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Born | October 5, 1950 Bidar, Karnataka, India |
Residence | Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States and Bangalore |
Nationality | Indian |
Citizenship | Indian |
Alma mater | National Institute of Technology Karnataka Worcester Polytechnic Institute,Massachusetts |
Occupation | Managing Director of SAB, Philadelphia and Nandi Infrastructure Corridor Enterprise |
Relatives | Shivakumar Kheny (brother) |
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Ashok Kheny is 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.[1] 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.[2][3]
Kheny is the receipient 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 Reagen.[4]