Ashok Kheny


Ashok Maharudrappa Kheny is an Indian film actor, politician, film director, film producer, businessman, owner of Karnataka Bulldozers cricket team, chairman of the Indian Institute of Cartoonists. Managing Director of the Nandi Infrastructure Corridor Enterprises.
the officially known as the Bangalore–Mysore Infrastructure Corridor project. He is also the Director of the IIIE Limited, former MLA of the Bidar South Vidhan Sabha constituency
He is a graduate of Electrical Engineering from National Institute of Technology Karnataka.
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.
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.
Kheny owns the cricket team Karnataka Bulldozers in the Celebrity Cricket League.

Indian Institute of Cartoonists

In 2004, Kheny, an ardent admirer of cartoons, became an Honorary Chairman of the Indian Institute of Cartoonists. 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.