Introduction
Ashok Kheny is an MLA from Bidar South, Karnataka and the Managing Director of Nandi Infrastructure Corridor Enterprises (NICE), which is best known for the construction of Bangalore–Mysore Infrastructure Corridor (BMIC) project. He is also the Director of India International Infrastructure Engineers (IIIE) Limited. 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 is the recipient of the Outstanding Businessman of the Year from a Minority community award for the year 1987 conferred by the then President of the United States Ronald Reagan. Kheny owns the cricket team Karnataka Bulldozers in Celebrity Cricket League.
Indian Institute of Cartoonists
During 2004, Kheny being an ardent admirer of the cartoons, step forward as 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, first of its kind in India.