Ashok Kheny
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| Born | Ashok Shankarappa Kheny 5 October 1949 Ranjolkheni bidar | ||||||||||||||||
| Education | Electrical engineer | ||||||||||||||||
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| Board member of | Honorary Chairman, IIC | ||||||||||||||||
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Rita Kheny (m. 1992) | ||||||||||||||||
| Children | 2 | ||||||||||||||||
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| Website | www | ||||||||||||||||
Ashok Shankarappa Kheny is an Indian film producer, actor, director, businessman, politician, and owner of the Karnataka Bulldozers cricket team. He is a chairman of the
He is a graduate of
Kheny has been in the news for his scuffles with the 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
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