Chrompet is a township in the southern part of Chennai, India. It is a part of the Tambaram taluk of Kanchipuram district and is located 16 kilometres from Chennai city. It lies on the Grand Southern Trunk (GST Road), close to Tambaram and next to Pallavaram. It is 4 km south of the Chennai International Airport, Tirusulam. It is the home of the famous Madras Institute of Technology, the institute where Dr. A. P. J. Abdul Kalam, former president of India and Tamil writer Sujatha studied.