Who is Aisshwarya, who is to get Married to Cafe Coffee Day Siddhartha's Son?

Karnataka Pradesh Congress Committee (KPCC) president DK Shivakumar’s daughter Aisshwarya is set to marry Amartya Hegde, the son of Cafe Coffee Day founder late VG Siddhartha. The wedding is scheduled to take place later this year. According to media reports, the couple might get engaged by August of this year.

“The families are now waiting for one year to be completed since Siddhartha’s death on July 31. While the engagement will take place in August, the marriage will not be delayed by more than two months since then,” a source told The New Indian Express. 

22-year-old Aisshwarya is Shivakumar’s eldest daughter. She is an engineering graduate and is managing the administrative work of Global Academy of Technology, which was founded by her father DK Shivakumar. 

27-year-old Amartya is managing his family’s business along with his mother Malavika Hegde. He had completed education in the US.  He is also the grandson of former Karnataka Chief Minister and Union External Affairs Minister S M Krishna. Reportedly, SM Krishna was a mentor figure for DK Shivakumar in his early days in politics.

This comes 10 months after VG Siddartha took his life last year by jumping into a river in Mangaluru in July 2019.

“Soon after Siddhartha’s death last year, Shivakumar was seen spending time with the deceased’s family. He had taken the initiative to fly Krishna and his wife in a helicopter from HAL airport in Bengaluru to Chikkamagaluru for the funeral in Chethanahalli estate,” The New Indian Express cited in its report.

Image Courtesy: Mangalore Today