with input from Sarvotham Shetty, Abu Dhabi
Suresh Kukkillaya (husband of active Kannada writer & activist Ranjani Suresh in Dubai) passed away on 16,July, 2009 (Thursday) by heart attack.
Suresh was working for Martin Cox & Associates since 1993.
Cremation will be done in Dubai on 22nd July, 2009 (Wednesday).
Family of Suresh may be contacted on +971 4 2214467 or +971 50 2522014 or Email : viggu15@hotmail.com or ranjani24@hotmail.com
A Tribute:
Soft spoken and a man of few words M Suresh Kukillaya was born in a well known Shivalli Brahmin family who are originally from Uppur near Udupi. His Grandfather late Padmanabha Kukillaya was the cheif justice of Kerala high court and was also the personal advisor to the then Maharaja of Travencore. His father Late Seetharama Kukillaya was an engineer and served the Kerala govt as cheif inspectpr of factories and later served as cheif engineer of Fact Fertilizers of ALWAI kerala.
Suresh Kukillaya was a Chareted Accountant by profession and had secured rank in the Intermediate exam. He did his articleship with a leading firm of Trivendrum K.V. Iyer and Co. He also did Post graduation in management accountancy. He started his professional career as accounts officer in Fact Fertilizers and chemicals. Later he served KSIDC as deputy accounts manager. He joinded CAMPCO ltd managalore as Cheif Financial Advisor . Then he set up his own Audit firm S.S. Kukillaya and Co in Mangalore. 1993 onwards he joind Martin cox & Associates an audit firm in Dubai and served as the cheif Auditor. He was an active member of Lions Club Mnagalre and served the club as Treasurer and editor of the house magazine Lions Roar and while in Dubai he was an active member of the Karnataka Sangha.
Married to talented Smt Ranjani Suresh the couple are blessed with a son Vignesh who is working in Dubai and daughter Rashmi who is married to Engineer Naresh Murthy are are settled in USA with their 2 sons Rohan and Rahul.