On his LinkedIn page, Shashi Kumar, co-founder, Akshayakalpa Organic Milk, says: “We are Hiring". This is indeed a rarity in these times, when the covid-19 outbreak has caused major disruptions across industries.
However, for Kumar, it’s time to expand his business, with the demand for organic milk shooting up in major metropolises. In fact, Kumar is short-staffed and needs at least 800 delivery boys to keep up with the demand from Bengaluru and Chennai, the two cities it operates in. “When the lockdown was announced, 600 of them left for their villages.
We recruited a few, but we are still short of 300 delivery boys," he said. The extension of the lockdown has, however, been a damper.