HARAPRASAD PANDA, MRICS - THE PATHFINDERS

President, Corporate Services, Kapston Facilities Management

The pandemic has reset major work trends -- like increase in organisational complexity, the transition from designing for efficiency to designing for resilience, expanded employer role as a social safety net, separation of critical skills and roles, and increase in remote working.

The pandemic has had a significant impact on all aspects of people’s lives with more than 2 billion across the world now living under different stages of lockdown. The short-term human and economic impact is undeniable as people stay home, offices, and shops close, and production stalls, which has a direct and indirect impact on CRE and FM Industry at large. The level of uncertainty in the economy is currently at an all-time high with the trajectory of the recovery difficult to forecast. India as a country is no exception but the proactive steps taken by the Central and State Governments, various institutions, and moreover the citizens of India too have been commendable.