politics relations birth_place citizenship nationality birth_date residence article_title name occupation alma_mater
elected constituency in 2013 karnataka state-elections as member of legislative assembly from bidar south shivakumar kheny -lrb- brother -rrb- bidar , karnataka , india indian indian 5 october 1950 philadelphia , pennsylvania , united states and bangalore ashok kheny
 ashok kheny mla national massachusetts institute of technology karnataka worcester polytechnic institute ,
ashok kheny

ashok kheny is an mla from bidar south and the managing director of nandi infrastructure corridor enterprises -lrb- nice -rrb- , which is best known for the construction of bangalore -- mysore infrastructure corridor -lrb- bmic -rrb- project .
he is also the director of india international infrastructure engineers -lrb- iiie -rrb- 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 .
