Indian tech firms gear up to reopen offices with distancing measures

Bengaluru: Technology services providers have begun to put in place a slew of measures, including safe distancing between desks and in office vehicles, virtual meetings and video messages to employees to assure them of safety measures at workplaces, as they gear up to gradually work from offices.

WiproNSE 3.82 % opened its office in Kochi with necessary social distancing measures, while Capgemini looks to reopen offices across different states with about 10% staff, those required for critical projects. HCL Tech is stepping up sanitisation measures at its offices, while SAP is thinking of increasing its office transport fleet, flexible lunch timings to reduce crowding in common areas and other social distancing measures.