MPL to undertake vaccination plan for employees, three dependents

The esports and gaming platform, which was founded in 2018 by Sai Srinivas and Shubh Malhotra, has over 500 personnel with offices in Bengaluru, Pune, Jakarta, and Singapore.

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March 11, 2021 / 08:03 PM IST

Sai Srinivas Kiran G and Shubham Malhotra, founders of MPL

Online gaming platform Mobile Premier League (MPL) on March 11 announced that it will undertake an end-to-end vaccination drive for all its Indian employees.

In addition, the company will also cover the vaccination cost of up to three dependents of current employees.

The esports and gaming platform, which was was founded in 2018 by Sai Srinivas and Shubh Malhotra, has over 500 personnel with offices in Bengaluru, Pune, Jakarta, and Singapore.

The vaccination drive will be voluntary for employees and their immediate families, who can avail of it in major cities such as Kolkata, Delhi NCR, Mumbai, Bengaluru, Pune, Hyderabad and Chennai.

More than 2,000 people comprising self and three dependents of current employees can avail of this plan.

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