UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, DC 20549

FORM 6-K

REPORT OF FOREIGN PRIVATE ISSUER PURSUANT TO RULE 13a-16 OR 15d-16
UNDER THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE AS OF 1934

For January 30, 2007

Commission File Number 000-27663

SIFY LIMITED

(Translation of registrant’s name into English)

Tidel Park, Second Floor
No. 4, Canal Bank Road, Taramani
Chennai 600 113, India
(91) 44-254-0770
(Address of principal executive office)

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant files or will file annual reports under cover Form 20-F or Form 40-F. Form 20-F þ Form 40 F o

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     Sify Limited (the “Company”) issued a press release on January 30, 2007, a copy of which is attached as Exhibit 99.1 to this Current Report on Form 6-K and incorporated herein by reference, in which it announced the election on January 22, 2007 of SR Sukumara, a former member of the Indian Police Service, to the Company’s Board of Directors.

     There are no arrangements or understandings between Mr. Sukumara and any other person pursuant to which Mr. Sukumara was elected as a director of the Company.

Signatures

     Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized.

Date: January 30, 2007