Bangalore: Infosys Technologies today announced a contribution of Rs5 crore to the prime minister's national relief fund to assist the victims of the giant tsunami that ravaged South and South-east Asia early last Sunday. The company is also actively supporting its employees' efforts across group companies globally, to make monetary and material contributions towards aid operations.

Expressing his grief over the calamity, Nandan M. Nilekani, CEO, president and MD, Infosys Technologies Limited, said, "We believe it is the duty of every corporate citizen to address the people's most basic requirements immediately in a disaster situation such as this. We also have a lot of Infoscions who have expressed their eagerness to support relief efforts and our employee teams are visiting and offering aid to people in affected areas," he added.