Being a township in the southern part of Chennai, India Chromepet is lies on the Grand Southern Trunk (GST) Road, near to Tambaram and very close to Pallavaram, Well linked by Road and Railways. Having 4 km waking distance from south of the Anna International Airport, Meenambakkam. It is also the residence of the Madras Institute of Technology, the institute where Dr. A P. J. Abdul Kalam, former president of India, Tamil writer Sujatha and various other technocrats studied.