Journal of Pharmaceutical Negative Results ¦ Volume 13 ¦ Special Issue 8 ¦ 2022 1817 Employee Engagement during Pandemic: A study of Employee engagement mechanism during covid-19 Pandemic Dr. Pragalbh Sharma Assistant Professor, GLA University, Mathura (UP), India e-mail: pragalbh.sharma@gla.ac.in DOI: 10.47750/pnr.2022.13.S08.218 Employee engagement has been termed as one of the major tools of Human resource management which ensures Job satisfaction and synchronizes the workforce to collectively strive towards the achievement of organizational objectives. The Covid-19 pandemic however changed the implementation and practices of several personnel management tools. The remote working/work from home culture has reduced the impact of traditional mechanisms and has given way to innovations that can be deemed suitable for the “new normal”. This paper attempts to analyze the new 5 C model propagated by several Human resource management practitioners. The assistance of existing literature and investigative articles has been taken while formulating this paper. This paper is of immense importance to scholars/ academicians/professionals working in the field of Human resource or personnel management Keywords- Employee engagement, Pandemic, Human resource management 1. Introduction: The pandemic has taken its toll on human resource and personnel management globally over the last couple of years. Ever since the break of the pandemic in January 2020, the entire world has been witness to rampant and frequent waves of the pandemic 1 . With some countries fearing the arrival of the second/third wave of the pandemic. The mutation and double mutation of the virus has aroused the fear of catching the virus even after mass vaccination drives in all most every country, including India. The pandemic has resulted in Holistic changes in the workplace environment and workforce management. The remote and home-based workplace has replaced the traditional workplace mechanism with some sectors in a few countries still opting for work for home culture even after lifting the restrictions 2 . A case in point is Information technology companies operating in India which are still following this culture which they started in March/April 2020 3 . As a result, employee engagement activities of the organizations have also witnessed a paradigm shift. Employee engagement is of mutual benefit to both employee and employer. An effective employee engagement activity will result in an improved relationship between the two parties which results in improved performance output as an emotionally and professionally engaged employee will certainly follow the principle of adjudication of personal interest for organizational objectives 4 . Many people tend to mix employee engagement with employee motivation however employee engagement is a much broader concept. However, since the pandemic, the employee-employer relationship has gone for a toss. While in some sectors, the virtual workplace has completely replaced the physical workplace, which has resulted in the complete absence of physical interaction. Other sectors such as essential services like banking, health, etc. have witnessed stretched working