American Chamber of Commerce in India
Apex Chamber of U.S. Industry in India

American Chamber of Commerce in India
Apex Chamber of U.S. Industry in India

Towards Resilient Workplaces & Cities: The Science of Preventing Infections: Safe Air, Food, Water & Hand Hygiene in partnership with 3M – 20 November 2020

AMCHAM’s Karnataka Chapter in partnership with 3M hosted the first of a 3 part webinar series with subject matter experts from 3M entitled ‘Towards Resilient Workplaces & Cities: The Science of Preventing Infections: Safe Air, Food, Water & Hand Hygiene’ on November 20th. The session focused on the concern around the potential spread of infection through various mediums like food, air, water and hand hygiene which is rapidly increasing. The session highlighted that it was critical for businesses to implement health, hygiene and safety practices as per global standards to ensure the wellbeing of every individual. The session talked about specific focus areas like modes of transmission of infectious diseases, microbes and COVID-19, safe air by using filters, safe touch through practicing hand hygiene, safe food by monitoring food safety and safe water using filters. The speakers were Ms. Kavitha Kulkarni, Head-Scientific Affairs & Education, 3M Food Safety Division & Medical Solutions Division, Dr. Prabha Hegde, General Manager, Medical Solutions Division, Mr. Anil Krishnan, Senior Application Engineer, 3M Separation and Purification Sciences Division and Ms. Smitha Gopalkrishnan, Manager, Corporate Affairs. The session was very well received with participants from various member companies like Synopsys, Swagelok, First American, Morgan Stanley and others. The next session in this 3 part series will be held in December on ‘The Science of Clean.’

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