5TH NARAYAN VERMA MEMORIAL LECTURE MEETING: “COVID-19, NOW, NEXT & BEYOND, A DISCUSSION” (JOINTLY WITH BCAS FOUNDATION, DHARMA BHARTI MISSION AND PUBLIC CONCERN FOR GOVERNANCE TRUST)

On 11th March, 2020, the WHO declared the Novel Coronavirus Disease (COVID-19) outbreak as a Pandemic and reiterated the call for countries to take immediate actions and scale up response to treat, detect and reduce transmission to save people’s lives. To date, the virus has impacted millions. The virus did take many lives but many more humans are survivors. Some got away easy, others struggled with stigma, the isolation and the disease. At the other side of the crisis now, all of them have one thing to say; whatever it may do to your body, don’t let COVID mess with your mind. We will live with the virus, but will not let it overcome us!

This year the Chamber is the host of the 5th Narayan Verma lecture meeting. The late Narayan Varma lecture has been held for the past four years by the BCAS Foundation, Dharma Bharti Mission (‘DBM’) and Public Concern for Governance Trust (‘PCGT), (the Chamber joined this initiative in 2019) in the memory of Late Shri Narayan Varma and ‘Always Live Life to the Fullest’ spirit. At this meeting, BCAS Foundation, DBM and PCGT will also present the Narayan Verma Memorial awards to persons/institutions that have done outstanding social work.

This year, the meeting will be on the topic “COVID -19, Now Next & Beyond, A Discussion”, where we will have eminent medical experts telling us how to deal with the virus, both clinically and psychologically. We will also hear from one of us, a CA who successfully battled with, and overcame the virus. We are hopeful that this educative and positive discussion will help us to a great extent to not only take the requisite precautions, but also to instil in us, a sense of positivity in dealing with our present circumstances.

The details of the webinar on are as under: