The importance of mediation is acknowledged globally. However, the number of trained mediators who understood the international best practices of mediation and the correct approach to undertake to the disputes pending resolution in India is limited. To fill the gap of lack of trained commercial mediators in India, the 45-hours online course on commercial mediation and negotiation has been launched by IICA on January 06, 2021. The programme is being attended by 30 participants of diverse background including judges, lawyers, bureaucrats, professionals (CA, CS, Engineers) and representatives from IBBI and SEBI. The objective of the programme is to sensitize participants to a range of issues surrounding the dynamics of disputes and to the advanced models of negotiation and mediation designed to aid in their resolution.

The Forum of Indian Regulators Centre at Indian Institute of Corporate Affairs has successfully conducted “Three weeks Online Capacity Building Program for Regulatory Officials of FOIR Member Organizations” between 04th January- 22nd January, 2021. The theme of the training program was “Emerging Regulatory issues in Digital Era”.A total of thirty-six participants from different regulatory bodies such as AERA, CCI, PNGRB, CERC, IBBI etc. attended the online capacity building program.The training program began with the inaugural address of Dr. S K Chatterjee, Chief (Regulatory affairs), CERC. The experts engaged for delivering session included Dr. Geeta Gouri, Ex. Member, CCI; Ms. Shilpa Mankar Ahluwalia, Partner, ShardulAmarchand and Mangaldas; Dr. Pramod Kumar, Registrar, Jawahar Lal Nehru University, New Delhi; Mr. Tariq Khan, Principle Associate, Advani & Co.; Mr. Vikas Kanungo, Senior Consultant - Digital Development Global Practice, The World Bank; Mr. Santosh M. (CEO, Tamil Nadu E-governance, Agency) etc.

The program was directed and moderated by Dr. Abha Yadav, Director FOIR Centre (IICA) and Associate Professor, School of Competition Law and Market Regulations.

School of Corporate Governance & Public Policy, IICA organized Two Days E-MDP on High Impact CSR: from assessing needs to Impacts on 7-8 January 2021 for the CSR professionals of Vedanta Limited handling CSR activities at different units across India. The main objective of the program was to address the importance of governance for developing high impact leadership of Corporate Social Responsibility Initiatives of the companies. Program has witnessed participation of 23 senior CSR professionals of Vedanta posted across India.

The Program commenced on 7 January 2021 with the theme address of Program Director Dr. Niraj Gupta, Head School of Corporate Governance and Public Policy. He briefed the participants about the importance of CSR Initiatives in view of it being an important part of the governance framework of a company. The program design covered the aspects on CSR regulatory, practice and governance frameworks for achieving highest possible level of impacts on the stakeholders.

Main emphasis of the program was to make participants learn about Current regulatory framework of CSR, How these frameworks are developed, Essence of National guidelines on Responsible Conduct, How to resolve challenges arise during the CSR Program Delivery, Accounting and taxation in CSR, CSR strategy and reporting and how to measure the effectiveness of CSR through various measures and indicators

Program concluded with the valedictory address of remarks of Dr. Niraj Gupta. Mr. Manoj Singh, SRA – SoCGPP coordinated the event and ensured successful delivery of the program.