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Women's participation in workforce could get a boost with enterprises embracing the  work from home  (WFH) model as they will get flexibility in managing both their homes and work, Salesforce India CEO  Arundhati Bhattacharya  said on Thursday. Speaking at the Global Fintech Fest 2020, Bhattacharya said the Covid-19 pandemic has not only changed the perception of WFH not being effective but is also re-shaping the  workplace. She said the workforce participation of women in India is actually falling but the country has a large number of well-trained women who are sitting at home, not able to work because they can't get out of the house as they are the primary caregivers. "Imagine the flexibility which these women can then get because this can be the primary caregiver and work." The former SBI chairperson said that when women quit their jobs to be caregivers, it is often difficult for them to get back in and even when they re-join the workforce,...

Once a part of contingency plans, work-from-home is now the new working standard for businesses to operate amid the on-going  coronavirus  pandemic. While a make-do workstation at home can get you moving, there are things like dual-band wireless router, cloud storage, thumb drives, wireless keyboard and mouse, etc. that help elevate user experience and improve productivity and work efficiency. Business Standard  lists five things to make work-from-home functional Routers and internet dongles You cannot establish a work-from-home set-up without internet connectivity. There are multiple ways to connect to the internet, but the most efficient in current scenario is wireless. If you have just the notebook or desktop, a simple 802.11 a/b/g/n Wi-Fi router would work just fine. However, if there are multiple devices like printer, scanner, external display, etc., then you need a dual-band wireless router to connect and manage all your connected devices. Besid...