HCL Tech lends tech to help TN govt fight Covid 19

New Delhi: The country's third largest software services firm HCL Technologies has been roped in by the government of Tamil Nadu to set up a Disaster Management - Data Analytics Center to fight off the COVID 19 pandemic.

HCL is also helping to expand the state’s disaster management helpline (1070) through technological upgradation, manpower assistance and effective reporting mechanisms, it said in a statement.

The center which will be housed in Chennai and supported by HCL will help capture data trends from across all districts of Tamil Nadu in real time and display them live to inform the Government’s future decisions on degree of response needed for each district and also for graded relaxation of the current lockdown to resume economic activities.


J. Radhakrishnan, Principal Secretary/Commissioner of Revenue Administration and State Relief Commissioner said, “Our improved disaster management helpline will enable us to respond to citizens’ queries in a timely and effective manner and also capture insights from the same to define future course of action.”