Ashok Kheny
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| Born | Ashok Maharudrappa Kheny 5 October 1950 Bidar, Mysuru State (present-day Karnataka), India | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Education | Electrical engineer | ||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Employer | Bangalore-Mysore Infrastructure Corridor | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Known for | Bangalore - Mysore Infrastructure Corridor (BMIC) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Board member of | Honorary Chairman, IIC | ||||||||||||||||||||||
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Rita Kheny (m. 1992) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Children | 2 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Website | www | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Ashok Maharudrappa Kheny is an Indian film producer, occasional actor, director, businessman, politician, and owner of Karnataka Bulldozers cricket team, and chairman of the Indian Institute of Cartoonists,[1] also Managing Director of the Nandi Infrastructure Corridor Enterprises Limited.[2] He is a founder and former president of the Karnataka Makkal Paksha. He is Director of IIIE Limited. He was Member of the Karnataka Legislative Assembly from Bidar South Vidhan Sabha constituency from 9 May 2013 to 15 May 2018.
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
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
- ^ CEO Karnataka
- ^ Nandi Infrastructure Corridor Enterprise Ltd.
- ^ Ashok Kheny Archived 22 June 2011 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ The BMIC Controversy.......Is the Govt. Right ?
- ^ Interview in Ourkarnataka Archived 22 June 2011 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ "It was a hurdle race for Kheny". The Hindu. 19 December 2008. Retrieved 1 January 2019.
- ^ Kheny to Philadelphia, An amazing Corridor
- ^ Karnataka Bulldozers Archived 1 May 2012 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ Official website of Indian Institute of cartoonists : CartoonistsIndia.com