No more philanthropism for techies
Bangalore: Disasters have always revealed the generous side of thousands of techies, however, post recession they have turned more cautious on any such philanthropy. Is it that a year of economic uncertainty has made them think twice? Their resounding silence on flood relief in North Karnataka, may indicate the same.
Most companies contacted had no firm plans on what they would contribute. Neither have there been statements from the usually active Corporate Social Responsibility divisions. Earlier thousands of techies chipped in with a day's salary or more , as their managements tried to match their employees' contributions, reports the Deccan Chronicle.
A day ahead of Chief Minister B.S. Yeddyurappa's planned meeting with IT honchos on the issue, Infosys' HR director Mohandas Pai said, "We will contribute to rehabilitation work later on.
"Also, a Wipro Spokesperson said that the company had not yet decided; Cisco said it had not formalised plans yet but was in talks with NGOs and a MindTree Spokesperson said the company and its employees will contribute, but they had not worked out the details yet.
Nasscom President Som Mittal refrained from commenting on what's being seen as tardy response from a famously-rich sector, "I have been out of the country for the last eight days. I cannot comment," he said.
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