ARBITRATION

EVOLVING ROLE OF ARBITRATION

“An enabling alternate dispute resolution ecosystem is a national priority for India. We need to promote India globally as an arbitration hub. Availability of quality arbitration mechanisms is an integral component of Ease of Doing Business, to which our Government is committed.” Shri Narendra Modi Hon’ble Prime Minister of India
“India is no longer merely a user of arbitration; it is increasingly becoming a thought leader and an intellectual contributor within the global arbitration community.” Hon’ble Mr. Justice Surya Kant Chief Justice of India	“Looking at the alternative dispute redressal mechanism, the government is institutionalising arbitration within India so that commercial dispute settlements which are happening through arbitration outside India will come back to India when dealing with Indian commercial interests.” Smt. Nirmala Sitharaman Minister of Finance and Corporate Affairs	"India will become an arbitration hub. We have people going to Singapore and London for arbitration. Why should they go there when they can do it here?" Arjun Ram Meghwal Law Minister	“In a world where time is of the essence and certainty is of paramount importance, arbitration is recognized as the cornerstone of modern dispute resolution.” S. Jaishankar EAM

With increase in cross-border trade and commerce, commercial and contractual disputes have exponentially increased among the parties across the world. In order to ensure smooth work flow and avoid loss of time, business and money, parties require that these commercial disputes are resolved through a robust dispute resolution mechanism that ensures justice, cost-effectiveness and timely resolution. For resolution of these commercial disputes, arbitration has now become the most preferred option for the parties and hence, there is an exceptional increase in the number of disputes being referred to and resolved through arbitration. Consequentially, ‘arbitration as a service’ is emerging as one of the fastest growing sectors in the domain of alternate dispute resolution.

Message from DG & CEO, IICA

Dispute resolution is one such aspect of corporate affairs that has a serious impact on seamless operations management and workflow processes of corporate entities. A systemic approach is thus needed to address commercial dispute resolution for enabling businesses to focus on their core competencies. I am glad to introduce this ‘IICA Certified Arbitration Program’ to build and strengthen the arbitration ecosystem through training and capacity building. I wish all the participants a great learning experience ahead.

Sh. Gyaneshwar Kumar Singh

Director General & CEO

Message from Program Director, IICA

This training program provides holistic insights into the theory, practice, and procedure of arbitration. The program has been curated to provide a distinctive learning experience to the participants while equipping them with the core knowledge, skills, and expertise that are required to excel as an arbitration professional. This program is one of its kind as participants will experience practitioner-centric learning from our global pool of experts. I welcome all the participants for the training program.

PROF (DR) NAVEEN SIROHI

Program Director

GLOBAL ADVISORY BOARD


Hon'ble Mr Justice A K Sikri Former Judge, Supreme Court of India Chairperson
Jeremy Lack President Swiss Chamber of Commercial Mediation, Member	Prof (Dr) Bimal N Patel Vice-Chancellor, Rashtriya Raksha University, Member	Mr Sumant Batra Lawyer of Global Eminence Member	Mr Jeff Kichaven International Commercial Mediator Member
Mr Praveen Kumar Former DG & CEO, IICA Member	Dr Bhaskar Chatterjee Former DG & CEO, IICA Member	Mr Andrew Miller KC International Mediator & Arbitrator Member	Sh. Gyaneshwar Kumar Singh DG & CEO, IICA Member
Prof (Dr) Naveen Sirohi Founding Head, CEADR Member Convener

PROGRAM OVERVIEW

The program is designed to equip participants with in-depth understanding of various aspects of arbitration such as contractual and commercial disputes, arbitration practice and procedure, national and international legal frameworks among various others. The program is curated in a manner to skill, upskill and reskill the participants in accordance with their professional requirements so as to enable them to keep pace with the ever-growing complexities in the domain of commercial arbitration.

IICA Certified Arbitration Program (ICAP) is 250+ hours of comprehensive theoretical and practical training on arbitration. The twenty (20) course modules of the training program shall be taught in online mode and three (3) modules shall be taught in-person (with online option avaliable) over two campus immersions at IICA. The final assessment along with the valedictory session shall be conducted at IICA campus over a weekend of two days i.e. Saturday and Sunday. The complete training program shall be completed in nine (9) months.

This program is designed to provide the basic skills and knowledge needed to become an arbitration professional. This program focuses on theoretical as well as practical aspects of arbitration through live sessions, instructor-led training, self-study material and arbitration simulations. After successfully passing the final assessment, the participant will be qualified as ‘IICA Qualified Arbitration Professional’.

EVOLVING ROLE OF ARBITRATION

Shri Narendra Modi

Hon’ble Prime Minister of India

Hon’ble Mr. Justice Surya Kant

Chief Justice of India

Smt. Nirmala Sitharaman

Minister of Finance and Corporate Affairs

Arjun Ram Meghwal

Law Minister

S. Jaishankar

EAM