Gautam Adani expresses gratitude to Women Envoys for visit to Adani Renewable Energy Park

Taking to social media on International Women's Day, Gautam Adani highlighted the diplomats' appreciation and insights regarding the local women contributing to these large-scale projects. He described their words as "truly uplifting" and reaffirmed the importance of breaking barriers to shape a better future.

In a social media post Adani said "Our family was honoured to host nine inspiring women ambassadors and high commissioners to India. I am grateful for their visit to Khavda's Adani Renewable Energy Park & Mundra's SEZ. Their praise and advice for the local women driving these projects were truly uplifting. On Int'l Women's Day, here's to breaking barriers and shaping a better future!".

A delegation of women Ambassadors and High Commissioners from nine nations visited Khavda and Mundra in Gujarat to witness the Adani projects, where renewable energy is a cornerstone of environmental stewardship.

Ahead of International Women's Day, the envoys visited the world's largest renewable energy park, run by Adani Green Energy in Khavda, Gujarat, and India's largest commercial port, operated by Adani Ports and SEZ Limited, in Mundra.

The envoys were amazed to see women professionals and engineers contributing to India's industrial, economic and energy transformation, underlining the growing role of women in shaping the country's future.

Adani Green Energy, India's largest renewables company, is developing the world's largest clean energy plant. Built across 538 square kilometers, it is five times the size of Paris and almost as large as Mumbai.

The delegation comprised of women Ambassadors and High Commissioners from countries like Indonesia, Lithuania, Moldova, Romania, Seychelles, Slovenia, Lesotho, Estonia, and Luxembourg.

While speaking with ANI, the envoys shared their insights on visiting the sites of the projects in Gujarat, which left them all 'impressed' and said that it was a learning experience about how the company is helping India advance towards its zero-emissions goals.

Ina Krisnamurthi, Ambassador of Indonesia to India, while speaking with ANI, said, "This is an amazing visit for us, not only me as a person or an Ambassador. But as Indonesia , as a country that has a very deep rooted relationship with Adani group."

She added, "Adani has invested in Indonesia for a long time, so this visit has been very enlightening and very important for us to understand where India stands now and where Adani is now. So it's been an amazing visit. Hospitality is excellent."

Emphasising the collaborative efforts between their countries and India to foster cleaner and greener solutions for the region and beyond, the Envoys of Lithuania and Seychelles underscored the importance of sustainable energy and said that there is a lot that can be learned from the Adani group in terms of large-scale expansion to achieve a 'win-win collaboration' between countries.

Diana Mickeviciene, Ambassador of Lithuania to India to ANI, said, "I am participating in this great visit because the business developed here is relevant to my country, Lithuania. We have solar technologies and ports, and we look forward to establishing contacts for cooperation."

She said, "I was inspired by what I saw. A couple of things stand out: the 'scale' and 'sense of mission'. It is a very strategically placed objective. Using a landscape which is barren and developed to make it useful to the country in strategic ways. The high-level technology that we saw was outstanding."

Highlighting India's strides in clean energy, the Ambassador of Estonia to India appreciated India's industrial development and said that the country is 'well equipped' to use renewable energy.

"We had an excellent and magnificent experience here. It was impressive to see the scale of the Khavda. I knew that it was big. We also have solar plants in Estonia, but I didn't imagine it to be so big. It's extremely important that we are now using renewable energy. India is very well equipped. In northern countries like Estonia, we don't have as much sun, and we don't even have as much wind as India. So, we are struggling a little bit with those challenges. But it is very impressive to see that solar energy has been put into use to this extent", added Ambassador Marje Luup. (ANI)