Kochi: A prominent NRI who is known for his corporate finance expertise and association with the Indo Gulf and Middle East Chamber of Commerce has made it to the list of top 10 chartered accountants in the south Indian state of Kerala. Dr.Davis Kallukaran, the Founder and Managing Partner of Muscat-based Crowe Mak Ghazali Chartered Accountants, features prominently in the seventh position in the distinguished list brought out by the Institute of Chartered Accountants of India (ICAI), the apex body of tax practitioners in India.
Davis has vast experience in accounting, auditing, management, and IT Consultancy, and his company is one of the top 10 audit firms in the Sultanate of Oman. A Fellow of the ICAI, he was co-opted to the International Affairs Committee of the ICAI Council, New Delhi (2007–08). He also served as the Founding Chairman of the Muscat Chapter of the Institute from 2008 to 2009 and is a certified member of the Institute of Certified Fraud Examiners.
A regular columnist for The Times of Oman on tax-related affairs, Davis has co-authored a book on taxation of NRIs and has represented his firm at several global conferences. In recognition of his outstanding global contributions, he was bestowed with the Pinnacle Award — the highest recognition from Crowe Horwath, one of the top ten accounting networks in the world.
Among the top 10 chartered accountants in Kerala, the late CA P A Nair’s name appears in the first position, and it was he who signed the membership certificate of Davis in 1986. The other names include the late T Velu Pillai, K Raghavan Nair, Varma & Varma. Venugopal C Govind, Sreejith Kuniyil, P D Vijayrajan, M V Korah, and S Prabhakaran.
