Altimetrik to give Rs 7.6 crore for Covid-19 relief

BENGALURU: Technology firm Altimetrik's employees in India have donated a part of their earnings as part of the US-firm's pledge to raise Rs 7.61 crore for Covid-19 relief. The fund campaign that started from April 24, will end on May 15.

Altimetrik and Vattikuti Foundation will match the employee contribution to support Covid-19 warriors in India, the US and Uruguay, the company said in a press release. About Rs 1.07 crore will go for providing dry ration to 3000 families in need across Chennai, Pune, Hyderabad and Bengaluru for a month. In addition, 4000 each of PPE kits and N95 masks will be supplied to six government hospitals handling Covid-19 cases in Chennai, Bengaluru and Pune.

Hospitals that will receive these kits are Victoria and Rajiv Gandhi hospital in Bangalore, Rajiv Gandhi and Stanley Medical hospital in Chennai and Sassoon Govt. and Naidu hospital in Pune. The kits will be procured through nonprofits such as AID India, Smile Foundation, HelpAge India, Arunodaya and Swa-Roop Wardhinee.


Altimetric chairman Raj Vattikuti said: “Never has there been a greater need to unite and help support our communities as there is today. Our vision is to provide aid for healthcare workers and communities across the US., Uruguay, and cities in India who cannot afford medical services. So far, 560 of our 2500 strong global workforce (nearly 22.4%) have contributed generously to the cause. Nearly 28% of our India workforce has contributed so far making it the largest donor constituency – a number that I am confident, will increase in the coming days.”

The company, the release also said, is on track to hire 150 scrum specialists over the next few months, and there had been no pay cuts or job losses at the company.