The capital city of Tamilnadu and aptly called as the Detroit of India has been at the Centre of Industrial growth in Tamilnadu. The coastal city is well connected within the state, Nationally and Internationally. Home to some of the best Educational institutes such as IIT Madras the city has been able to provide skilled manpower at all levels of the organization and act as incubation centre of large number of R&D activities.
The Armament Vehicles and Ammunition Depot of India popularly known as AVADI, encompasses CVRDE, the DRDO arm spearheading the design and development of combat vehicles for the Defence forces is a shining testimony to the growth of Defence Industry in Chennai.