Adani Group Chairman Gautam Adani delivered a stirring keynote at the Global Indology Conclave 2025 on November 21, urging India to draw upon its ancient civilisational wisdom as the nation navigates the transformative era of artificial intelligence and global technological dominance. Speaking to scholars, policymakers, and industry leaders, Adani asserted that India’s greatest strength has always been its capacity to learn from setbacks, rebuild with resilience, and advance while staying rooted in its cultural identity. He framed the country’s rapid rise as the world’s third-largest economy in purchasing-power terms not as a modern accident but as the natural continuation of a 5,000-year-old tradition of adaptation and renewal.

Adani cautioned that the gravest threats today arrive not through military conquest but through subtle control over human consciousness, imagination, and value systems—an arena where AI, algorithms, and data monopolies wield unprecedented influence. “The new invasions do not come riding on horses or in ships; they come through screens, through narratives, through the quiet rewriting of what we believe is possible,” he said, warning that unchecked technological dominance by a handful of global players risks eroding cultural sovereignty as effectively as colonial rule once did. He called for India to assert its civilisational narrative proactively, using its philosophical depth—from Vedanta to the concept of dharma—as a counterbalance to homogenising forces.

Drawing from personal memory, Adani recounted bedtime stories his mother told from the Ramayana and Mahabharata, emphasising how these epics taught generations that setbacks are temporary and righteousness eventually prevails through knowledge, perseverance, and moral clarity. He positioned India’s present journey—from colonial subjugation to global leadership in digital public infrastructure—as a modern enactment of the same timeless script. The billionaire industrialist highlighted initiatives like Gyanvapi and ONGC’s deep-sea exploration as examples of reclaiming both historical truth and resource independence, reinforcing that economic power must be anchored in cultural confidence.

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Concluding on an optimistic yet urgent note, Adani declared that India stands at a rare historical inflection point where its ancient wisdom and contemporary technological capability can converge to shape a future that is not merely prosperous but meaningfully human. He urged the audience to ensure that as AI redefines reality, India’s civilisational compass—rooted in pluralism, inquiry, and ethical purpose—guides the algorithms rather than the other way around, securing not just national interest but a balanced global order for the 21st century and beyond.

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