Salem
Salem is a western Tamil Nadu city where IT work is still small but growing. It has an ELCOT IT park, a mini TIDEL Park and a StartupTN regional hub. Firms looking for AI talent in smaller towns have started opening offices here.
- IT parks
- Startups
- Tier-2 tech talent
- On the map
- 3
- Events coming up
- 1
- In the brief
- 0
What to know
The ELCOT IT SEZ at Jagirammapalayam covers about 53 acres and employs about 2,600 people.
Tamil Nadu IT & Digital Services Department, Policy Note 2025-26A mini TIDEL Park in Salem, built for about Rs 29.5 crore with room for 500 IT professionals, opened in September 2024.
Business TodayStartupTN runs a regional startup hub in Salem.
Inc42Data and AI firm GWC Data.AI plans to hire 1,000 people in Tamil Nadu, with offices in Hosur, Dharmapuri, Salem and Tirupattur (August 2026).
UNISalem district has 403 DPIIT-recognised startups (July 2026).
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Names to know: ELCOT IT SEZ, Jagirammapalayam, Mini TIDEL Park, Salem, GWC Data.AI
On the map in Salem
Open on the mapColleges 3
- Government College of Engineering, Salem Education
- Knowledge Institute of Technology (KIOT) Education
- Sona College of Technology Education