Adani University is a private research-oriented university in Ahmedabad, Gujarat, established in 2022 after the Gujarat Legislative Assembly approved its creation under the Gujarat State Private Universities framework. The university is sponsored through the Adani Institute for Education and Research and builds on the earlier academic work of the Adani Institute of Infrastructure Management and the Adani Institute of Infrastructure Engineering. This institutional lineage gives the university a distinctive connection with infrastructure, management, technology and industry-linked education. The university’s academic strategy focuses on areas that align with major economic and societal systems, including infrastructure, technology, healthcare, energy and defence. Its programs extend across undergraduate, postgraduate, doctoral and certificate levels, with an emphasis on interdisciplinary learning, research and practical engagement with real-world problems. Adani University describes itself as research intensive and places sustainability, innovation and industry collaboration at the centre of its development. Its history predates the formal university status. The Adani Institute of Infrastructure Management began its flagship infrastructure-management program in 2009. Engineering offerings expanded through the Adani Institute of Infrastructure Engineering, including civil and infrastructure engineering, electrical engineering, information and communication technology and later computer science with artificial intelligence and machine learning. Management education also broadened into law-related studies before these earlier institutions became part of the university structure. The creation of Adani University in 2022 consolidated this academic legacy into a multidisciplinary degree-granting institution. The university seeks to combine managerial and technological education with applied research that responds to industry and sustainability challenges. Its Ahmedabad setting also places it within one of India’s important industrial and entrepreneurial regions. The university’s profile is therefore shaped by both a relatively recent legal establishment and more than a decade of predecessor-institution experience in infrastructure and professional education, giving continuity to its programs while widening its academic and research ambitions.