Paranur is a village in India

India

India , officially the Republic of India , is a country in South Asia. It is the seventh-largest country by geographical area, the second-most populous country with over 1.2 billion people, and the most populous democracy in the world...

 near the national Highway 45. It has a railway station
and few hundred houses, and is 44km from Chennai International Airport

Chennai International Airport

Chennai International Airport , formerly known as Madras International Airport is located in Tirusulam, south of Chennai , India...

.
Paranur has been declared a special economic zone since October 2005; companies
like Infosys

Infosys

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 and BMW

BMW

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 have started units in this village.

About the Railway Station

The Paranur Railway Station is the first of its kind in the Public-Private partnership between a private company and the Indian railways. Befitting this trendsetting venture, Shilpa Architects

Shilpa Architects

Shilpa Architects is an international architecture, design and planning firm that was founded in 1979 in Chennai, India. It currently operates offices in Chennai, Bangalore and Mumbai, in India and in New York and Chicago in the United States and provides urban design and master planning services...

has incorporated several design elements that capture global best practices in amenities for rail passengers from other countries where high volume of passenger traffic combines efficiency and passenger comfort.

External links

• http://www.elcot.com/mipl.htm
• Shilpa Architects
• Shilpa Architects: Paranur Railway Station