NATIONAL WEBINAR CONDUCTED BY DEPARTMENT OF ECONOMICS

REPORT OF THE NATIONAL WEBINAR CONDUCTED BY DEPARTMENT OF ECONOMICS ON 15 JULY 2020

The Post Graduate Department of Economics, MES Kalladi College, Mannarkkad organised a National Webinar on “SOCIO-ECONOMIC PERSPECTIVES OF COVID-19” on Wednesday, 15th July 2020, 10.00 am.

The webinar started at 10 am with the Webinar Coordinator Ms Nabilah Haniph welcoming the gathering which was followed by the Principal’s Presidential Address. The Keynote address on the topic: *”The Role of Media in the Management of Pandemic”* was delivered by Dr Athira Thampi, Indian Information Service (IIS), Assistant Director, Doordarshan, Delhi

The first Session started at 10.30am on the topic: *”Analysing the Macroeconomic Impact of Covid 19 in India”* which was taken by Dr Shaijumon C.S, Associate Professor, Department of Humanities, Indian Institute of Space Sciences and Technology (IIST), Trivandrum.

Session 2 started at 11.45am. *”Performance of banking sector during and post-lockdown period in India”** was the topic and Mr Akhil Ratheesh, Online Columnist, Asianet News and Assistant Manager, IDBI Bank was the resource person.

Session 3 was the last session and it was from 12.45pm to 01.30pm. The session was on the topic *”Mental Health and Coping during Covid-19″* which was handled by Ms Parvathy Jayan, Clinical Psychologist, Junior Consultant and PhD Scholar, NIMHANS, Bangalore.

The National webinar was received by the audience with around 500 registrations from faculty, students and research scholars from across India and more than 250 participants for the webinar. All the active participants received E-certificates too.