Urban Company partners with Pristyn Care for Telemedicine and COVID-19 Testing of Service Partners

• The partnership enables Urban Company’s 30,000 service partners get free telephonic consultation and COVID-19 screening with Pristyn Care’s super specialist doctors


• The partnership is part of Urban Company’s healthcare program for its service partners, which includes paid sick leaves, COVID-19 health insurance and income protection plans


• Urban Company will utilise Pristyn Care’s network of 50+ ICMR approved partner laboratories across 20 cities for COVID-19 testing of its service partners based on the recommendations of empaneled doctors 


• The partnership has been live for a few weeks and all integrations around electronic prescriptions, real time assessment results and test booking have been fine tuned

Urban Company, India's largest home services aggregator has partnered with Pristyn Care, a reputed Gurgaon-based healthcare platform. Through this partnership, Urban Company will offer its 30,000 service partners free telemedicine consultations and help with COVID-19 testing wherever needed. 

There are three ways in which Urban Company identifies a service partner for doctor consultation. Either the service partner self reports herself as sick, or their body temperature is above 99-degree Fahrenheit in the daily check-ups, or their Aarogya Setu app status is "at risk" or “unwell”. Thereafter, a free doctor consultation is facilitated by one of Pristyn Care's super specialist doctors, trained in COVID-19 assessments. If advised by the doctor, the service partner is tested for COVID-19 through Pristyn Care's network of 50+ ICMR approved partnered labs across 20 cities. These tests are mostly done through home collection of samples by trained phlebotomists equipped with PPE kits. Till the test results are declared, partners are required to self quarantine, and can avail benefits of Urban Company's paid sick leave program. 

In case the test result is positive, Urban Company has a COVID-19 health insurance and income protection plan which comes into effect. As part of this plan, the service partner's hospitalization expenses are covered upto INR 25,000, and income protection is provided upto INR 14,000. Post discharge, partners are required to self quarantine for a minimum of 28 days before they can resume work on the platform. Urban Company has created an INR 1.5 Cr. relief fund to help all such affected partners with monetary support while they are sick and recovering. Further, all negative and positive cases are reported to ICMR and local government authorities.

Talking about the partnership, Urban Company's Co-founder Abhiraj Singh Bhal said, “We have put in place several safety protocols to combat COVID-19. These include distribution of over a million masks & gloves, daily temperature checks, 7-day hygiene training program, use of disposables & single use sachets, mandatory use of the Aarogya Setu app etc. Our partnership with Pristyn Care is a step in this direction. It offers all our service partners free telemedicine consultations, and wherever needed, support for COVID-19 testing. Timely testing based on the advice of medical practitioners is key to curb the spread of COVID-19.  We strongly believe in proactively fighting against COVID-19, and also reducing the stigma associated with the disease. Our association with Pristyn Care will go a long way in helping our service partners."The company said this provision is part of its overall healthcare program for service partners, including COVID-19 specific health insurance and income protection, paid sick leaves and a COVID relief fund. Further, the company also offers free life and accidental insurances for all its service partners. Such programs encourage service partners to self-report their poor health and take necessary precautions without worrying about lost earnings. This facilitates early diagnosis and curbs the disease spread.

Pristyn Care Co-founder Harsimarbir Singh said, “One effective way to fight COVID-19 is through thoughtful testing and not ignoring the symptoms. Through Pristyn Care's partnership with Urban Company, we are enabling the community of service partners to get access to healthcare services. This will empower them to seek timely treatment post early detection of the symptoms. All of Pristyn’s clinics and partner hospitals across its 20 cities follow strict Covid protocols of social distancing, temperature checks and hygience. Every treating Doctor and frontline medical staff is not only Covid screened but also equipped with PPE kits and other safety gear. This joint effort accentuates our efforts and allows us to contribute to the larger community in these trying times”

About Urban Company

Founded in Nov 2014, Urban Company (formerly UrbanClap) is a home services aggregator offering services such as beauty and spa at home, cleaning, plumbing, carpentry, appliance repair, painting, etc. through its mobile app and website. It operates in 22 cities across India, UAE,  Australia and Singapore. The company has 30,000 service partners on its platform. It helps them with training, credit, product procurement, insurance, technology etc. As a result, many of its professionals earn 2-3x more than the industry (E.g. Average Urban Company beautician earns INR 40-50k per month vs. INR 15-20k per month in salons). This full-stack approach helps the company live up to its promise of delivering high-quality, delightful services at home.

Urban Company giving #LogoGoals

Urban Company's fresh logo with a mask is giving #LogoGoals to businesses. While few are finding it cute, many others are taking the much needed social message from it- wear a mask and keep social distancing. This unique way has gone viral as twitterati absolutely loved its uniqueness.

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The vision of the company is to act as a reminder to be safe & spread optimism among its customers, partners and followers. The company has changed its icon across all social media platforms, website and app.

Below are some of the real-time responses from the twitter on the new logo -

"Of all apps in my phone, your app - @urbancompany_UC stood out. Would deem it relevant given that the TG is common people who are in lockdown right now. Also I would like to think, it was "j.n.d." done right in #rebranding of Urban Clap to Urban Company."

"Great modification to the app icon by @urbancompany_UC. Always reminding me of wearing a mask, keeping social distancing during #COVID2019india. UC, i see and following every bit of it. "

"Thanks, @urbancompany_UC for putting the mask on. Watch out for more apps in the coming days. This is the best & fastest way to reach the BILLION, and constantly remind them to wear a mask."

"@urbancompany_UC Even urban company’s logo is following guidelines.Why can’t you ?#WearMasks #stayhome

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Udacity Partners With InShorts and Urban Clap to Bridge The Industry-Academia Divide

Udacity, a global leader in disruptive learning technologies, has partnered with leading tech startups such as InShorts, Urban Clap, Daily Hunt, Wittyfeed and more to help their Nanodegree holders land a high paying job. With rapidly changing technologies, the global demand for new-age skill sets in digital and analytics is largely unmet by traditional education system, which leaves students in a perennial fix. In a bid to bridge this industry-academia gap, Udacity has partnered with these startups to help students access job opportunities easily.

Students who take up any Nanodegree courses from Android Development, IOS, Full Stack, Front End, Data Analysis or Machine Learning at Udacity will get an opportunity to directly interview with these leading startups. The average salary offered for this would be around 6-18 lakhs for 0-3 years of experience. Students who are in their final year or pre-final year of their undergraduate courses can also take up this programme.

The courses offered by Udacity are specially designed by industry leaders AT&T, Google, Facebook, Salesforce, Amazon, Cloudera etc.. The idea is to have industry perspective in mentoring candidates who will soon be available in the job market. Taking the same idea forward, the Get Hired initiative is aimed at connecting industry ready candidates with leading tech startups for jobs with high paying salaries.

Vardhan Koshal, Country Manager at Udacity said, “The industry for on-demand online courses is on a rise and there is a significant opportunity for students to upskill themselves. Our Get Hired initiative will help students get first-hand industry experience and knowledge, which in turn will make them ready for real life job challenges. We are very excited to partner with leading startups of the country who will provide Nanodegree graduates a wide range of career opportunities.“

Commenting on the partnership, Deepit Purkayastha, Co-founder and Chief Strategy Officer, Inshorts, said, "At Inshorts we intend to make content consumption and discovery on mobile very easy and technology serves as the strongest enabler towards this goal. We are always on the lookout for top quality tech talent. We are pleased to partner with Udacity to discover candidates who have the right skills and necessary exposure to build world-class mobile experiences.”

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