Though the world of modern medicine is yet to make any major breakthrough in developing a vaccine for Covid-19 pandemic, efforts are on by industrial experts to minimise the impact of future pandemics on the economies of nations.
A major study by a team of Indian and Russian experts to understand the possibility and feasibility of how digitalization and robotization would help in reducing coronavirus impact in industries is underway and a solution is expected by the end of June 2020. The findings are expected to address issues like preventing joblessness and uprooting of migrant workers which were witnessed immediately after the nation-wide lockdown.
The study is being carried out by the Russian autonomous non-profit organization ANO Data Economy and Zyfra, a Finnish-Russian industrial digitalization company.
A release by Zyfra said the team of professionals would focus on the losses and impact caused by the Covid-19 and suggest ways and means like digitalization and robotization which could minimise the impact of future pandemics.
The desired results of the research are an express evaluation of the current production situation and the creation of clear measures to digitally transform manufacturing companies looking at the consequences of the Covid-19 pandemic, it said.
The main goal of the research is to elaborate mechanisms to support the digitalization of enterprises. The adaptation of industrial business processes to the new realities should be a development tool for companies, and should help to stimulate competitiveness,” said Vladimir Dozhdev, Director, Department of Digital Technologies, Russian Ministry of Industry and Trade.
The release further stated that the study would cover issues; how digitalization can solve problems caused by the pandemic; key digital technologies in the production processes, the main barriers to the digitalization in industry and the priorities of the State and of businesses.
The results of the study will be presented by the end of June.. Based on the results of the survey, ANO Data Economy will draw up a list of projects in Russia and India, designed to reduce the negative impact of the coronavirus pandemic on the economies of the two countries, to help industrial enterprises to recover more quickly, and to define the prospects of IT cooperation for Russian and Indian companies.