| Moulivakkam | |
| Settlement Type: | Neighbourhood |
| Nickname: | Bai Kadai |
| Pushpin Map: | India Chennai#Tamil Nadu#India |
| Pushpin Map Caption: | Moulivakkam (Chennai) |
| Coordinates: | 13.0215°N 80.1443°Whttps://geohack.toolforge.org/geohack.php?pagename=Moulivakkam&params=13.0215_N_80.1443_E_type:city_region:IN-TN |
| Subdivision Type: | Country |
| Subdivision Name: |  India |
| Subdivision Type1: | State |
| Subdivision Name1: | Tamil Nadu |
| Subdivision Type2: | District |
| Subdivision Name2: | Kancheepuram |
| Subdivision Type3: | Metro |
| Subdivision Name3: | Chennai |
| Government Type: | Municipality |
| Governing Body: | Mangadu Municipality |
| Unit Pref: | Metric |
| Population Density Km2: | auto |
| Demographics Type1: | Languages |
| Demographics1 Title1: | Official |
| Demographics1 Info1: | Tamil |
| Timezone1: | IST |
| Utc Offset1: | +5:30 |
| Postal Code Type: | PIN |
| Postal Code: | 600125 |
| Registration Plate: | TN 10 (RTO, Chennai South West) |
| Blank1 Name Sec1: | Lok Sabha constituency |
| Blank1 Info Sec1: | Sriperumbudur |
| Blank2 Name Sec1: | Vidhan Sabha constituency |
| Blank2 Info Sec1: | Alandur |
| Blank3 Name Sec1: | Planning agency |
| Blank3 Info Sec1: | CMDA |
Moulivakkam is a neighbourhood of Chennai. It is situated 18 km south-west of Chennai on the Arcot Road. It comes under Mangadu municipality and is bounded by Porur on the north, Kolappakkam on the south, Mugalivakkam on the east and Manapakkam on the south-east directions. The nearest railway station is at Guindy, which is about 6 kilometres away. The Porur junction is around 3 km away and Kathipara Junction is around 5 km away.
The real estate boom in India and Chennai had its course in Moulivakkam too. DLF SEZ was built and opened next to Moulivakkam in 2010. Multinational companies such as IBM, HP, CTS, and L&T Infotech have been located in this IT City. L&T ECC, L&T Ship Building and L&T AUDCO are also vested in this area.
In the year 2014, on June 28, in Moulivakkam, 55 persons were killed and several injured due to the collapse of a multi-storeyed building.[1] Due to this incident, its twin tower which was semi-finished, was demolished with controlled explosives on November 2, 2016.[2] [3]