A dynamic personality with over two decades of professional experience in the engineering, designs and construction of major projects for the transportation, infrastructure and telecommunications industries in the USA, Mr. Kheny holds an Electrical Engineering Degree and a Masters Degree in Management Science and has been involved with the development of the Bangalore- Mysore Infrastructure Corridor (BMIC) Project right from its inception. Moreover, he is the founder member and Principal of SAB Engineering and its affiliate firm SAB International limited which provide specialization in transportation services and infrastructure industries.

In a tête-à-tête with the Managing Director, BMIC moments after receiving from Dr. Joseph V G., Chairman, Garden City Group of Institutions the CCI Leadership Award at the GCC campus, GCC World correspondents Isha Jain and Sonali Desai discover there is more to the towering personality than the controversies his name stir. Excerpts from the Interview:

Q. Welcome to GCC. What is the feeling like?
A. It is a pleasant surprise for me to be invited to Garden City College. I am extremely delighted and overwhelmed by the environment of the campus. Also, the library and the enthusiasm of the students is impressive.
Q. Tell us something about yourself?
A. (Smiles) I was a very difficult child to handle. I had my own views and always wanted things my way. During exams, I never used to study but enjoyed life to the fullest.

Q. Recently the Nandi Infrastructure Corridor Enterprise (NICE), the promoters of BMIC, has filed a bout this?
contempt petition against the state government. What do you have to say about this?
A. The battle with the state government has been on from the beginning. What we are saying is that the state should provide a level playing ground for all. A government that pays little respect for its citizen's initiative has no role being power. Irrespective of the political position, we should all learn to follow the laws of the land.

Q. With the successes behind your name, what do you attribute to your success?
A. Do your best and put in your efforts and it come out. In turn, people respect and pay homage to you. As it is seen, Indian managers are hereditary. So, they look down upon the others as second class citizens. To avoid this, equality should prevail. One should remember that knowledge is the privilege and conscious be the guide.

Q. What is your secret of life?
A. I believe in hard work and my confidence to reach the highest level. For this, I thank my mother for beating the values in me, besides all miseries.

Q. Advice to the Gardenians?
A. Have fun and enjoy life to the fullest. But in all this, remember what you are expected to do and never give up.

Sonali. S. Desai and Isha Jain
BA (Journalism)