Overview
- The inauguration of the Sharadchandra Pawar Centre for Excellence in Artificial Intelligence is scheduled for December 28 in Baramati with Gautam Adani, Sharad Pawar and Ajit Pawar attending.
- Set up under the Pawar family-linked Vidya Pratishthan, the centre has a reported ₹25 crore contribution from Adani that Sharad Pawar previously acknowledged.
- Political observers are watching the event closely as the two NCP factions explore a potential alliance for the Pune and Pimpri-Chinchwad municipal elections.
- MLA Rohit Pawar framed Adani–Pawar engagements as social work and said any alliance decision would follow approvals by Shashikant Shinde and Supriya Sule before an announcement by Dr Amol Kolhe.
- The centre is described as focusing on advanced AI research, skill development and industry-oriented training, including applications in agriculture, healthcare, governance and industry.