An online self-assessment tool known as the COVID-19 Workplace Readiness Indicator has been developed by a team of researchers led by Rajesh Sundaresan at the Department of Electrical Communication Engineering, in collaboration with the Karnataka State Disaster Management Authority. It was designed as part of research efforts at the new Centre for Networked Intelligence established at IISc with CSR support from Cisco.

The tool takes into account broad epidemic factors and social objectives, and suggests a simple readiness threshold that organisations need to meet or exceed in order to operate effectively, while managing their pandemic response. An organisation can enter information about their workplace and current level of operation into the website, which will then calculate their readiness level using ten specific indices, each with a maximum score of 100, and provide a consolidated report. It also provides targeted suggestions if specific weaknesses are identified.

The Government of Karnataka has recommended this tool to various organisations in the state, as they reopen operations.