Akkarai, is a suburb of Chennai which is situated in southern part of the city. Surrounded by IT suburbs such as Perungudi, Siruseri and Taramani, the place is a preferred destination for IT professionals to reside. The IT advantage just not limit to this, the place enjoys closeness to various IT parks such as PSBB Millenium, Siruseri IT Park ,Gateway International, which houses a number of BPO and IT/ITES companies like Infosys, Wipro, TCS, HCL Technologies, PayPal, Mahindra Satyam, ebay, Accenture India, Trident Solutions, American Megatrends etc.