Corona virus disease or Covid-19 has become a global pandemic. It was first reported in Wuhan, china. The disease has crossed all borders across the world and today the whole world is suffering from the pandemic now. So when Covid-19 started shaking the world with immense spreading of its first wave and second wave, the whole population is completely dependent on the healthcare sector. Since the healthcare workers are part of the service sector, they had to support and take care of the patients by risking their lives. The stress taken by the healthcare workers is beyond the imagination of a layman and is greater than normal work stress. Covid-19 made its entry abruptly, putting a high level of stress on the medical community. There has never has been such a catastrophic pandemic that has occurred in last five decades. The hospital infrastructure was never ready for such a huge pandemic and its implications. More patient load, high infectivity rate, increase in mortality rate, family getting infected, more serious infections, scarcity of medicines, anxiety of getting infected etc. all contributed to the increase in stress level of the healthcare workers. This study aims to understand the stress faced by the healthcare workers during the first and second wave of the pandemic and identifying the solutions to reduce stress and promote their mental health by listening to good music, having a good sleep, opening up to a counsellor, getting spiritual help etc., if a third wave occurs.

HRM systems, or Workforce asset management is one of the crucial Human Resource functions that has come to light as a critical and essential part of a globally competitive organization. This is done so that employee experience and employee satisfaction in large-scale Indian companies can be enhanced. This is because modern businesses are increasingly relying on HR managers to manage, engage, and keep talented employees. In order to increase employee engagement, the purpose of the current study is to recognize and determine the critical challenges faced by the Human Resource team in large Indian businesses. From this perspective, the study evaluated the obstacles to employee engagement using a systematic review approach. Employee career growth, engaging a diverse workforce, multigenerational workforce, and motivational issues are just a few of the major obstacles to employee engagement that have been identified in large-scale businesses. As a result, it was suggested that large Indian businesses' employee engagement poses a number of challenges for critical HR management.