The Associated Chambers of Commerce & Industry of India (ASSOCHAM) Southern Region office recently recognised NGOs, institutions, and corporates’ relief activities in the time of the pandemic, including SAP’s COVID-19 efforts.
Since COVID-19 became a global concern, SAP has always been at the forefront of the battle offering solutions not only to its partners and customers but also to governments around the world. From freeing up access to select SAP offerings like COVID-19 Pre-Screen & Routing by Qualtrics to creating new digital platform BacktoBest.com and hosting virtual events like SAP Forward Together, the German software company has been filling the gaps and helping organisations continue to become intelligent enterprises.
In India, programmes such as SAP Transformation Demo webinar session, All-Hands Meeting with Thomas Saueressig, COVID-19 City Scale Epidemic simulator, and the CSR initiatives of the company keep SAP’s community together. SAP’s COVID-19 efforts in the country did not come unnoticed by the ASSOCHAM recognising the software company as one of the companies that have been supporting the fight against the pandemic, specifically, in the State of Karnataka.
Recognising COVID-19 Relief Work
On the 14th October 2020, the ASSOCHAM Southern Region office, in partnership with DCTE – Government of Karnataka, SAP India, Smile Foundation, and STEM Learning, organised the CSR and NGO Awards that recognise the COVID-19 efforts of corporates, institutions, and NGO’s in Karnataka. SAP India and Dell India were given the “Excellence in Community Support for COVID Relief” award.
According to the Karnataka ASSOCHAM State Head B V Naidu, the objective of the awarding event is to acknowledge, motivate, and incentivise corporate members and non-profits to contribute towards social and environmental goals. The award also aims to give the CSR mandate a different outlook beyond just being part of compliance and more of as an opportunity to move towards strategic social impact.
Gunjan C. Patel, Head, CSR, APJ & India at SAP India, joined the event along with other CSR leaders, NGOs, civil society, and the government officials who have shared how they are making a difference in people’s lives in the State of Karnataka.
Extending Hand to Karnataka
SAP’s COVID-19 initiatives in the south region can be traced back to May 2020 when the Karnataka State Government launched a pandemic response platform.
The COVID-19 data-tracking platform to Karnataka was developed by the National Association of Software and Services Companies (Nasscom) taskforce including SAP Labs, Microsoft, Intel, Infosys, Fractal Analytics, Mindtree, Accenture, Wipro, and many other member companies. The data analysis tool is designed to help the state take data-driven measures to contain and manage the pandemic.
Based on a plug and play concept, the platform has user-friendly features that can integrate with their existing platform. It has dashboards that include:
- COVID-19 summary– shows useful information for officials about the state and district level numbers
- COVID-19 source analysis– cases in the last 24 hours and their origin & spread analysis
- Testing summary– COVID+ rates by number of tests
- Tests by category– information about the source of infection
- Hospital capacity– bed occupancy and availability by district
- India Summary– state-level summary of COVID
C N Ashwath Narayan, Deputy Chief Minister of the Government of Karnataka, shared last May:
“We have been driving all our efforts tirelessly to fight this ongoing crisis and it has been great to witness the industry joining their hands against our war on COVID-19. In these testing times, technology innovation has been our greatest ally. Using innovative technology solutions to fight the pandemic, we are taking a huge step towards showcasing the country’s capacity to solve real-time issues in any environment.”
