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India is poised to become a USD 25 trillion economic powerhouse by 2050 with the global centre of gravity shifting in its direction Adani Group Chairman Gautam Adani said while addressing students at the Indian Institute of Management (IIM) Lucknow on Thursday. Speaking to the students the billionaire industrialist added that the future will favour those who embrace possibilities not those who choose to play it safe. Gautam Adani AT IIM Lucknow Speaking on the role of education in an age of artificial intelligence algorithmic decision-making and global uncertainty Adani remarked Frameworks that you study like the DC model Porters five forces and a SWOT analysis have their place in the world of business but these are built on assumptions and hindsight. They teach you how to minimise risk but not maximise the future because the future will never belong to those who play it safe. It belongs to those who maximise possibility. Adani told the audience that their career timelines would align with Indias most transformative decades. What I can state with confidence is that your most productive years will coincide with Indias most powerful years. Your career and our country will rise together. You will not be looking at a five trillion or ten trillion dollar economy but you will be looking at an India that will be a 25 trillion dollar powerhouse by 2050. The global centre of gravity will shift and it will be towards you and towards India he said. Gautam Adani On Four Unstoppable Forces Of India Adani said the nations transformation is being powered by four unstoppable forces: demographics demand digital infrastructure and domestic capital. The first is demographic – we are the youngest hungriest and most ambitious working population on the planet. A billion dreams ready to build he said. The second is the demand. We are racing to become the third largest economy by 2030 not just by consuming but by creating markets for the world. He highlighted Indias digital infrastructure as the third force. No country has built what we have like Aadhaar UPI and ONDC. These are not just platforms but launch pads for inclusion innovation and scale. And fourth is the domestic capital. For the first time in our history Indian money is backing Indian ideas with courage conviction and an urgency that we have never seen. He told the gathering that shaping the future required imagination risk-taking and conviction. Maximising possibility means stepping into territory building before the market signals it is ready and trusting instincts when the data turns dry. Because that is how the future is shaped and not through predictions but through courage he said.