2 techies open window of hope

When the magnitude of the tsunami that hit the Tamil Nadu coast became known by Sunday afternoon, two software engineers working for an Bangalore IT firm immediately packed their bags and landed in Cuddalore. Since then, they have harnessed their IT expertise to coordinate relief work.

Sriram Raghavan, president, Conmat Technologies, and his colleague Sudhakar Chandra are helping the Cuddalore administration create a database of relief requirements from various areas, apart from updating stocks of clothes, food, water and medicines. Chandra, who works as Chief Evangelist (Government Services) at the IT firm that focuses on e-governance said the database will help the administration know from time to time, where medicines, food and other requirements are needed the most and identify areas where goods have been sent.

The duo, who studied in Tamil Nadu, said they had an inner urge to involve themselves in relief activities immediately after the scale of the calamity dawned on them. Their company, they said, even encouraged them to go ahead. — PTI