One year after the seed of an idea was planted, the Adani Institute of Infrastructure Management (AIIM) is due to open later this year in the western state of Gujarat. The campus is still under construction but 30 students are expected to enter its halls this September to start a one-year course in infrastructure management.

It is the first management programme in India to focus on infrastructure, even though the need for such training is obvious to any visitor who has experienced the country’s power cuts and chaotic streets.