Airtel partners with tech startup Vahan to help people find jobs, food, shelter and healthcare

• Airtel has partnered with Vahan to help migrants and workers get food, shelter, healthcare and jobs.
• Airtel will send an SMS to reach out to the workers impacted by the Coronavirus lockdown and direct them to Vahan’s platform.
• This service is currently available only in Delhi and Bengaluru.

Telecom company Airtel partnered with Bengaluru-based startup Vahan to provide relief to migrants and workers affected by the nationwide Coronavirus lockdown.

Vahan is a tech startup that uses artificial intelligence to match job seekers with employers through messaging apps such as WhatsApp. Airtel and Vahan will now use their resources to provide migrants and workers access to relief services such as food, shelter, healthcare and jobs.

What Airtel and Vahan are doing to help migrants and workers

Airtel will launch an SMS campaign to reach out to the impacted workers on its network in Delhi and Bengaluru. The SMS, which will be sent in English, Hindi and Kannada will include a link that will direct users to Vahan’s website.

Vahan will then use its AI solutions to connect the user with the nearest relief provider. As per the company, it created a resource pool of over 1,000 NGOs that are involved in helping the citizens.

"We at Vahan, in close partnership with Airtel, are really proud to be able to leverage the power of our technology to touch millions of the most needy when they require our help the most. We are also excited about our ability to help these people get jobs as we all work towards returning to normalcy,” said Madhav Krishna, CEO of Vahan.

Airtel had earlier launched a Coronavirus risk assessment tool in partnership with Apollo Hospitals Group. It allows users to mention information such as their age, symptoms, existing medical condition to assess the risk of Coronavirus.

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