New Delhi, June 19 -- India must build intellectual infrastructure alongside physical infrastructure as its ambitions grow and challenges become more complex, Pranav Adani, Director, Adani Enterprises, said on Friday.

Addressing the Foundation Day celebrations of the Chintan Research Foundation (CRF), he said every successful nation in history has invested in physical infrastructure and that roads, ports, airports and digital connectivity contribute to economic growth.

"As India's ambitions become larger, our challenges become more complex. Another form of infrastructure becomes equally important, and that is intellectual infrastructure. Nations require institutions that can think beyond immediate headlines, institutions that can connec...