Contactless....Can you?

The good news, CoronaVirus pandemic will soon be over but the bad news, human encroachment to wildlife spaces may cause more pandemics to come again and again. Coronavirus are zoonotics, that means they spread from animal to human. This is not the last outbreak we have seen, and this may not be the last outbreak unless we start respecting the planet. 

Hence we have to adopt some corrective measures to reduce the spread of infection on our real estate spaces. The real estate sector has been forced to become the first casualty of the required lockdown. This is an industry with a lot of people with almost no revenue currently and hence the revival of real estate is imperative to ensure the staff is not let go which is painful for the employers as well. Directly and indirectly thousands and thousands of workers are connected with the real estate industry. Rethinking and reinventing the entire real estate industry will help us in the revival of real estate. To surge the Vitality a long term sustainable plan has to be formed and executed ensuring that clients and employees are back to work. So, let us ponder upon some tips to ensure a healthy working environment is delivered to every stake holder of the real estate sector.  

The One Infected Human Touch

Do you remember the last time one infected employee with viral infection attended office and soon majority of your workforce was infected, coughing, sneezing and suffering from high fever? So how does that happen? Well, Virus and Infection spreads through an infected human touch. A colleague suffering from a viral infection touches the attendance machines causing the infection to spread in the offices within a matter of a few hours. 

Commercial Real Estate predominantly office spaces are highly vulnerable to becoming hotspots of coronavirus as more and more employees join offices back after a long needed lockdown. Hence, it is critical to examine and upgrade the office culture. Ofcourse, you can’t check whose hands are infected. The basic basic to fight the spread of virus in offices is to reduce infected human touch.

Office Attendance machines, door knobs, Coffee Machines, Coffee Mugs, microwave over are some of the top virus hot spots. However, why let viruses go to door knobs or coffee machines when we can stop the spread at the attendance machines? Remember, an attendance machine is the first interaction of your employees hand when she comes to office and is the last interaction when she is done for the day.

Facial Biometric Attendance: Violation of Fundamental Human Right

Hold onto your nerves as I tell you that Facial Biometric Attendance or Facial Recognition systems violate your fundamental human right. Who guarantees privacy to your facial data? Your face which is your only identity will be hijacked but can you reset your face? is the fundamental question that should pop up in your mind. Lack of legal framework regarding the privacy of your facial data will cause your privacy to fracture. 

The Facial Biometric Attendance system also makes employees feel insecure and they feel threatened and such systems make them feel as if employers are tracking them in the office with mapping Artificial intelligence on their face. Hence, we need to focus upon contactless attendance systems that won’t steal your private data like your face. 

Contactless Attendance Systems

We need to change the way our employees interact with the office machines and accessories. The time is demanding from us to enable employees with touchless technologies and tools that could eventually make them feel more comfortable and confident in their day to day office activities post covid-19 without compromising their privacy. 

Additionally, India’s economic crisis due to coronavirus led lockdown could be alleviated only if you and I work as Team India. Hence, Indian Innovation coupled with non facial biometric contactless attendance system is the best way to reduce the stress of employees at the workplace.

Hence a contactless attendance system that’s being designed in India and Made in India for the Aatma Nirbhar Real Estate could be the next game changer in the way our employees interact with the office tool. 

The bucks stop at replacing chinese finger or facial biometric attendance machines with Indian Contactless Attendance System to ensure human touch points are reduced and Atma Nirbhar Bharat Abhiyan turns into a reality.