Updated - December 28, 2025 08:14 pm IST - Mumbai Adani Group Chairman Gautam Adani during the inauguration of Vidya Pratishthan’s Sharad Pawar Centre of Excellence in Artificial Intelligence (CoE-AI) in Baramati, Maharashtra. | Photo Credit: PTI Industrialist and Adani Group chairman Gautam Adani on Sunday (December 28, 2029) described Nationalist Congress Party (SP) chief Sharad Pawar as his “mentor” while inaugurating the Sharadchandra Pawar Centre for Excellence in Artificial Intelligence in Maharashtra’s Baramati region. “Beyond his knowledge, it is his wisdom, affection, and empathy that leave the strongest imprint.