- Nationwide academia–industry programme to bridge classrooms with innovation, sustainability and careers
NE EDUCATION BUREAU
AHMEDABAD, SEPT 27
Adani Cement has launched ‘Adani Cement FutureX’, a pan-India academia–industry engagement programme designed to connect classrooms with real-world infrastructure and sustainability challenges.
The initiative aligns with the Government’s Yogya Bharat Mission and Ministry of Education’s call to strengthen employability and entrepreneurship, ensuring India’s demographic dividend transforms into a future-ready workforce for Viksit Bharat 2047.
Engaging with 100+ engineering institutions, 100+ schools, across 100+ cities, FutureX is designed as a continuum — from curiosity to careers.
Vinod Bahety, CEO – Cement Business, Adani Group, said:
“Adani Cement FutureX is our commitment to India’s vision of Viksit Bharat 2047. While cement builds the nation’s infrastructure, FutureX will help build the aspirations and capabilities of GenZ India, aligning talent, innovation and responsibility to fuel growth.”
Key Features of FutureX
- Adani Cement Smart Lab: Mini rotary kiln and live cement model for hands-on STEM learning, robotics and AI demonstrations.
- STEM & Beyond Activations: Exposure to nanomaterials, EV technology, R&D, and interdisciplinary innovations.
- Field Visits & Immersions: Guided tours of Adani Cement’s R&D centre in Navi Mumbai and advanced plants nationwide.
- Knowledge Sessions: Talks and workshops by industry leaders on innovation, finance, marketing, and sustainability.
- Collaborative Research: Joint R&D in new-age materials, decarbonisation, circularity and process optimisation.
- Career Pathways: Internships, live projects, and pre-placement interview opportunities.
- Youth Engagement: Quizzes, hackathons, digital campaigns (#BuildWithAdani) and brand immersion.
- ICJ Partnership: Editorial collaborations to showcase frontier research and spotlight student/faculty work.
Echoing Chairman Gautam Adani’s vision of “Temples of Education and Karma Shiksha”, the programme underscores that infrastructure growth must go hand-in-hand with capability building and innovation.
Adani Cement already nurtures a pool of 1,500+ Graduate and Diploma Engineer Trainees and runs leadership programmes powered by robotics, simulators and AI, building the FutureX leaders of Bharat.
