- The Ambassadors see firsthand how the hybrid solar-wind project is integrating cutting-edge technology with sustainable development, including an all-women Energy Network Operations Centre (ENOC) overseeing the complex operations in Khavda
- At Mundra Port, India’s largest commercial port handling nearly 11% of the country’s maritime cargo and 33% of its container traffic, they explore the Electronics Manufacturing Cluster
- They also interact with women members of Self-Help Groups (SHG) supported by Adani Foundation, the philanthropic arm of the ports-to-energy conglomerate.
R MANICKAVSAGAM
AHMEDABAD, MAR 7
In a special engagement ahead of International Women’s Day, a delegation of woman envoys from nine countries, including those from Luxembourg, Romania and Slovenia, visited Adani Group’s renewable energy and other projects in Gujarat’s Khavda and Mundra. They not only witnessed India’s strides in clean energy, infrastructure and industrial development but also lauded female workforce participation at these facilities.
While interacting with women engineers at Adani Green Energy’s 30-GW clean energy plant at Khavda in Kutch district, the delegates emphasised how implementation of diversity at workplaces is key to the economic growth of a country.
During their tour to the facility on Wednesday, ahead of the International Women’s Day, the seven ambassadors and two high commissioners also interacted with women members of Self-Help Groups (SHG) supported by Adani Foundation, the philanthropic arm of the ports-to-energy conglomerate.
“The ambassadors saw firsthand how the renewables project is integrating cutting-edge technology with sustainable development, including the Energy Network Operations Centre (ENOC) overseen by women engineers,” the Adani group said in a statement.
At Mundra Port, which handles nearly 11 per cent of the country’s maritime cargo and 33 per cent of its container traffic, the visiting envoys explored the Electronics Manufacturing Cluster (EMC) in the Mundra Special Economic Zone (SEZ), where global players are investing in advanced manufacturing.
They also visited Adani’s state-of-the-art solar manufacturing plant, a key spoke in India’s push for self-reliance in renewable energy. Across these facilities, the ambassadors met 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.
The delegation comprised:
- Ina Krisnamurthi – Ambassador of Indonesia to India
- Diana Mickevičienė – Ambassador of Lithuania to India
- Ana Taban – Ambassador of Moldova to India
- Sena Latif – Ambassador of Romania to India, Nepal & Bangladesh
- Lalatiana Accouche – High Commissioner of Republic of Seychelles to India
- Lebohang Valentine Mochaba – High Commissioner of Lesotho to India
- Marje Luup – Ambassador of Estonia to India
- Mateja Vodeb Ghosh – Ambassador of Slovenia to India
- Peggy Frantzen – Ambassador of Luxembourg to India
Women are working at all positions in the group: Navratnas speak
“It was impressive to see the workforce of the Adani Foundation. We saw young engineers just recruited from the campus and brought to laboratories here. They are contributing to their family welfare but…to the whole social and economical development of India. It is a very good news for the whole world,” Romanian ambassador Latif said while sharing her experiences.
She said the Adani group has transformed a non-cultivable land into solar plants, manufacturing sites and functional cities that not only created jobs but provided energy for the region and India.
She further said Romania is looking for opportunities to cooperate with India.
“My message to you is that as a woman you are engineer of the society you are living in, engineer of your family. You have to be brave, you have to be focused, and have lead the nation in important roles,” Lesotho’s High Commissioner Mochaba told the women engineers.
Mickeviciene, Ambassador of Lithuania, said it was “very inspiring” to see how a barren, waste land has suddenly become a platform to serve the country — not just the limited community but to entire India.
“Women are working at all positions in the group from operational level to the top management… So it’s empowering that women are at forefront of green transformation of India,” she said, adding that the group is also supporting SHGs women who make various handicraft items and are able to support their families.
Seychelles ambassador Accouche said she is the first women from her country to become a high commissioner in India. “I thank management (Adani Group’s) for this. Women will play most important role in the education and growth of children…”.
Estonia’s Ambassador Luup also said, “It was very interesting to see woman working in diverse areas. It was impressive to see production of solar panel at such a large scale and participation of women in it.”
On International Women’s Day she said her message to Indian women will be “it is always important to dream big to achieve them one day”.
Taban of Moldova said she wishes to see more Indian women at high positions in every field. The products bought from Adani Foundation supported SHG would bring her luck and it will be a memory of the visit.
Luxembourg ambassador Frantzen was also “impressed to see the project and so many young women engineers participating in the growth of the business which promoted empowering women at social and economical fronts”.
Vodeb Ghosh, ambassador of Slovenia, said, “The stories we saw here are very encouraging and it seems Indian women are ready to participate and they are taking efforts to get engaged in economic development and providing support to the families.”
With agencies
