ROHAN KHAUNTE
PORVORIM GOA Independent MLA After joining the family business of remodelling vehicles and manufacturing water tankers, Khaunte established a trust, Shiv Samarth, in 2009. One of its activities is to help women through 183 self help groups. He also organised medical camps for breast can-
“IF POLITICS DRIVES EVERYTHING AROUND US, THEN GOOD PEOPLE SHOULD RAISE THEIR VOICE TO DRIVE GOOD POLITICS. AND I HAVE
TAKEN THE LEAD.” cer in 2010. His social work created a platform for his political career. Khaunte’s vision document focuses on decongestion of traffic and infrastructure. His immediate goal is disposal of garbage— he wants his area as clean as the starched white shirt he wears to work.
Education Engineering in electronics from Government Polytechnic, Goa.
Also owns a hotel and a dealership of Honda scooters.
Games he plays A former state-level cricketer. He has also represented Goa seven times at the national basketball championship.
The style Drives a Porsche, wears a Rolex and reads
Shantaram, a book about a convicted Australian bank robber, for inspiration.
by Kiran Tare
His hair was grey before he filed his nomination so he can’t blame his new profession for that. Owner of Drosia budget hotels, one each in Mumbai and Dubai, Rehman says his new line of work is not too different from the old. “It’s the quality of service that matters,” he says. While campaigning, he saw a girl crushed to death under a truck in a crowded street. “I decided if I win, I will build a flyover here,” he says. A fortnight after his win, he went to Chief Minister Akhilesh Yadav complete with the design and estimate for the new flyover. “We need planned infrastructure, no use building a road and then digging it up again for the sewer,” he says.
Education MBA from Aligarh Muslim University.
His team graduates,
MBA architects and civil engineers.
The look Armani and Levi’s. Kurtas when he is meeting Mulayam Singh Yadav since “Netaji is very specific”.
Pet project Making water harvesting compulsory. “We get water of all kinds of colours here,” he explains.