Visualization : 

 As per the National Portal of India , more than 90 % of the labor force is working in unorganized 

 sectors and roughly 50 % of India ’s GDP is contributed by the unorganized labor force . Sadly , 

 details about these workers are not in records . These are basically low - income groups , or the 

 migrants from other countries who have come to India in search of job to meet their daily 

 livelihoods . Manufacturing industry is accounted to be the largest employer to these 

 unorganized labor force . This is the reason ; manufacturing sector had been a major 

 contributor to a positive change in employment index . But the global pandemic has brought 

 everybody ’s life to a standstill . Be it e - commerce , hospitality industry , restaurant chains , 

 mobile repair shop or transportation , everything has been shut down . The most affected 

 people are the migrant workers who work at a daily wage . They are forced to stay in their 

 workplace and are left with no source of income away from their family . 

 Application : 

 Among all these , there is Santosh who works in textile industry in Surat , Gujrat . He is in his 

 late thirties and has a family of four including his wife Sumitra and two daughters of 5 and 8 

 years old . He originally hails from Sundergarh district of Odisha where his parents are living 

 and are dependent on Santosh ’s income for livelihood . Because of the sudden lockdown , 

 Santosh was unaware of the scenario and he and his family are in Gujrat and his parents are 

 in Odisha . The production in his factory is at halt , and since he is a daily worker , he is left with 

 no source of income and fails to feed his family . He has requested the government to allow 

 him move to his home state where he can at least work as a farmer . His request has been 

 denied by the government and now he has no idea what he should do to feed his wife , two 

 daughters and old parents . 

 Insights and Approch 

 This is one of the ugliest realities in India . We have no provisions for the unskilled workers . 

 Even though certain government schemes were launched , it could not deliver as expected . 

 Workers like Santosh , they did n’t get a proper education and because of family 

 responsibilities they enter into the labor market at an early age , as a result they can not upskill 

 themselves with passage of time and get stuck doing the same work till there physical health 

 permits and are left underpaid throughout their life . They have no scope for financial growth 

 and are left with high financial insecurities and responsibilities . Though the state governments 

 are coming up with effective schemes and programs for them , but these migrant workers 

 remain unaware of the schemes . They are the deprived people in the society without any 

 social safety or healthcare benefit . It has been noticed that most of them do n’t even have 

 voter ID cards . 

 Everyday we see in news how desperately these workers try to escape and run away to their 

 respective homes to their families amid this crisis . It is really sad to see how desperate these 

 people are . Every day we see videos in news channels where women and children are walking 

 miles to reach their home or to their families . People every day are dying because of 

 starvation . In spite of creating so much awareness about the issue some of them move along 

 the roads to get back to their respective house , but can not . We see video footages in news 

 where workers are made to sit in line and are sanitized . Though this is the need of the hour 

 and safety is the first priority but they should be treated with respect . Recently it was in news 

 that because of spraying of sanitizer , a worker was blinded . They keep on counting days and 

 when the shutdown will be over so that they can reach to their family or start working to earn 

 their basic livelihood . 

 Needless to say , these workers have played a major role earlier in reviving the economy , as 

 manufacturing sector is one of the biggest contributors to the GDP and they have done their 

 part to increase the productivity of manufacturing industry . But now they are left helpless . 

 Design Thinking frameworks can be used to solve problem of these migrant workers . If the 

 results are successful , they can be used so that the problem never occurs again . 

 Frameworks like focused interviews , ethnographic studies can be used to find out the root 

 cause of the problem , as we know problem identification is the most important stage in 

 solving a problem and mostly people mistake in problem identification . We can use all the 

 Design thinking frameworks to reach to the root cause of the problem . The labor market in 

 India is highly dominated by the unorganized workers and we need to solve their problem so 

 that they do n’t have to face such scenario again in future . They are left with no savings and 

 in this chaotic situation they are the one who suffers the most . The best tool for these 

 problem solutions can be found in Design thinking itself . 

 If I am asked to solve these problems , I will go for Standford Design Model , 360 empathy and 

 ethnographic study . Because this issue of migrants ’ workers needs to be dealt with empathy , 

 creating a persona , brainstorming , ideation with all the stakeholders ( migrant worker , NGOs , 

 Government , Factory and family members ) followed by developing a working protype and 

 testing phase . 

 By using 360 empathy and ethnographic studies , the plight of the workers can be understood 

 properly . As mentioned earlier , there is no records of these migrant workers and collecting 

 primary data of such a large segment is a cumbersome task which needs a lot of efforts . 

 As of now , I am going with Santosh and will plot his journey map . So , it starts with he finds a 

 need to earn money to support his family . He does n’t find sufficient opportunities in his home 

 location and moves out of his home state . The next points will be his income , his spending 

 and savings . 

 Drawing an analogy , I find myself in the shows of Santosh . I had gone out of my hometown to 

 pursue engineering since there was no good engineering college in my home town . After 

 completion I had to move in to a different state , to join a job , since I did n’t have sufficient 

 opportunities in my home state . Santosh had to go through the similar situation . 

 Now , after creating an analogy I can relate with Santosh . He is not going to return home 

 permanently unless he has sufficient money or other source of income that can keep him 

 going and with it , he can afford a somewhat similar lifestyle he is affording now . In this case 

 by lifestyle we mean working day long to meet the basic needs of his family . Family 

 responsibilities plays a major role in his decision making . 

 To solve this problem , a constant source of income is the need of the hour for Santosh that 

 will suffice feeding his wife , children and parents . Government is coming up with financial 

 benefits and social schemes for underprivileged sections of the society .   He needs to open a 

 bank account in his village . This will help the government in record keeping and pass on the 

 benefits to Santosh . Government can additionally hire them for agricultural works so that 

 they do not feel left out incase they lose their job because of lay off or the factory shuts down . 


EMAIL: 
ID_NUM: 
NAME_STUDENT: 
PHONE_NUM: 
STREET_ADDRESS: 
URL_PERSONAL: 
USERNAME: 

### Task: You are a PII (Personal Identity Information) Detection. Given a essays written by students, you have to identify ONLY the following:
NAME_STUDENT - The full or partial name of a student that is not necessarily the author of the essay. This excludes instructors, authors, and other person names.
EMAIL - A student’s email address.
USERNAME - A student's username on any platform.
ID_NUM - A number or sequence of characters that could be used to identify a student, such as a student ID or a social security number.
PHONE_NUM - A phone number associated with a student.
URL_PERSONAL - A URL that might be used to identify a student.
STREET_ADDRESS - A full or partial street address that is associated with the student, such as their home address.
### Input: Visualization : 

 As per the National Portal of India , more than 90 % of the labor force is working in unorganized 

 sectors and roughly 50 % of India ’s GDP is contributed by the unorganized labor force . Sadly , 

 details about these workers are not in records . These are basically low - income groups , or the 

 migrants from other countries who have come to India in search of job to meet their daily 

 livelihoods . Manufacturing industry is accounted to be the largest employer to these 

 unorganized labor force . This is the reason ; manufacturing sector had been a major 

 contributor to a positive change in employment index . But the global pandemic has brought 

 everybody ’s life to a standstill . Be it e - commerce , hospitality industry , restaurant chains , 

 mobile repair shop or transportation , everything has been shut down . The most affected 

 people are the migrant workers who work at a daily wage . They are forced to stay in their 

 workplace and are left with no source of income away from their family . 

 Application : 

 Among all these , there is Santosh who works in textile industry in Surat , Gujrat . He is in his 

 late thirties and has a family of four including his wife Sumitra and two daughters of 5 and 8 

 years old . He originally hails from Sundergarh district of Odisha where his parents are living 

 and are dependent on Santosh ’s income for livelihood . Because of the sudden lockdown , 

 Santosh was unaware of the scenario and he and his family are in Gujrat and his parents are 

 in Odisha . The production in his factory is at halt , and since he is a daily worker , he is left with 

 no source of income and fails to feed his family . He has requested the government to allow 

 him move to his home state where he can at least work as a farmer . His request has been 

 denied by the government and now he has no idea what he should do to feed his wife , two 

 daughters and old parents . 

 Insights and Approch 

 This is one of the ugliest realities in India . We have no provisions for the unskilled workers . 

 Even though certain government schemes were launched , it could not deliver as expected . 

 Workers like Santosh , they did n’t get a proper education and because of family 

 responsibilities they enter into the labor market at an early age , as a result they can not upskill 

 themselves with passage of time and get stuck doing the same work till there physical health 

 permits and are left underpaid throughout their life . They have no scope for financial growth 

 and are left with high financial insecurities and responsibilities . Though the state governments 

 are coming up with effective schemes and programs for them , but these migrant workers 

 remain unaware of the schemes . They are the deprived people in the society without any 

 social safety or healthcare benefit . It has been noticed that most of them do n’t even have 

 voter ID cards . 

 Everyday we see in news how desperately these workers try to escape and run away to their 

 respective homes to their families amid this crisis . It is really sad to see how desperate these 

 people are . Every day we see videos in news channels where women and children are walking 

 miles to reach their home or to their families . People every day are dying because of 

 starvation . In spite of creating so much awareness about the issue some of them move along 

 the roads to get back to their respective house , but can not . We see video footages in news 

 where workers are made to sit in line and are sanitized . Though this is the need of the hour 

 and safety is the first priority but they should be treated with respect . Recently it was in news 

 that because of spraying of sanitizer , a worker was blinded . They keep on counting days and 

 when the shutdown will be over so that they can reach to their family or start working to earn 

 their basic livelihood . 

 Needless to say , these workers have played a major role earlier in reviving the economy , as 

 manufacturing sector is one of the biggest contributors to the GDP and they have done their 

 part to increase the productivity of manufacturing industry . But now they are left helpless . 

 Design Thinking frameworks can be used to solve problem of these migrant workers . If the 

 results are successful , they can be used so that the problem never occurs again . 

 Frameworks like focused interviews , ethnographic studies can be used to find out the root 

 cause of the problem , as we know problem identification is the most important stage in 

 solving a problem and mostly people mistake in problem identification . We can use all the 

 Design thinking frameworks to reach to the root cause of the problem . The labor market in 

 India is highly dominated by the unorganized workers and we need to solve their problem so 

 that they do n’t have to face such scenario again in future . They are left with no savings and 

 in this chaotic situation they are the one who suffers the most . The best tool for these 

 problem solutions can be found in Design thinking itself . 

 If I am asked to solve these problems , I will go for Standford Design Model , 360 empathy and 

 ethnographic study . Because this issue of migrants ’ workers needs to be dealt with empathy , 

 creating a persona , brainstorming , ideation with all the stakeholders ( migrant worker , NGOs , 

 Government , Factory and family members ) followed by developing a working protype and 

 testing phase . 

 By using 360 empathy and ethnographic studies , the plight of the workers can be understood 

 properly . As mentioned earlier , there is no records of these migrant workers and collecting 

 primary data of such a large segment is a cumbersome task which needs a lot of efforts . 

 As of now , I am going with Santosh and will plot his journey map . So , it starts with he finds a 

 need to earn money to support his family . He does n’t find sufficient opportunities in his home 

 location and moves out of his home state . The next points will be his income , his spending 

 and savings . 

 Drawing an analogy , I find myself in the shows of Santosh . I had gone out of my hometown to 

 pursue engineering since there was no good engineering college in my home town . After 

 completion I had to move in to a different state , to join a job , since I did n’t have sufficient 

 opportunities in my home state . Santosh had to go through the similar situation . 

 Now , after creating an analogy I can relate with Santosh . He is not going to return home 

 permanently unless he has sufficient money or other source of income that can keep him 

 going and with it , he can afford a somewhat similar lifestyle he is affording now . In this case 

 by lifestyle we mean working day long to meet the basic needs of his family . Family 

 responsibilities plays a major role in his decision making . 

 To solve this problem , a constant source of income is the need of the hour for Santosh that 

 will suffice feeding his wife , children and parents . Government is coming up with financial 

 benefits and social schemes for underprivileged sections of the society .   He needs to open a 

 bank account in his village . This will help the government in record keeping and pass on the 

 benefits to Santosh . Government can additionally hire them for agricultural works so that 

 they do not feel left out incase they lose their job because of lay off or the factory shuts down .
### Output: 