myVariable= Karapakkam is a village in Kancheepuram district in Tamil Nadu, India. The village is one of the stops on the Old Mahabalipuram Road. Karapaakkam which is a part of the Greater Chennai, (Pop:1500 approx.)is home to a number of engg.as Sanmar and BPO, IT/ITES companies and also the facilities of almost all major IT/ITES companies like Scope International, Tata Consultancy Services, Accenture India, Cognizant Technology Solutions, Photon Infotech and Infosys are situated along the Rajiv Gandhi Road (OMR) Riverside Mall is also planned to be constructed here by MARG Infrastructure. Lion.Leo N.Sundaram is the president of Karapakkam panchayat It has a Panchayat Elementary school and Govt.High school. It is 10 km from Thiruvanmiyur. Arulmigu Gangai Amman , Arulmigu Vendavarasi Amman, and Arulmigu Kali Amman temples, Masjidul Anwaar are in this village Thangavelu engg.college and KCG Engg college are also located here. Karapakkam panchayat President Lion.Leo.N.Sundaram is Puskar awarded by Honourable President of India Famous students Shaik Amjad, RV Vivek, Phani reddy,K Ramesh(2006) studied their Engineering here from Thangavel Engineering college in 1999.