many pitches. But after the meeting we gave her all our products to try it herself and on her son.” He also added that the actress did her own in-depth research on Mamaearth after which she went on to backing the startup as an equity investor.
Simple Soulful is a holistic wellness and Health App launched by Shilpa Shetty Kundra and designed by experts of Yoga, Exercise, Immunity and Diet Programs.
The 45 year old Bollywood actress made this app because she is a fitness enthusiast, has active lifestyle and lives by the philosophy of “Swasth Raho, Mast Raho” which translates to “Stay Healthy, Stay Happy.” The app encourages a healthy lifestyle and offers a customized goal based yoga and fitness programs.
An example of the Simple Soulful video by Shilpa Shetty
These programs are specifically designed to help its customers lose weight, improve flexibility, strengthen core muscles, tone arms and legs. They also have programs that will help customers with special ailments like focusing of diabetes, low and high blood pressure, immunity, sleep and stress management.
Simple Soulful has free and has easy to do yoga asanas with step by step instructions, other exercise, diet plans, recommendations and delicious yet nutritious recipes to maintain a healthy balance in life. The target audience of the app is working women and men but it also caters to young mothers and youngsters.
The features and pricing of the app
The cost of Simple Soulful is Rs. 499 for a month, Rs 999 Quarterly and Rs 2499 annually. The app/website also allows its customers to purchase single videos for a minimum cost of Rs 99.
These subscriptions give its customers an access to 60 plus yoga and meditation programs by experts, daily diet plans, recommendations, asanas, exercises and healthy recipes. The app is available for iOS 11.0 and Android 5.0 with a lifetime of access. The special features of simple soulful are:
The users of the app can work out with Shilpa Shetty Kundra as she is the one that performs them while being mentored by experts.
The workouts are designed in a way that it is easy, quick and home based that can be performed anywhere and anytime.
The programs help people in boosting their immunity especially during the Covid 19 pandemic.
The recipes require simple and less ingredients which are also highly nutritional.
Their special program made only for women, like exercising videos for pregnancy, post pregnancy weight loss and menstrual pain.
The app allows you to download programs and workout without Internet along with tracking and displaying their fitness journey.
Shilpa Shetty Kundra is a well-known yoga practitioner which is why the app has a whole section of yoga programs which made specifically for different levels like the beginners.
They also have an Office yoga section where working men and women can practice simple workouts around their office chair. Like the yoga videos the exercising videos also come with many difficulty levels and have an apt description of the benefits of each workout. Another main benefit is that once the videos are downloaded, you can keep up with your training with without data or Wifi.
Shilpa Shetty in an interview mentioned that she not tech savvy but made sure to work with the apple accelerator team to make sure that the interface of Simple Soulful is simple to navigate and easy to use.
The app is also on iPad and Apple watch integration and plans to integrate siri for voice commands. Shilpa loves the app and has put a lot of effort into making it, she has also shot for videos eight hours in one go.
According to Shilpa, “I started learning advanced yoga and have achieved my own fitness goals while working on the app”. Her point is that, If she can do it, so can you.
Frequently Asked Questions
Who is Shilpa Shetty Kundra?
Shilpa Shetty Kundra is an Indian actress, film producer, dancer and also is known to be businesswomen and author.
What is the startup that is funded by Shilpa Shetty Kundra?
The startup that is funded by Shilpa Shetty Kundra is Mamaearth.
What is the fitness app of Shilpa Shetty Kundra?
The fitness app of Shilpa Shetty Kundra is Simple Soulful
What is Mamaearth?
Mamaearth is a startup that is known to sell mother and childcare products that are safe to use.
What is Simple Soulful?
Simple Soulful is a holistic wellness and Health App launched by Shilpa Shetty Kundra and designed by experts of Yoga, Exercise, Immunity and Diet Programs.
India started its vaccination programme for Covid-19 on 16 January 2021. The vaccination was first prioritized for frontline and healthcare workers. The Covishield vaccine and Covaxin have been approved by the government. There are many more companies working behind developing the vaccine in the country.
Serum Institute of India is an Indian Pharmaceuticals and Biotechnology company. It is the largest manufacturer of Vaccines around the globe. The company was founded in 1966 by Cyrus Poonawalla and is based in Pune, India. Adar Poonawalla is the Chairman, President, and CEO of the company.
Serum Institute of India has tied up with Astra Zeneca which is a pharmaceutical company. The company has released a vaccine called Covishield. They have also tied up with a U.S based rival Novavax.Inc.
The company has received funding from big organizations such as the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation and Gavi Vaccine group. The funding is for delivering up to 200 million doses of both the vaccines for other low- and middle-income countries across the world and India.
In June 2020 Astra Zeneca had licensed the company to supply doses of its vaccines of up to 1 billion in numbers. It was concentrated on 60 low- and middle-income countries. Serum Institute of India is working on developing in-house vaccines and has partnered with Austria’s Themis and U.S. biotech firm Codagenix to potentially manufacture their COVID-19 vaccines.
Serum Institute of India has already made and stored more than 50 million doses of Covishield. The company aims to increase its production to 400 million doses by the by the mid of 2021.
Bharath Biotech
Bharath Biotech International Limited is an Indian company which deals with biotechnology. The company has its headquarters in Hyderabad, India. The company is involved in drug development, manufacture of vaccines, drug discovery, bio-therapeutics, healthcare products, and pharmaceuticals.
The company was founded in the year 1966 by Krishna Ella. Krishna M Ella is the Chairman and the MD of the company. The company is working together with a U.S based company FluGen and the University of Wisconsin-Madison in the development of a vaccine against Covid-19.
It has partnered with the state-run Indian Council of Medical research in developing a vaccine against Covid-19 called as COVAXIN. The Company is trying to reach an agreement with more than 10 countries in Southern America, Eastern Europe, and Asia to sell their vaccines. The vaccine has been provided to the citizens of India.
Biological E Limited is an Indian company which deals with Biopharmaceuticals. The company has its headquarters in Hyderabad, India. The company is involved in low-cost vaccine production in the country.
The company was founded in the year 1953 by Datla Venkata Krishnam Raju. Mahima Datla is the Managing Director of the company. The company had started its trials in November. It started its Phase I and Phase II trials.
The company had come into a partnership with Dynavax technologies and Baylor College of Medicine in Houston for the development of Covid-19 Vaccines.
Countries Where Coronavirus Vaccine will be produced
Cadila Healthcare Limited
Cadila Healthcare Ltd is an Indian Multinational Company which deals with pharmaceuticals. The company has its headquarters in Ahmedabad, Gujarat, India. The company is involved in the manufacturing of generic drugs. In the fortune India 500 list, the company was ranked 100th in 2020.
Cadila Healthcare Ltd was founded in the year 1952 by Ramanbhai Patel. Pankaj R Patel is the chairman of the company and the Managing Director of the company is Sharvil P Patel.
The company got permission to conduct human trials for its Covid-19 vaccine named ZyCOV-D in July 2020 by the Drugs Controller General of India, Government of India. Cadila Healthcare Ltd has said that it will be able to produce up to 100 million doses of vaccines in a year in the initial stages.
Dr. Reddy’s Laboratories is an Indian Multinational Company which deals with the manufacturing and marketing of pharmaceuticals in India and across the globe. The company has its headquarters in Hyderabad, India.
The company has over 60 active pharmaceutical ingredients (APIs) for drug manufacture, 190 medications, critical care, biotechnology products, and diagnostic kits. The company was founded in the year 1984 by Kallam Anji Reddy, who is the Chairman of the company and Erez Israeli is the CEO of the company.
The company entered into an agreement with Russia to conduct final trials of its vaccine Gam-COVID-Vac (Sputnik V) Vaccine in India. The company plans to distribute around 100 million doses in the Country.
The Russian Direct Investment Fund will be supplying the vaccines for distribution in India. The subsidiary company of Dr. Reddy’s Laboratories Ltd Hetero Biopharma has announced that they would produce 100 million doses of Sputnik V.
FAQ
Which Covid vaccine is used in India?
Covishield vaccine, manufactured by Serum Institute of India, and Bharat Biotech’s Covaxin are being used for the vaccination programme.
How many doses is AstraZeneca vaccine?
The AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine is given on a two-dose schedule.
What is the official name of the coronavirus disease?
On 11 February 2020ICTV announced “severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2)” as the name of the new virus.
Conclusion
The top companies are in the run for producing the Covid-19 Vaccines in India. There are already some vaccines being provided for the people in the country. 0.43% of the Indian population has already been vaccinated in the Country. Around 32.9 million doses of the vaccines have been provided in the country and 5.87 million have been fully vaccinated.
Workplace safety has been and continues to be a hot topic of conversation this year. Certainly, there are some extra measures which are appropriate in light of the new threat of Covid-19. However, workplace safety is never something to be overlooked or ignored because it’s important to provide it for all employees.
In this article, we provide some answers for companies wondering how they can improve workplace safety sufficiently when reopening their doors to employees, customers, or both.
Let’s address the priority threat concerning health and safety at present: Covid-19. The CDC has released guidance including a centralized page for business owners and managers to review. There’s also an OSHA PDF file here that includes specific suggestions from the CDC to assist business owners about how to keep staff safe from Covid-19. It is not a change in the safety regulations, but instead an instructive guide which is well worth reading cover-to-cover.
The risk of Covid-19 is from exposure to SARS-CoV-2. This comes from touching infected surfaces or breathing in infected droplets in the air.
Covid19 safety protocols
Safety Suggestions
The way to stay safer from Covid-19 largely depends on the type of work being conducted, where it’s being delivered, and whom the employees will come into contact with. By examining these factors, lead managers can determine what appropriate measures should be taken.
Office Workers
Office workers, for the most part, are mostly concerned with each other. However, they do go back to their homes which may be shared with others who in turn meet a different set of people for their work too. Add in regular shopping and other necessary trips outside, and the risk can exponentially grow. Therefore, just being in an office doesn’t automatically keep employees safe.
For many companies, the best advice is to have employees work remotely from home and provide technology services necessary to facilitate this. For instance, companies may choose to pay for an upgrade to an employee’s internet connection to improve their ability to participate in video conferences rather than leaving the employee with this new financial burden.
By reducing the number of employees coming into the office, the risk of exposure is reduced dramatically. It also avoids the potential for an infection to spread quickly across the office. Keeping at least six feet away from other employees is a good idea. It may be necessary to spread desks out to avoid closer contact. When this isn’t possible, wearing a face mask is advisable when social distancing isn’t consistently possible. Also, include hand sanitizers and regularly wipe all surfaces down with disinfectant.
Warehouse Employees
Warehouse employees are more likely to come into contact with both employees and outside visitors making either deliveries or collections. These kinds of people come into contact with numerous others every workday and offer a higher potential of being infected with Covid-19. Therefore, it’s necessary for any staff working at the warehouse to wear a face mask to avoid the risk of infection.
Even when the only people present in the warehouse are employees of the company, wearing a face mask is probably advisable to minimize risk factors.
Restaurant Staff
In the hospitality industry, the staff comes into contact with many different customers every day. This makes it particularly challenging to avoid potential infections.
Plexiglass or other see-through protective screens can separate diners from one another, and from the serving staff too. The place where the final bill is paid should have a protective separator between the staff and the customer. Also, separators between the serving area or open kitchen and customers must be erected to prevent the transference of infected droplets in the air.
When restaurants are required to close to diners but may offer a takeout service, then this must be provided using appropriate safety protocol to keep staff safe from Covid. Face masks, hand sanitizers, and wiping surfaces down is necessary too.
Employees can receive temperature monitoring checks upon arriving at the office, warehouse, retail store, or another workplace. Staff performing the testing should always be wearing personal protective equipment to ensure they’re not put at additional risk carrying out this necessary task.
Testing using a mobile hand-held device to digitally check for elevated temperatures is a first phase to protect against people who may have an infection but do not yet have other obvious or visible symptoms.
Quarantining staff when they show signs of possible infection is necessary. The company must then arrange to cover their position in their absence which is likely to be at least 14 days.
Safety Meeting With Staf
Many employees will be dismayed by the ongoing situation with Covid-19. They have also received a confusing array of conflicting information in the media over the months that this has unfolded.
It is therefore especially useful to conduct a safety meeting with staff – either virtually or in-person – to establish the risk and the processes set in place to protect them against it. For staff who have previously attended such a meeting, then this will provide some quick reminders. Doing so still has value because it’s easy to know the safety protocols, become accustomed to them, and then get relaxed about them without meaning to.
Re-opening After a Closure
In a situation where the business was temporarily closed or the premises (office, warehouse, restaurant, store, etc.) shuttered due to Covid-19, there are steps to follow before reopening.
Certainly, to get back up and running, follow the guidance provided by the government on how businesses should proceed. There is a Federal Small Business support option, but assistance is apparently slower to materialize than hoped by many looking for it.
Regardless of what may have been heard, the CDC is a highly knowledgeable agency with a long history of dealing with infectious diseases. Their advice should be followed and can be trusted.
Create a Covid- 19 Response Plan
Every business needs to create its own Covid-19 response plan. This is a plan that staff must follow when someone is believed to be infected or is exhibiting symptoms like a high temperature.
The plan must be available throughout the premises and digitally available too. Furthermore, staff must be provided this information and given time to familiarize themselves with it. Not knowing is simply not good enough. Every employee has a duty of care to other staff members and customers, just as much as the company does to them.
For staff who still work at the business premises rather than virtually, they are still responsible for the other aspects of health and safety. Just because there’s a greater degree of focus and caution surrounding the current virus, people must still stay safe in other respects too.
Conclusion
Therefore, a reminder about basic safety measures such as not running on the premises, cleaning up any spills immediately, not putting tripping hazards on the floor, and other measures remain important to avoid accidents. Hospitals have enough to manage currently – they don’t need unnecessary injuries to handle too.
Improving the workplace and the measures taken to do so has taken a different turn in 2021. Certainly, a range of new steps is necessary to ensure the health and safety of employees (and customers alike). These include temperature checks, social distancing, face masks, hand sanitizers, and others measures. However, general safety at the workplace should not be ignored. That still matters for employees who are on-site and cannot work from home.
The mobile phone manufacturing market is a big industry, it has the potential to continue growing and create more markets. The mobile manufacturing market is completely different today when comparing to any stage in the past. Before, the mobile phone was the device used to make calls with othersoccasionally. But now, we use a mobile phone for so many purposes.
It combines a high-quality screen, highly functional software, and a powerful camera. Now, mobile is the tool to use toconnect with friends, to schedule meet-ups, to arrange appointments, and to manage our mails. Also, we use mobile phones to manage our social networks, to share photos, to play games, and to search the web. They can also be used for doing work.
Today, the mobile phone is a complete computer. In fact, now the mobile technology is as powerful as the computer. According to 2019, China is the largest mobile phone manufacturer country in the world. And also China has the highest number of mobile users in the world. China has some of the most important mobile brands in the world. It includes OnePlus, Oppo, Huawei, Honor, Vivo, etc.
Impact of Covid-19 On Global Mobile Manufacturing Market
Worldwide Smartphone Shipments From First Quarter (Q1) of 2017 to First Quarter of 2020
According to data from the International Data Corporation (IDC), global smartphone exports fell 11.7% in the first quarter of 2020. Also in this period (Q1 2020), companies exported 275.8 million smartphones. Exports as a whole fell steadily in the first quarter. There is a constant average decrease of 15%-20% in the last three years. It is the largest annual decrease ever.
There is also a decline this year. But it is not surprising. This is because the Covid-19 epidemic began in the first quarter of 2020. In addition, the lockdown was at its high level in China. Gradually the coronavirus spread around the world. The biggest drop in the first quarter of 2020 was in China, with exports falling 20.3 per cent.
China represents a quarter of world exports, which has had a huge impact on world markets. The world’s reliance on China’s smartphone distribution network has caused major problems. The United States fell 16.1 per cent. And the Western Europe fell 18.3 per cent. In this time of Covid-19, the users are more cautious about their spending and as a result, it’s hard to imagine that it won’t affect the smartphone purchases.
The closing of retail stores worldwide has affected all markets of consumer devices, including mobile phones. The Chinese market was better than expected in March, as the number of new Covid-19 cases began to decrease. But the global economic crisis will make a negative impact on consumer sentiment and economy.
Global Smartphone Market Share in First Quarter of 2020
Looking to the future, the mobile companies will face a problem because of lack of customer demand. This list of the best 3 mobile phone manufacturers is based on the data related to manufacturing capabilities and the global market share. They are given below.
Samsung
Samsung Electronics is a company based from South Korea. Samsung mobile phones and smartphones are very popular worldwide and world largest mobile manufacturing company. The latest technology and the simplest features made it one of the most trusted and popular brands in the world.
Their important model includes Galaxy S10 Plus, Galaxy S10, Galaxy Note 9, Galaxy S9 Plus, Galaxy S9, Galaxy Note 8, Galaxy A8 Plus, etc. Samsung had 31.38% Global Market Share in 2019. 58.3 million Smartphones were exported in the first quarter of 2020. It has 18.1 percentage declines, but Samsung remained in top position with a 21.1% share.
This is mainly due to the success of the A-Series, despite the Galaxy S20 premium 5G flag being launched. However, the high price of the S20 helped to boost Samsung’s profits. The two new premium devices (Fold 2, Note20) of Samsung will arrive in the 2nd half of the year.
Huawei is a Chinese company. 80% of the world’s top 50 telecommunications companies work with Huawei. The popular Huawei mobile phones include Huawei P30 Pro, Huawei Mate 20 Pro, Huawei P30 Pro, Huawei P20, Huawei Mate 20, Huawei Mate 20X, Huawei Mate 10 Pro, Huawei Mate 20 Lite, etc.
It had 8.57% market share in 2019. Huawei ranks second in the global smartphone market with a 17.8% share in 2020. However, Exports fell by 17.1%. The company has mitigated the impact of the decline with its price cuts on the Mate 30, P30 series, and 9X series.
Apple
Apple Inc is the best electronics company in the United States. This smartphone has its own operating system called iOS. The famous Apple iPhone models include iPhone XS Max, iPhone XS, iPhone XR, iPhone X, iPhone 8 Plus, iPhone 8, iPhone 7 Plus, iPhone SE, iPhone 7, etc. It had a 22.4% market share in 2019.
The company exported 36.7 million iPhones in the first quarter of 2020. The company ranked third with 13.3% share. However, exports fell by 0.4%. It is the smallest annual decline among the top three suppliers for the year. The main reason for this is the continued success of the iPhone 11 series. The new SE (2020) device is aiming the peoples, who are looking for low priced iPhones.
India is the 2nd largest mobile manufacturing hub in the world
The minister of law and Justice, Communications, Electronics and Information Technology, Ravi Shankar Prasad said that India is the 2nd largest mobile manufacturing hub in the world. More than 200 mobile manufacturing units have been established in the country in the past 5 years.
Around 330 million mobile phones produced in 2019. Many companies are already making their own products in the country. Manu Kumar Jain, the Xiaomi India head tweeted that 99% of Redmi and Mi phones are made in India and also the 65% of parts are sourced from locally. Apple has already partnered with contract manufacturers Wistron and Foxconn to produce some iPhone models in India.
The smartphone market is leading some other markets and industries. The technology is developing. In the future, we will begin to see foldable displays that could further reduce the distance between tablets, smartphones, and computers.
A mobile manufacturing module is used to adjust the manufacturing system to an inconsistent workload. By implementing mobile manufacturing modules that quickly and easily can be used on different production sites, fewer investments are needed in manufacturing equipment.
Which country is the largest manufacturer of mobile phones?
China
Which is the second largest mobile manufacturer country in the world?
India is the 2nd largest mobile manufacturing hub in the world.
Which mobiles are manufactured in India?
Some Smartphones Made in India:-
OnePlus 8 Pro
Motorola One Fusion Plus
Nokia 7.2
Infinix Hot 9 Pro
Samsung Galaxy M21
Vivo Y19.
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