{"id":30128,"date":"2022-03-24T16:33:40","date_gmt":"2022-03-24T15:33:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.wfeo.org\/?p=30128"},"modified":"2022-03-24T16:45:13","modified_gmt":"2022-03-24T15:45:13","slug":"combating-covid-19-role-of-engineers-and-doctors","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.wfeo.org\/combating-covid-19-role-of-engineers-and-doctors\/","title":{"rendered":"Combating COVID-19 \u2013 Role of Engineers and Doctors"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.wfeo.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/Combating-Covid-19_Book.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"2096\" height=\"2849\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-30129\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.wfeo.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/Combating-Covid-19_Book.png 2096w, https:\/\/www.wfeo.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/Combating-Covid-19_Book-221x300.png 221w, https:\/\/www.wfeo.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/Combating-Covid-19_Book-753x1024.png 753w, https:\/\/www.wfeo.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/Combating-Covid-19_Book-768x1044.png 768w, https:\/\/www.wfeo.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/Combating-Covid-19_Book-1130x1536.png 1130w, https:\/\/www.wfeo.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/Combating-Covid-19_Book-1507x2048.png 1507w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2096px) 100vw, 2096px\" \/><br \/>\nThe <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ieindia.org\/webui\/iei-home.aspx\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">Institution of Engineers, India (IEI)<\/a>, the national member for India at the World Federation of Engineering Organisations released a book: &#8220;Combating COVID-19: Role of Engineers and Doctors&#8221; at the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.36iec.org\/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">36th Indian Engineering Congress (IEC)<\/a>. <\/p>\n<p>This high profile annual event was attended by  Dr. Mahendra Nath Pandey, Hon&#8217;ble Minister, Ministry of Heavy Industries, Government of India  at the Inaugural Session. The Valedictory Session was attended by and Shri Dharmendra Pradhan, Minister for Education and Skill Development and Entrepreneurship, Government of India.<\/p>\n<p>The book provides valuable insights into the work of engineering during COVID-19 and the new technologies and products that were developed in response to the pandemic. WFEO 2017-2019 President Dr Marlene Kanga, a Fellow of IEI, contributed a chapter, \u201cGlobal Engineering Innovations in response to the Coronavirus Pandemic\u201d (available <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wfeo.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/Events\/Combating_COVID-19_Marlene-Kanga.pdf\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">in this link<\/a>)  which showcased the work of WFEO national members and the work of WFEO in building capacity in this important area.<\/p>\n<p>The book can be accessed <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ieindia.org\/webui\/ajax\/Downloads\/WebUI_PDF\/Publication\/Other_Publication\/Tech_Book_Combating_COVID19.pdf\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">in this link<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><i>Contribution by Dr Marlene Kanga, WFEO President 2017-2019, January 2022.<\/i><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\nThe Institution of Engineers, India (IEI), the national member for India at the World Federation of Engineering Organisations released a book: &#8220;Combating COVID-19: Role of Engineers and Doctors&#8221; at the 36th Indian Engineering Congress (IEC). <br \/>\nThis high profile annual event was attended by  Dr. Mahendra Nath Pandey, Hon&#8217;ble Minister, Ministry of Heavy Industries, Government of India  at the Inaugural Session. The Valedictory Session was attended by and Shri Dharmendra Pradhan, Minister for Education and Skill Development &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[85],"tags":[106,95],"class_list":["post-30128","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-event-report","tag-goal-3","tag-sdgs"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v25.8 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Combating COVID-19 \u2013 Role of Engineers and Doctors - WFEO<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.wfeo.org\/combating-covid-19-role-of-engineers-and-doctors\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Combating COVID-19 \u2013 Role of Engineers and Doctors - WFEO\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"The Institution of Engineers, India (IEI), the national member for India at the World Federation of Engineering Organisations released a book: &#8220;Combating COVID-19: Role of Engineers and Doctors&#8221; at the 36th Indian Engineering Congress (IEC). 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