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

Electrical engineering

Electrical engineering is a field of engineering that generally deals with the study and application of electricity, electronics and electromagnetism. The field first became an identifiable occupation in the late nineteenth century after commercialization of the electric telegraph and electrical...

 from National Institute of Technology

National Institute of Technology Karnataka

National Institute of Technology Karnataka , formerly known as Karnataka Regional Engineering College , is an autonomous university along the western shores of India. It was founded in 1960 is today one of the 30 National Institutes of Technology in India and is recognized as an Institute of...

 at Surathkal

Surathkal

Surathkal is a locality under Mangalore City Corporation located in the Dakshina Kannada district, Karnataka state, India...

. Kheny has been in the news for his scuffles with former prime Minister of India H. D. Deve Gowda

H. D. Deve Gowda

Haradanahalli Doddegowda Deve Gowda was the 11th Prime Minister of India and the 14th chief minister of the state of Karnataka ....

 over the land acquisition for the BMIC project.

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

President of the United States

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 Ronald Reagen.

External links

• Official Website