This document discusses the impacts of the Covid-19 pandemic on various aspects of life and the economy. It notes that the pandemic has led to crashing activities, avoidance of public places, and a shift from knowledge to wisdom. The pandemic has also created abnormalities in economics, politics, society and human health. It discusses impacts in the short and long term, including changes to supply chains, transportation, agriculture, urbanism and decreased mass tourism. It predicts a transition to renewable energy, circular economies, high-end ecotourism and development of technologies to convert waste. Finally, it discusses how the pandemic may bring out the best in humanity.
1. Covid-19 &
Locked Down-
Impacts on Life
to Economy
Speech-3
Prof. Arup Barman
Dept. of Business Administration,
Assam University,
Silchar-788011
Email: abgeet@gmail.com
2. Lock Down WorldLock Down World
“let us be respectful to the souls
who missed their life before
time due to CORONA
infection”, Let us pray to our
god “ to safeguard and heal
the corona impacted patients
anywhere in the world”. Let us
all have a pledge to motivateall have a pledge to motivate
all the Corona warrior-
Doctors, Nurses, Leaders,
Bureaucrats, Officials, and
Militaries, Paramilitaries,
Police force, public at large in
the globe, and the citizens of
India, Last but not least North
Eastern Indian Citizen
brothers and sisters.
3. • Mortifying
• Crashing Activities,
economies, culture,
Communities & life
• Now, People are
CORONACORONA –– Human LifeHuman Life
• Now, People are
avoiding stores,
restaurants, movie
theaters, offices, and
other public places-
like markets, pubs,
discos, tourism spots,
temple, terrains and
what not?
4. • Is a Realization
• Corona is a Shift from
knowledge to Wisdom
• Human Reflection
• Optimism
CORONACORONA--
Optimism
• Pessimism
• Devastation
• Episteme for
Globalisation
• Metaphor for de-
globalisation
5. Pandemic RecoveryPandemic Recovery--What?What?
Safety requirements for staff and
customers
Complying with
How to handle workers who
REFUSE to return?
After opening Anticipating
workplace union?workplace union?
How to handle telework
continuation
Families First Coronavirus
Guidelines
Mental health support
Unemployment insurance
Caseless hospitalisation Insurance
grant
6. Created by Heinous mind
Forced by WHO (Optimism)
Conspiracy by WHO
Greed of Representative of
Ravenous Politics for Position
(RRPP)
Devastating the threads of
humanity in world.
CORONA and ChaosCORONA and Chaos
humanity in world.
Finally devastating
human confidence, trust, and
including pre-Covid normalcy,
everything transformed to the
abnormality
7. AbnormalitiesAbnormalities
Economics abnormality -
At Global, National, Local
(Abnormal)
Politics Abnormality- At
Global, National, Local
LevelLevel
Social Abnormality-
Uncertainty and
Vulnerability
Human Health
Abnormality- Under the
stress and catastrophe
8. Corona Pandemic on EconomyCorona Pandemic on Economy
The catastrophe due to the
corona disaster created chaos.
Though the major economies
have had dismayed the
globalization, impacted to
initiate noiseless phasing outinitiate noiseless phasing out
for de-globalization, while
economist are being
knowledge stage to wisdom
stage, at now CORONA VIRUS
is ruining the base of
economy in entire world.
9. Masking worldMasking world-- Short Term andShort Term and
Long TermLong Term
Short-Term (Impacts)-
Long-Term (Impacts)-
Complete change of system, geopolitics,
demand, Supply, distribution
Economic Paradigm Shift-
K-Based to W-Based (Reflexive)
World ConsciousnessWorld Consciousness
Business Paradigms –
Energy Businesses-
Bio Methane Inputs, Solar or clean
energy technology , solar, hydrozen
batteries
Clean Energy Tech may change whole
International economics
10. COVID-19 is an emblematic black
swan like global event has been
enforcing many industries as well
as companies to reshape their
supply chain.
Substitute search by companies
will break the long lasting
supply chain between USA-
America/India
PostPost--CovidCovid Supply ChainSupply Chain-- BusinessBusiness
America/India
Supply chain will leverage the
power technologies, such as
Internet of Things, Artificial
intelligence and Robotics and
5Gs.
11. Self reliant urban villages in
the post Covid-19 world
Ample common green space
Significant energy savings,
Post CovidPost Covid--19 Urbanism19 Urbanism
Significant energy savings,
healthy, safe and
community oriented
environment will become a
point of human
consciousness.
12. There will be
High rise building with
solar rooftops, green
walls for walled
vegetables garden.
Agricultural engineering
and civil engineering will
Civil Engg & Agrl Eng IntegrationCivil Engg & Agrl Eng Integration
and civil engineering will
be together for the
emergence of vertical
gardening to feed the
future of human mouths.
13. Fossil fuel.
At least in the urban streets
human folks would
deliberately and consciously
drive electric vehicles.
Streets would be reclaimed
by battery operated scooters
Transports in The PostTransports in The Post CovidCovid RoadRoad
by battery operated scooters
to visit neighbors, for surfing
local markets as well as the
trip to farms.
14. PostPost CovidCovid TransportationTransportation
Besides the geared vehicle
on the road, there would
be more pedestrian,
battery operated cycle and
cyclists. Solar based
electric vehicles wouldelectric vehicles would
supply electric by recharge
in day time and by de-
charging at night to
balance the electricity use
for domestic gadgets.
15. of agro-chemical, fertilizers,
and pesticides.
There will be drastic
reduction in the global
trading of mono-culturally
produced crops.
Days have come to consume
Post CovidPost Covid-- AgricultureAgriculture
Days have come to consume
global food produced locally
to forget animal raised-meat
diets.
16. Agro scientists, dietician, and
food specialist would explore
food plants which complete
protein is healthier human
sustenance.
To restore eco balance billions
of deep rooted trees will be
planted. Re-plantation of tree
Post CovidPost Covid--AgricultureAgriculture
planted. Re-plantation of tree
will be an eco-econo-legal
issue that may stem new
businesses based on nature.
18. There would be radical
decrease rather an
extinction of mass
tourism and travels
around the world and
consequently phase out
the aeronautics those
cause to sky pollution
Radical Decrease of Mass TourismRadical Decrease of Mass Tourism
cause to sky pollution
and rampant fossil fuel
extraction from earth.
19. Predict 2030Predict 2030 –– What Should Do?What Should Do?
We experiencing the danger of
mass congregation in markets,
sweats shops, pubs, sports and
entertainment shops, these
would gradually diminish.
High End Ecotourism- Under
the Make Our Earth Initiativethe Make Our Earth Initiative
Development of renewable
energy and corresponding new
technologies for up-cycling to
convert the wastage to usable
would replace the resource
based economy to recycle or
circular economy.
20. Humanities in the Post COVIDHumanities in the Post COVID--1919
Klugar
“the coronavirus out-break
should bring out the best in
humanity”.
Klugar Said -Klugar Said -
“pandemics has had
characterized by their
randomness, pitilessness,
and the power to sicken
and kill”.
21. As the portion of
human during
pandemic would
survive, no doubt
“the best of
Post Pandemic HumanityPost Pandemic Humanity
“the best of
humanity would
come out”