Ashok Kheny

Ashok Maharudrappa Kheny is an Indian Businessman, film director, actor, producer, politician and owner of Karnataka Bulldozers cricket team, and chairman of the Indian Institute of Cartoonists. [1] Managing Director of the Nandi Infrastructure Corridor Enterprises. the officially known as the Bangalore–Mysore Infrastructure Corridor project. [2] He is also the Director of the IIIE Limited, former MLA of the Bidar South Vidhan Sabha constituency

Ashok Kheny
Born (1950-10-05) 5 October 1950
Bidar, Karnataka, India
EducationElectrical engineer
Alma mater
Occupation
EmployerBangalore-Mysore Infrastructure Corridor
Known forBangalore - Mysore Infrastructure Corridor (BMIC)
Term2013- 15 May 2018
PredecessorBandeppa Kashempur (JD(S))
SuccessorBandeppa Kashempur (JD(S))
Political partyKarnataka Makkala Paksha
Board member ofHonorary Chairman, IIC
Spouse(s)
Rita Kheny
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(m. 1992)​
Children2
Websitewww.ashokkheny.in

He is a graduate of Electrical Engineering from National Institute of Technology Karnataka.[3]

Kheny has been in the news for his scuffles with former Prime Minister of India H. D. Deve Gowda over the land acquisition for the BMIC project.[4][5][6]

Kheny received the Outstanding Businessman of the Year from a Minority community award for 1987, conferred by the then President of the United States Ronald Reagan.[7]

Kheny owns the cricket team Karnataka Bulldozers in the Celebrity Cricket League.[8]

Indian Institute of Cartoonists
Logo of IIC

In 2004, Kheny, an ardent admirer of cartoons, became an Honorary Chairman of the Indian Institute of Cartoonists.[9] He dedicated the institute 5000 square feet of premises in the heart of Bangalore to establish the Indian Cartoon Gallery, the first of its kind in India.

References
  1. CEO Karnataka
  2. Nandi Infrastructure Corridor Enterprise Ltd.
  3. Ashok Kheny Archived 22 June 2011 at the Wayback Machine
  4. The BMIC Controversy.......Is the Govt. Right ?
  5. Interview in Ourkarnataka Archived 22 June 2011 at the Wayback Machine
  6. "It was a hurdle race for Kheny". The Hindu. 19 December 2008. Retrieved 1 January 2019.
  7. Kheny to Philadelphia, An amazing Corridor
  8. Karnataka Bulldozers Archived 1 May 2012 at the Wayback Machine
  9. Official website of Indian Institute of cartoonists : CartoonistsIndia.com
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