Chettinad University

You can find us at Chettinad Health City, which is down on Rajiv Gandhi Salai in Kelambakkam. It’s a big campus, almost like a small city on its own. Chettinad University is part of this large area. We have been here for a good while now. The drive out here can be long if you’re coming from the center of Chennai, but once you arrive, there is plenty of room to breathe. We have a lot of different people working here, from the groundskeepers to the folks in the offices. We all have our own tasks to handle. It takes a lot of effort to keep such a large place tidy and running. We don’t really do the whole polished corporate thing. We’re just people trying to make sure the buildings are open and the lights stay on. The weather out here in Kelambakkam can get pretty hot, so we spend a lot of time making sure the fans and air units are working. It’s a practical sort of life. We see students walking between the different blocks all day long. Some of us have been here since the place first opened. We’ve seen it grow quite a bit over the years. It’s just a regular place to work and we don’t try to pretend it’s anything else. We just get through the day and come back to do it again tomorrow.