In 1977 the Canadian branch developed support for Optical Mark Reader device OMR.
It is only a few kilometers from the fast developing IT corridor OMR of Chennai.
They are Multiple Choice Questions (MCQ) type and the students are required to supply their responses on OMR answer sheets.
The IT park is the largest IT park in Asia about 30 km on OMR from Chennai City, in the Cyber Corridor for allotment of land to IT Companies, who wish to build their own campuses.
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In 2008, a proposal was initiated to construct a new railway line from Perungudi MRTS station in Chennai to Pondicherry via Old Mahabalipuram Road (OMR) and East Coast Road (ECR).