Use tech aggressively in battle against COVID-19: Telecom & IT

Bengaluru: A top telecom and information technology expert on Thursday pitched for aggressive use of technology in the battle against COVID-19, leveraging the capabilities of tech companies to deploy quick solutions.

The former Telecom and IT Secretary R Chandrashekhar said technological methods can be used to keep essential services going during the lock-down period.

“Old method of people going and applying for passes, then going around, definitely not going to work,” he told .

“So, the whole point if it can be automated.”

The former President of NASSCOM noted that people involved in supply chain of certain essential commodities from production to transportation to wear-housing to distribution to retail will need to be authorised during this period.