Ashok Kheny

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{{short description|Indian film actor, politician, film director, film producer, businessman}}
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{{Infobox person
| name = Ashok Kheny
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|df=yes|1949|10|5}}
| birth_place =[[Bidar|Ranjolkheni]]
| known_for = [[Bangalore - Mysore Infrastructure Corridor]] (BMIC)
| education = [[Electrical engineer]]
| alma_mater = {{Plainlist|
*[[National Institute of Technology Karnataka]]
*[[Worcester Polytechnic Institute]]
}}
| employer = [[Bangalore-Mysore Infrastructure Corridor]]
| occupation = {{hlist|[[Politician]] | [[Managing Director]] of SAB, Philadelphia and Nandi Infrastructure Corridor Enterprise }}
| birth_name =Ashok Shankarappa Kheny
| successor =
| party =
| boards = Honorary Chairman, [[Indian Institute of Cartoonists|IIC]]
| spouse = {{marriage|Rita Kheny|1992}}
| children = 2
| website = {{url|http://www.ashokkheny.in/}}
|module = {{Infobox officeholder
|party = [[Indian National Congress]] (since {{start date|2018|03|05|df=y}})
|office =Chairman of the Nandi Infrastructure Corridor Enterprises Limited
|term_start
= 1995
| term_start1 =09 May 2013 |term_end1 = 15 May 2018 |successor1 = [[Bandeppa Kashempur]] |predecessor1 = [[Bandeppa Kashempur]]
|office1 = Member of the Karnataka Legislative Assembly from [[Bidar South (Vidhana Sabha constituency)|Bidar South Constituency]] |constituency1 =[[Bidar South (Vidhana Sabha constituency)|Bidar South Constituency]] |otherparty = '''Karnataka Makkala Paksha''' (until 5 March 2018)}}}}

'''Ashok Shankarappa Kheny''' is an Indian film producer, actor, director, businessman, politician, and owner of Karnataka Bulldozers cricket team, and chairman of the [[Indian Institute of Cartoonists]],<ref>[http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/AE2013/StatReports2013.pdf CEO Karnataka]</ref> also Managing Director of the [[Bangalore–Mysore Infrastructure Corridor|Nandi Infrastructure Corridor Enterprises Limited]] based in Bengaluru.<ref>[http://www.nicelimited.com/ Nandi Infrastructure Corridor Enterprise Ltd.]</ref> He is a founder and former president of the '''Karnataka Makkal Paksha'''. He is Director of IIIE Limited. He was [[Karnataka Legislative Assembly|Member of the Karnataka Legislative Assembly]] from [[Bidar South (Vidhana Sabha constituency)|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]].<ref>[http://www.ourkarnataka.com/Articles/starofmysore/akheny08.htm Ashok Kheny] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110622074324/http://www.ourkarnataka.com/Articles/starofmysore/akheny08.htm |date=22 June 2011 }}</ref>

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.<ref>[http://www.discoverbangalore.com/BMIC.htm The BMIC Controversy.......Is the Govt. Right ?]</ref><ref>[http://www.ourkarnataka.com/Articles/starofmysore/akheny08.htm Interview in Ourkarnataka] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110622074324/http://www.ourkarnataka.com/Articles/starofmysore/akheny08.htm |date=22 June 2011 }}</ref><ref>{{cite news | url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/bangalore/It-was-a-hurdle-race-for-Kheny/articleshow/3859054.cms | title=It was a hurdle race for Kheny | date=19 December 2008 | newspaper=The Hindu | access-date=1 January 2019 }}</ref>

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]].<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20120908044028/http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2005-05-04/bangalore/27848718_1_bangalore-and-mysore-ashok-kheny-fibre Kheny to Philadelphia, An amazing Corridor]</ref>

Kheny owns the cricket team [[Karnataka Bulldozers]] in the [[Celebrity Cricket League]].<ref>[http://www.karnatakabulldozers.in/aboutkb.html Karnataka Bulldozers] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120501150553/http://www.karnatakabulldozers.in/aboutkb.html |date=1 May 2012 }}</ref>

==Indian Institute of Cartoonists==
[[File:Logo_of_IIC.jpg|125x125px|thumb|left|Logo of [[Indian Institute of Cartoonists|IIC]]]]
In 2004, Kheny, an ardent admirer of cartoons, became an Honorary Chairman of the [[Indian Institute of Cartoonists]].<ref>Official website of Indian Institute of cartoonists : [http://www.cartoonistsindia.com/ CartoonistsIndia.com]</ref> He dedicated the institute 5000 square feet of premises in the heart of [[Bangalore]] to establish the [[Bangalore#Indian Cartoon Gallery|Indian Cartoon Gallery]], the first of its kind in India.
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== External links ==
* [https://archive.today/20130103135201/http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2004-10-20/bangalore/27171877_1_highway-project-nandi-infrastructure-corridor-enterprise-km Highway project on schedule]

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[[Category:Living people]]
[[Category:1950 births]]
[[Category:Businesspeople from Bangalore]]
[[Category:Karnataka Janata Paksha politicians]]
[[Category:Karnataka politicians]]
[[Category:Karnataka MLAs 2013–2018]]
[[Category:Indian National Congress politicians]]

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