Preparing for a crisis and contributing to the response
Medical schools all over the world have taken on the additional burden of treating COVID-19 patients. Researchers in pharmaceutical and related sciences have contributed to the development of vaccines. But what about those which have contributed to human and social developments related to COVID-19?
Azim Premji University in Bangalore has a specific social purpose of creating reflective practitioners in the domain of education and development.
This is an integral goal of the Azim Premji Foundation, a major philanthropic organisation which runs the university and field institutes in 50 relatively less-developed districts of India in order to improve school education, as well as a philanthropic initiative to extend financial support to non-governmental organisations for the purposes of social development.
Migrant workers walked thousands of kilometers to villages after losing their livelihood in big cities. Many of them are slowly returning to work in the metros once again while the Covid-19 threat looms large