1st Edition
Learning from the COVID-19 Pandemic Implications on Education, Environment, and Lifestyle
COVID-19 is a highly contagious viral illness caused by severe acute respiratory syndrome SARSCoV-2. It has had a devastating effect on the world’s demographics with high morbidity and mortality worldwide. After the influenza pandemic of 1918, it has emerged as the most consequential global health crisis. After the first cases of this predominantly respiratory viral illness were first reported in Wuhan, Hubei Province, China, in late December 2019, SARS-CoV- 2 rapidly disseminated across the world in a short span of time, compelling the World Health Organization (WHO) to declare it a global pandemic on March 11, 2020. The outbreak of COVID-19 has proven to be a worldwide unprecedented disaster. It has physically, psychologically, socially, and economically afflicted billions of people across the globe. Its transmission is significantly high. Serious postrecovery has been noticed in a large number of people. The virus is highly mutable and new and new strains are appearing, and many of them such as delta, BA1 and BA2 subvariants as well as their hybrids have been considered by the WHO as concerning. The virus has exhibited deleterious impacts on bodily systems other than the respiratory system (primary target) such as the brain, hematological system, liver, kidneys, endocrine system, etc. Right after its declaration as a pandemic by the WHO in March 2020, governments in various countries declared lockdowns to combat the spread of disease, causing major disruption to the lives of billions of people.
Besides the impact on health and healthcare systems, education was changed with the introduction of online and or hybrid systems to help students continue to learn. Though the pandemic has subsided now, the emergence of new variants continues and lifestyle changes such as online learning and work from home have continued.
Researchers who successfully mitigated the negative impact of social media and effectively used it for acceptance of medicinal or non-medicinal measures during pandemics by developing a realtime information sharing system and assembling a multidisciplinary team of experts to collect and analyze data from a variety of social media platforms across the global diaspora to better understand people’s perceptions and attitudes, as well as to spot early warning signs of error and correct them before they proliferate. They also emphasized the necessity of addressing people’s perceptions in order to increase awareness and education, so that social media may be used to promote public trust collaboration, and improved adherence to epidemic control measures. In totality the pandemic affected the environment and ecosystem as a whole positively due to a decrease in vehicles on roads and less movement of persons from one place to another. However, medical waste was increased and new measures were needed to handle it. People have had to change their habits in everyday life in order to live with the pandemic and protect themselves and others.
This volume focuses on the implications of COVID-19 on education, environment, and lifestyle. It includes chapters on the transformation of education systems and introduction of hybrid modes of education, impact on environment, management of solid wastes, and development of innovative gadgets and architectural designs to help deal with the pandemic. Other chapters cover diet, family systems, and adoption of new norms in pandemic times.
This book will be a valued resource for students, teachers, and researchers of social science and science as well as public health workers.
Preface
Author Biography
Chapter 1: Teaching, Learning And Caring In Post-covid Era
Shilpi Verma
Chapter – 2: Adoption Of Blended Learning Model In Higher Education Post Covid-19
Tejinderpal Singh, Harmeet Kaur Kang, Raj Kumar
Chapter – 3: Ode: Cruising Onto A New Education System
Ravi K Mahajan, Kalpana K Mahajan
Chapter –4: Covid-19 Pandemic And Paradigms Of Education In Indian Heis: A Mapping Of Tectonic Shifts
Mohd. Rizwan Khan
Chapter – 5: Paradigm Shift In Education And Career Choice Of Students In The New Normalpost Covid -19 Era
Rupinder Bir Kaur And Kanwal Roop Kaur
Chapter – 6: An Impact Assessment Of Covid-19 Pandemic On The Higher Education Institutions Of India
Santosh Kumar And Abhishek Pandey
Chapter –7: Academic Administration: Post Pandemic Challenges In Science Education
Ashish Kumar Lamiyan, Ramkesh Dalal, Neelima R Kumar, R.c. Sobti
Chapter –8: Family Life And Education Under The Dark Shadow Of Covid-19 Pandemic In India: Some Observations
Jagdish Chander Mehta
Chapter – 9: Impact Of Covid -19 Pandemic On Education In Indian Context: Reimagining Education Beyond The Pandemic
Satvinderpal Kaur
Chapter –10: Telecommunication Interventions And Opportunities In Education, Health And Agriculture: Post Covid-19 Scenario
Nitish Mahajan, Amita Chauhan, Harish Kumar, And Sakshi Kaushal
Chapter –11: Technological Innovations And Challenges In Higher Education During Covid-19 Pandemic
Rajesh Kumar, Parveen Goyal And Harish Kumar Banga
Chapter 12: Shift In Technology: A Mechanical Engineer’s Perspective In The Post Covid-19 World
Jatinder Madan
Chapter 13: Architecture Of Covid Era
Gurkirpal Singh,
Chapter – 14: Maps, Digitalization And Citizenry (With Special Reference To Covid-19)
Vibhash C. Jha
Chapter 15: Covid-19 Pandemic And Environmental
Sustainability
Aditya Vikram Agarwal Pawan Kumar And Rana Pratap Singh
Chapter –16: Covid-19 Pandemic And Environmental Pollution: Opportunity To Revisit Environmental Strategies For Public Health Benefits
Suman Mor, Akshi Goyal, Tanbir Singh, Sahil Mor, RC Sobti, Khaiwal Ravindra
Chapter –17: Bio-medical Waste Management In Post Covid-19 Pandemic: Need For An Effective Regulation In India
Anis Ahmad
Chapter 18: Covid - 19 Pandemic : Social Response Through Changing Lifestyles
Vibhash C. Jha
Chapter 19: Emerging Life Styles In Urban India Under The Regime Of Covid-19 Pandemic: An Overview Of The Implications
Jagdish C. Mehta
Chapter 20: Confronting Potential Role Of Yoga In Combatting Covid-19 Pandemic
Neeru Malik, Rakesh Malik And Navneet Kaur
Chapter – 21: Lifestyle Communication, Environment And Development Sustainability: An Analytical Study From Consumption To Information Dissemination During Covid 19
Mahendra Kumar Padhy
Chapter 22: Adoption Of Diet Pattern During Covid Pandemic
Komal Singh
Chapter 23: Life Post Covid-19 Pandemic: Opportunities And Challenges For The Decision Makers
Raees Ahmad Khan, Alka Agrawal, Md Tarique Jamal Ansari
Chapter 24: Post Covid-19 Paradigm Shift:a New Era Of Digital Experience
Alka Agrawal, Md Tarique Jamal Ansari, Raees Ahmad Khan
Chapter 25: Covid-19: Our Solutions Are In Nature
Aparna Sarin
Biography
Ranbir Chander Sobti is a Former Education Consultant Governor of Bihar, Senior Scientist (Indian National Science Academy), Former Vice Chancellor, Babasaheb Bhimrao Ambedkar University, Lucknow (UP) and Panjab University, Chandigarh. Professor Sobti is a Fellow of the Third World Academy of Sciences (TWAS), National Academy of Sciences, Indian National Science Academy, National Academies of Medical Sciences and Agricultural Sciences and of the Canadian Academy of Cardiovascular Diseases and is associated with many other Academic Associations and Institutions in the domain of higher education and research. The litany of honours showered on him includes, among others, the INSA Young Scientist Medal (1978), UGC Career Research Award, Punjab Rattan Award, JC Bose Oration Award and the Life Time Achievement Award of the Punjab Academy of Sciences, Zoological Society of India, and the Environment Academy of India, besides many other medals & awards of various reputed National and International Organizations. He was bestowed with Padmashri award by the Government of India in 2009.
Vipin Sobti is an educationist with more than 40 years of teaching experience in psychology and child development both at undergraduate and post graduate levels. After completing her term as Principal, Government College Mohali, she was nominated as member of Education Tribunal, Punjab. She has published 4 books and a number of research papers. She has also guided a few students for the M.Sc. Degree in Child Development when she was teacher in the Home Science College, Chandigarh. She has attended and delivered talks in the conferences in India and abroad. She has travelled to UK, USA, Japan, Italy, Turkey, Singapore, Switzerland etc. and a number of other countries.
Aditi Sobti Senior Agile Project Manager is solution-oriented specialist with notable success in guiding cross functional teams, with a track record of meeting or exceeding corporate goals. She has demonstrated capacity to implement innovative web based and non-web based applications in support of departmental goals. She has outstanding leadership abilities, decisive and detail oriented; able to coordinate and direct all phases of project-based efforts while managing, motivating, and leading teams. She can adopt and develop effective policies and procedures, project documentation and milestones, and technical/business specifications.
