Edward Slingerland (born May 25, 1968) is a Canadian-American sinologist and philosopher. He is Distinguished University Scholar and Professor of Philosophy at the University of British Columbia, where he also holds appointments in the Departments of Psychology and Asian Studies. His research interests include early Chinese thought, comparative religion and cognitive science of religion, big data approaches to cultural analysis, cognitive linguistics, digital humanities, and humanities-science integration.

Adani Group, is an Indian multinational conglomerate company, headquartered in Ahmedabad, Gujarat, India. It was founded by Gautam Adani in 1988 as a commodity trading business, with the flagship company Adani Enterprises Limited (previously Adani Exports Limited). The Group's diverse businesses include energy, resources, logistics, agribusiness, real estate, financial services, defence and aerospace. The group has annual revenue of over US$65.1 billion with operations at 70 locations in 50 countries. It is India's largest port developer and operator with ten ports and terminals including Mundra Port, its largest. Through a joint venture with Wilmar International in Singapore, the Group co-owns India's largest edible oil brand, Fortune Oil.
Adani Group, is an Indian multinational conglomerate company, headquartered in Ahmedabad, Gujarat, India. It was founded by Gautam Adani in 1988 as a commodity trading business, with the flagship company Adani Enterprises Limited (previously Adani Exports Limited). The Group's diverse businesses include energy, resources, logistics, agribusiness, real estate, financial services, defence and aerospace. The group has annual revenue of over US$65.1 billion with operations at 70 locations in 50 countries. It is India's largest port developer and operator with ten ports and terminals including Mundra Port, its largest. Through a joint venture with Wilmar International in Singapore, the Group co-owns India's largest edible oil brand, Fortune Oil. In April 2014, it added the fourth unit of 660 megawatts at its Tiroda Thermal Power Station, making Adani Power India's largest private power producer. In 2015, Adani was ranked India's most trusted infrastructure brand by The Brand Trust Report 2015. The Group operates mines in India, Indonesia and Australia and supplies coal to Bangladesh, China, and countries in Southeast Asia. The Group handled a total cargo of 200 megatonnes (Mt) in 2018–19. It has a coal mine in Bunyu, North Kalimantan, Indonesia, which produced 3.9 Mt of coal in 2016–17. The Group has made the largest investment by an Indian company in Australia at the controversial Carmichael coal mine in the Galilee Basin, Queensland, but development of this mine is as of 2020 the subject of a court challenge to the Australian Government over its lack of adherence to environmental legislation. In January 2018, the logistics and SEZ arm of the Group, Adani Ports & SEZ, added equipment and machinery to become the largest dredger fleet in India. The Group was the first in India to build a high-voltage direct current (HVDC) system, commissioned in May 2012.