It's been roughly five years since RPA was anointed to be the next best thing to a slice of IT bread. RPA was, to some extent, an IT dream -- non-invasive as it sat unobtrusively outside our enterprise mission control systems ERPs, HRMS and mainframes, quietly automating our legacy processes, asking for nothing more than access to our systems of record. Expecting customers to automate all their processes within their company, early RPA vendors offered a full suite of bells and whistles. Now in the wake of the pandemic, clearly the market has expressed a bite-sized appetite for change instead of the whole buffet. This is where RPA as a service (RPAaaS) comes to the forefront.

Around the world, the lockdown measures to contain the pandemic have led to economic contraction and a significant drop in energy consumption including electricity, gas, and oil. CEOs, experts, and policymakers are still taking stock of the impact of COVID-19 on the energy landscape and what it means for the ongoing transition to sustainable energy. In India, the renewable sector, including large hydro, accounted for 15.6 percent of the generation in January, which is a lean season for hydro. Solar, wind, small hydro, biomass i.e officially referred to as Renewable Energy in India ― contributed 9.11 percent, up from 8.55 percent in the same period last year. Renewable energy provides an opportunity for building back better' as many people all over the world believe that the coronavirus pandemic is a result of us not being responsible for the environment.