Tribune News Service
Jalandhar, May 20
Dr BR Ambedkar NIT, Jalandhar, organised a ‘Webinar on ergonomics and psychological issues of working from home (WFH)’ during the Covid-19 pandemic.
Prof LK Awasthi, Director, and Dr LP Singh, coordinator of the programme, welcomed experts Dr Dhurjati Majumdar, Additional Director, DIPAS (DRDO), Delhi, and Puroitree Majumdar, a clinical psychologist from Bengaluru. Prof RK Garg, Dr SK Mishra, Dr Anish Sachdeva, Dr Rohit Mehra, Dr Sonia Chawla and other HODs from the host institute also participated.
Highlights
- Dr LP Singh, coordinator of the webinar, deliberated upon issues related to the use of portable computing devices such as laptop and smartphones and different postures adopted that deteriorate physical health.
- He started with ‘N-E-W’ mantra i.e. neutral posture, eyes, elbow height, work area, and gave some work place self-assessment tips related to WFH.
- He discussed some tips given by the International Ergonomics Association (IEA), especially ‘20-20-20’ mantra — there should be a planned break at least every 20 minutes and one should look at some object 20 ft away from the screen at least for 20 seconds. It would be good if one looks at some green plant or tree.
Professor Awasthi highlighted and appreciated the coordinator for realising the need of the hour and planning this webinar as people are not used to work from home. It is entirely different from the routine and some issues are definitely there in terms of sitting posture and mental imbalance or stress.
Dr LP Singh delivered the first lecture on the workstation design and seating issues. He mentioned that egonomics deals with the designing the work place and fitting the job, equipment and work environment to the employee or worker.
He deliberated upon the issues related to the use of portable computing devices such as laptop, smart phones etc and different postures adopted that deteriorate physical health.
He started with ‘N-E-W’ mantra ie neutral posture, eyes, elbow height, work area, and gave some work place self-assessment tips related to WFH.
He discussed some tips given by the International Ergonomics Association (IEA), especially ‘20-20-20’ mantra — there should be a planned break at least every 20 minutes and one should look at some object 20 ft away from the screen at least for 20 seconds. It would be good if one looks at some green plant/tree. Further, he mentioned about keeping the height of the screen at eye level — the top of the screen should be at par of eyes.
Dr Dhurjati Majumdar, Additional Director, DIPAS (DRDO), New Delhi, delivered a lecture on ergonomics to deal with physical stress in the current situation.
He highlighted that teenagers believe that they can manipulate six to seven forms of media simultaneously and 95 per cent of the population is multitasking every day. He mentioned that adults check their smartphones every six-seven minutes. Further, Dr Majumdar emphasised on intense physical stress due to prolonged sitting that can lead to bio-mechanical and physiological disorders.
Join Whatsapp Channel of The Tribune for latest updates.
Most Read In 24 Hours
Don't Miss
View All
Top News
63% voting in 2nd phase, highest 79.46% in Tripura
Jammu sees 71.91% turnout | Lowest 54.85% in UP
SC’s thumbs up to EVMs, junks PILs seeking return of paper ballot system
Rejects demand for verifying 100% votes with VVPAT slips
2 ultras killed in Sopore gunfight
Two soldiers, civilian hurt
