IT Corridor, now called ‘Rajiv Gandhi Salai’ is an important road connecting Chennai with Mahabalipuram in Tamil Nadu for a length of 45 km. The road, earlier called Old Mahabalipuram Road (OMR), starts from Madhya Kailash Temple Junction on Sardar Patel Road in south-east Chennai and terminates on East Coast Road near Mahabalipuram.

The prestigious TIDEL Park, home to a number of BPO and IT/ITES companies and also the facilities of almost all major IT / ITES Companies in the country are situated along the IT Corridor. Prominent Government Institutions and technical / educational institutions are also situated along the Corridor.

Besides, State Industries Promotion Corporation of Tamil Nadu Ltd (SIPCOT) has developed an IT Park, spread over 2000 acres in Siruseri, abutting the IT Corridor. A number of IT/ITES Companies are in the process of setting up their facilities in SIPCOT IT Park.