Covid -19 work from home (WFH): An occupational lifestyle practices among information technology (IT) Professionals in India

In the recent scenario, information and technology is the medium of fastest communication system to fill up the bridge between the people and machine. Everybody get themselves acquainted with the communication system to exchange their ideas.IT sector is the fasted growing market in the world. In the changing scenario a lifestyle of IT professional also changes according to the time and they are facing different lifestyle problems associated with their job. This is an attempt to assess the changes facing with their profession. The nature of work has gone through drastic changes over the last century as it is still changing at whirlwind speed. The aim of the present research was to study ‘COVID -19 work from home (WHF): an occupational lifestyle practices among information technology (IT) professionals in India”. Four metro cities of India were selected for this study. Those were Bangalore, Chennai, Hyderabad, and Bhubaneswar. These metro cities are known to be software hub of India. Total 100 samples were selected from these cities. Multistage random sampling method was used. The data were collected in the form of questionnaire through e-mail and video conferencing. With focus on four objectives socio-demographic profile of the software engineers, working hour on job stress and difficulty in work life balance among the software engineers, dietary habits of the software professional, the prevalence of lifestyle diseases among the software engineers and discuss the concept COVID -19 work from home (WFH).