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Abhivyakti Yearbook 2022

Cell & Centre Report


ILS Centre for Arbitration and Mediation (ILSCA)
(Year of Establishment) – 3rd December 2016

A. Brief Introduction of the Centre :

ILSCA was established with a purpose to encourage the culture of Institutional


Arbitration and to provide state-of-art facilities for holding ad-hoc arbitration and
institutional arbitrations, both in domestic as well as international commercial
arbitrations. Another important objective of ILSCA is to provide training in ADR
methods and other allied subjects on Arbitration.

B. Faculty In-Charge: Ms. Sathya Narayan, Director, ILSCA

C. Student Members: Core Committee (Name of the students along with class) – Not
Applicable

D. Details of the activities conducted by ILSCA during Academic year 2021-22:

ILSCA Webinars -2021-22


Webinar: 1
i. Title of the Activity: Webinar
ii. Topic (if any): 'Law of Contracts and Arbitration: An Overview'
iii. Date : 3rd July 2021
iv. Details of Resource Person: Dr. Nilima Bhadbhade,
v. Report of the activity: NIL
vi. No of participants: 9
vii. YouTube Links - https://youtu.be/zZSTUK6be0s

Webinar: 2

i. Title of the Activity: Webinar


ii. Topic (if any) : ADR Method - An Overview & "Alternative" Dispute
Resolution Methods
iii. Date: 17th July 2021
iv. Details of Resource Person: Ms. Rajalaxmi Joshi & Ms. Pooja Kannuarkar

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v. Report of the activity: NIL
vi. No of participants: 7
vii. YouTube Links - https://youtu.be/9hC-Sqtfyww

Webinar: 3

i) Title of the Activity: Webinar


ii) Topic (if any) : The Arbitration & Conciliation Act, 1996
iii) Date: 7th & 8th August 2021
iv) Details of Resource Person:
Mr. Kedar Dhongde, Advocate, Pune
Mr. Yuvraj P. Narvankar, Advocate, High Court & Supreme Court of
India, Fellow, Chartered Institute of Arbitrators (CIArb)
v) Report of the activity: NIL
vi) No of participants: 24
vii) YouTube Links –

Sr.
Date Webinar Topics Resource Persons YouTube Links
No
1 07-08-2021 Arbitration and Mr. Kedar Dhongde https://youtu.be/-jWU1aQDDqY
Conciliation Act, 1996: An
Overview
2 08-08-2021 The 2019 Amendment : An Mr. Yuvraj Narvankar https://youtu.be/kAzVeB5Zlok
Analysis

Webinar: 4

i) Title of the Activity: Webinar


ii) Topic (if any) : International Commercial Arbitration
iii) Date: 21st & 22nd August 2021
iv) Details of Resource Person:
Mr. Tejas Karia, Partner & Head, Arbitration Practice, Shardul
Amarchand Mangaldas
v) Report of the activity: NIL
vi) No of participants: 32
vii) YouTube Links –

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Sr.
Date Webinar Topics Resource Persons YouTube Links
No
6 21-08-2021 The Basics of International Mr. Tejas Karia https://youtu.be/zzg3heb2lLw
Commercial Arbitration

7 22-08-2021 Recognition and Mr. Tejas Karia https://youtu.be/9A-cNbnv8ng


Enforcement of Foreign
Arbitral Award

Webinar: 5

i) Title of the Activity: Webinar


ii) Topic (if any) : Mediation and Negotiation Techniques
iii) Date : 28th & 29th August 2021
iv) Details of Resource Person:
Ms. Gandha Sahu, Advocate & Mediator, Council of Mediation and
Arbitration, Navi Mumbai
v) Report of the activity:
vi) No of participants: 21

Sr.
Date Webinar Topics Resource Persons YouTube Links
No
8 28-08-2021 Understanding the Process Ms. Gandha Sahu https://youtu.be/DUay7brBgMM
of Mediation Step-by-Step
9 29-08-2021 Negotiation Techniques – Ms. Gandha https://youtu.be/19Ww5AzyyqQ
Basics and Do’s & Don’ts

ILSCA Webinar Series 2022


Webinar: 6

i) Title of the Activity: ILSCA Webinar Series 2022


ii) Topic (if any) : ‘Mediation in a Changing World’.
iii) Date : 23rd April 2022
iv) Details of Resource Person :
• Mr. Prathamesh Popat Practicing Mediator (Accredited by IMI & LEADR)

v) No of participants : 12
vi) YouTube Links – https://youtu.be/-D06InNo1bA

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Mr. Prathamesh Popat

ILSCA ADR Blog

A. Brief Introduction of the ADR Blog


ILSCA ADR BLOG is an ADR oriented academic blog established under the auspices of
ILS Centre of Arbitration and Mediation (ILSCA), Pune. It has been founded with the
aim of pioneering a dynamic forum, for dissemination and sharing of constructive
viewpoints in the field of Arbitration, Mediation, Negotiation, Conciliation, and all other
aspects of ADR.

B. Founding and Editor- In-Chief – Ms. Sathtya Narayan, Director, ILSCA


Associate Editor In- Charge – Ms. Rajalaxmi Joshi, Faculty, ILS Law College
Founding And Managing Editors –
Ms. Pooja Kannurkar, Research Associate, ILSCA
Ms. Khyati Mehrotra, Batch 2021, ILS Law College, Pune

C. Report of the activity: Report – ILSCA ADR Blog 2021-22 Final (File Attached)

Cell - ILSCA -ILS ADR Cell:

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The ILSCA/ILS ADR Cell was established in the year 2019. ILSCA/ILS ADR cell is a
collaborative effort between ILSCA, and ILS and it chiefly consist of students of ILS. The
purpose of establishing this cell was to encourage the students of ILS to be part of the ILSCA
which is an unit of Indian Law Society and also take benefits of the expertise from the
authorities, in charge of ILSCA.

A. Brief Introduction of the ADR Cell (Arbitration section)


The ILSCA- ILS ADR Cell was founded with the objective of giving students an
insight into and generate an interest in the emerging and ever-expanding field of
Alternate Dispute resolution (ADR). Activities of this cell further divided in to two
segments: Arbitration segment and Mediation segment.

B. Faculty In-Charge: Ms. Sathya Narayan, Director, ILSCA

I] ILSCA ADR Cell – Arbitration section

C. Student Members: Core Committee (Name of the students along with class) –
Priyanka Pareek, V BA LLB
Swati Shekhar, IV BA LLB
Veronica Miranda, IV BA LLB
Bhoomi Sandesara, IV BA LLB
Advait Khare, II LL.B
Vismaya Hari, IV BA LLB
Kasturi Pande, IV BA LLB
Pooja Arora IV BA LLB
Sanaya Khadiwala III BA LLB

D. Details of the activities conducted by the ILSCA ADR Cell (Arbitration Section)
during Academic year 2021-22:

a. Weekly/Monthly sessions: Not Applicable


b. Competitions conducted, etc. (if any)- Not Applicable
c. Other Activities including Webinars / Guest Lectures conducted etc (if any)

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1. JUDEMENT ROUND UP:

In this activity, the student members of the Cell have attempted to summarize all
important judgements on arbitration that were delivered by the Supreme Court
and the State High Courts in the year 2021.

Link to the round up- https://docs.google.com/document/d/17rMfAK_mZOKD1o-


jDw4AEL56SrgNccv74qw1Vo0s18Q/edit?usp=sharing

2. NEWSLETTERS:

Another activity which was undertaken by the student members of the


Arbitration segment of the ILSCA-ILS ADR Cell has released newsletters –
informative content of summarised arbitration matters written by the Cell
members to create ease of understanding among the students about arbitration.

3. WEBINARS:

a) Webinar on Emergency Arbitration


b) Webinar on Arbitrability of Disputes
c) Webinar on Section 36 of the Arbitration and Conciliation Act, 1996
d) Webinar on Fundamentals of Legal Writing
e) Webinar on Drafting in Arbitration
f) Sessions by Cell Members

E. Report of the activity: Report – ILSCA-ILS ADR Cell (Arbitration segment) (File
Attached)

II] ILSCA ADR Cell – Mediation section

C. Student Members: Core Committee (Name of the students along with class) –
1. Sneha Kulkarni ( V BALLB)
2. Onjula Chatterjee (V BALLB)
3. Nirali Hamirwasia (V BALLB)
4. Ashbi George( III LLB)
5. Arundhati Patkar (IV BALLB)
6. Titiksha Wankhede (IV BALLB)
7. Harshal Kshirsagar (IV BALLB)
8. Akshya Singh ( II LLB)
9. Pratyusha Susarla (III BALLB)
10. Manva Khojare ( III BALLB)
11. Sanika Paithankar (III BALLB)
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D. Details of the activities conducted by the ILSCA ADR Cell (Mediation Section)
during Academic year 2021-22:
a. Weekly/Monthly sessions: Not Applicable

b. Competitions conducted, etc. (if any)-


1. 4th ILS Intra College Mediation Competition in Association With ILSCA

i. Title of the Competition: 4th ILS Intra-College Mediation Competition


ii. Date: 9th & 10th October 2021
iii. Level - Intra-college
iv. Details of the Judges:
• Preliminary Rounds
1. Dr. Deepa Paturkar (Certified 9. Geetanjali Prabhu (Accredited
Mediator, ILSCA) Mediator, The Association of
2. Dr. Shaila Daware (Certified Mediation Practitioners; Judge, Intra-
Mediator, ILSCA) College Mediation Competition,
3. Pooja Kannurkar (Certified 2020)
Mediator, ILSCA)(Civil/Commercial 10.Milind Soman (Accredited Mediator,
Mediator, ADR ODR International) IIAM, Judge, Intra-College
4. Rohit Bokil (Certified Mediator, Mediation Competition, 2020)
ILSCA) 11.Viddulata Gawade (Accredited
5. Banu Vasudevan (Certified Mediator, IIAM, Judge, Intra-
Mediator, ILSCA) College Mediation Competition,
6. Ninawari Ware (Certified Mediator, 2020)
ILSCA) 12.Harsh Vardhan Arora (Former
7. Vindhya Gupta (Certified Mediator, Member, Mediation Society, NLIU
ILSCA) Bhopal; Judge, INTERCESSIONIS
8. Anwita Dinkar (Certified Mediator, 2021)
ILSCA) 13.Riya Jariwala, (Certified Mediator,
ILSCA)

• Semi Final Rounds


1. Leena Patil (Founder member and Secretary, Council of Mediation and Arbitration;
Co-Managing Partner, Legal Integrity LLP Advocates and Mediators)
2. Parvez Khan (Co-Managing Partner, Legal Integrity LLP Advocates and Mediators)

• Final Rounds
1. Anupama Ahluwalia (Mediator, New York Peace Institute, Judge,
INTERCESSIONIS 2021)

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2. Krishna Thacker (Founder Member, Council of Mediation and Arbitration)
3. Prathamesh Popat (Founder, Prachi Mediation Chambers; Chairman, Mediation and
Conciliation Committee – Indian Merchants’ Chamber)

viii) No. of Participants: Total no of participants - 108


ix) Winners:
• The winning Client-Attorney pair
• Gautam Garg (III B.A. LL.B.) & Sanaya Khadiwala (III B.A. LL.B.)
• Best Mediator:
• Rushika Bakshi (IV B.A. LL.B.)
x) Prize details - Nil

xi) Report of the Competition – Report - 4th Intra-college Mediation competition


(Report attached)

xii) Details of Collaboration/ sponsorship (if any)-NIL

1st Round – 4th Intra College Mediation Competition (9th October 2021)

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Final Round – 4th Intra College Mediation Competition (10th October 2021)

2. ‘INTERCESSIONIS’ – 5th National Mediation Competition

i) Title of the Competition: ‘INTERCESSIONIS’ – 5th National Mediation


Competition
ii) th th
Date: 9 & 10 April 2022
iii) Level – National
iv) Details of the Judges:

Preliminary Rounds
1. Vidulata Gawde 10. Aanchal Singhania
2. Rajesh Hazra 11. Shahid Mohammad
3. Milind Soman 12. Nidhi Modi
4. Neha Chaturvedi 13. Saumya Malviya
5. Sahil Kapoor 14. Jayeeta Das
6. Suhani Bali 15. Amit Sanduja
7. Gunaseelan Arokiasamy 16. Raghavendra Kumar
8. Ramapriya Gopalakrishnan 17. Nikhil Malani
9. Aparimita Pratap 18. Anhita Tiwari

Quarters

1. Ankit Yadav
2. Sravan Unnam
3. Gitanjali Prabhu
4. Abhiraaj Kulkarni

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5. Maruf Abir (ADR ODR)
6. Anilesh Tewari
7. Valeria de Sousa Pinto (ADR ODR)
8. Vishal Subhas
Semi-Final Rounds
1. Mohit Mokal
2. Patrick Mcphilamy (ADR ODR)
3. Manisha Unnam
4. Roar
Final Rounds
1. Gandha Sahu
2. Parvez Khan
3. Prathamesh Popat
4. Anupama Ahluwalia

v) Nos. of Participants: 54 Participants (18 teams participated)

vi) Winners:
• Best Negotiator Pair
• Maushmi Vidyadhar Wagle, (National University of Juridical
Sciences [NUJS], Kolkata) & Ranak Banerji (National University of
Juridical Sciences [NUJS], Kolkata)

• Best Mediator
• Deepshikha Bagauria (National Law University Odisha ) (Mediator)

vii) Prize details

• Negotiating Pair- INR 14,000/-


• Mediator - INR 8,000

viii) Report of the Competition – Report - INTERCESSIONIS 2022 (File Attached)

ix) Details of Collaboration/ sponsorship (if any)

• ILSCA organized ‘Intercessionis’ – a national inter-collegiate mediation


competition –in association with ADR ODR International and KDLEX
Chambers.
• Sponsors were SCC Online, Centre for Advanced Mediation Practice,
Sama, Bombay Chamber & Dialogue den

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First Round - Intercessionis 2022 (9th April 2022)

Final Round – Intercessionis 2022 (10th April 2022)

c. Other Activities including Webinars/Guest Lectures conducted, etc. (if any)

Guest Lectures
1.
i. Topic/ Title of the Lecture - Basics of Mediation
ii. Date: 20th November 2021
iii. Delivered by: Ms. Anupama Ahluwalia
iv. Report of the activity – Report - ILSCA ILS ADR Cell (Mediation segment )
(File Attached)
v. No of participants - 89

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2.
i. Topic – INTRA COLLEGE MOCK MEDIATION SESSION
ii. Date – 8th January 2022
iii. Details of Resource Person – ADR Cell Mediation Team
iv. Report of the activity – Report- ILSCA ILS ADR Cell (Mediation segment)
(File Attached)
v. No of participants – 40

Workshop
Title of the Workshop - Mediation and Negotiation Skills

A. About the Workshop (Briefly describe the Workshop in 2-3 Lines):

A day long workshop conducted by Mr Jawad AJ, a global faculty for India and digital
Dispute Resolution specialist at ADR. The workshop covered the basics of mediation and
negotiation, which gave the participants for the Intercessionis competition an insight into the
intricacies of the process as well as prepared the participants for the competitive rounds.
B. Date(s) of the Workshop: 8th April 2022
C. Faculty In-Charge: Ms. Sathya Narayan, Director, ILSCA
D. Student Coordinators:
1. Sneha Kulkarni- V BALLB
2.Onjula Chatterjee- V BALLB
3. Nirali Hamirwasia- V BALLB
4. Ashbi George- III LLB
5. Arundhati Patkar- IV BALLB
6. Titiksha Narkhede- IV BALLB
7. Harshal Kshirsagar- IV BALLB
8. Akshya Singh- II LLB
9. Pratyusha Susarla- III BALLB
10. Sanika Paithankar- III BALLB
11. Manva Khojare- III BALLB

E. National/International/State/Any other: National

F. Report of the Workshop:

i. Theme: Mediation and Negotiation Skills


ii. Speakers: Mr Jawad AJ, a global faculty for India and digital Dispute
Resolution specialist at ADR.

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G. Outcome of the Workshop: (including Publication of Souvenir or journal of the
conference papers if any) – none of the above
H. Total No. of Participants: 45
I. Sponsors: Not Applicable

Speaker - Mr Jawad AJ, workshop on ‘Mediation and Negotiation Skills’ (8th April 2022)

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Personal Report 2020-21

[NAME OF THE FACULTY, Designation]

Ms. Sathya Narayan – Director, Indian Law Society’s Centre for Arbitration and
Mediation (ILSCA)

A. Teaching (Write the name of the subjects only): NA


B. Departments & Activities at ILS: NA
C. Membership of Academic Body: NA
D. Course/s Designed (Subject, University and/or College): NA
E. Guest Lectures Delivered: NA

Title/Topic of lecture Organization/ Institution Date

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F. Guest lectures/Public Lectures/Memorial Lectures Organized at ILS:

Name of Guest Speaker Topic Date No. of


participants

Ms. Anupama Ahluwalia Basic of Mediation 20th November 89


2021

ILS ADR Cell Mediation Team Intra College Mock 8th January 40
Mediation Session 2022

Mr Jawad AJ Mediation and Negotiation 8th April 2022 45


Skills

G. Competitions/Activities Organized/Designed/Judged:

Sr. Title of the Competition


No. (In-house) Organized/Designed/Judged

1. ILS Intra-College Mediation Competition Organized

2. 5th National Mediation Competition - Organized


‘INTERCESSIONIS’

Sr. Title of the Webinar


No. (In-house) Organized/Designed/Judged

1 'Law of Contracts and Arbitration: An Organized


Overview'

2 ADR Method - An Overview Organized

3 "Alternative" Dispute Resolution Methods Organized

4 The Arbitration & Conciliation Act, 1996 Organized

5 International Commercial Arbitration Organized

6 Mediation and Negotiation Techniques Organized

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H. Conferences and Seminars Organized/Participated/Paper presented: NA

Sr. Title of the Workshop


No. (In-house) Organized/Designed/Judged

1.

I. Research Projects Undertaken:

Research Project: NA

Sr. Name of the Project Principal International/ Tenure Collaborati Funding


No. Investigator/ Major/ on Agency
Co- Minor/In (if any)
investigator house Project

J. Publications:

Books/ Monographs: NA

Title of Book Main Author/ Co- Publication Year / ISBN Funding


Author/Editor number Agency

Books Chapters/Journal Articles/Case Comments/Newspaper/Blog Articles : NA

Sr. Title of paper Journal/Book Year and Page No Impact Whethe Funding
No citation of Factor r Peer Agency
publication/ reviewe
ISSN or d
ISBN
number.

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1.

2.

K. Awards and Certificates Received: NA

Sr. Name of the Award Received From Date Purpose


No.

L. Any Other Information/Special Achievements

Under ILSCA
Researched and designed the following rule books for ILSCA

• Institutional Arbitration Rules (ILSCA (IA) Rules)


• ILSCA Schedule of Fees for Arbitration
• Code of Ethics and Conduct & Disclosure Rules for Arbitrators
• Institutional Mediation Rules (ILSCA (IM) Rules)
• Code of Ethics and Conduct & Disclosure Rules for Mediators
• ILSCA Schedule of Fees for Mediation

Under Indian Law Society

Designed and created the Centenary Planner for the Indian Law Society and its sister
institutions

ILSCA - Diploma/Certificate Courses 2020-21

1. Post Graduate Diploma in Alternative Dispute Resolution Methods


(ADRMs)

A. Objective of the PG Diploma programme (in 10-20 words):

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ADRMs programme is conducted to train lawyers and law students to learn different
methods of Alternative Dispute Resolution used to resolve disputes. The ADR methods
are used as an alternative to the process of litigation. This process is non adversarial.
ADR methods facilitate parties to deal with the disputes in a more cost-effective manner
and with increased efficacy. In addition, these processes have the advantage of providing
parties with the opportunity to reduce hostility, regain a sense of control, gain acceptance
of the outcome, resolve conflict in a peaceful manner, and achieve a greater sense of
justice in each individual case.

B. Date of Commencement: 14th June 2021


C. Duration in Hours/Days: 90 days
D. Faculty In-charge/: Ms. Sathya Narayan, Director, ILSCA
E. Student Coordinators: NA
F. Total no. of Students Admitted: 11 students admitted to the Diploma programme
G. Percentage of Passed Students and Rank Holders:

Sr. Name of the Passed


Total Grade Rank
No Student percentage

Max. Marks 580

1 Ambarish Kulkarni 486 83.79 A+ I

2 Atul Kapole 450 77.58 A II


3 Ganesh Sinalkar 433 74.65 A III
5 Vishwa Wani 421 72.58 A

6 Yashodeep Parkhe 409 70.51 B+

7 Shreyas Bhandari 402 69.31 B+


8 Arun Wakharade 392 67.58 B+

H. Resource Person with Respective Modules/Session:

Sr. Name of Faculty (Designation) Module/Session


No.

1 Dr. Nilima Bhadbhade, 'Law of Contracts and Arbitration: An Overview'

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2 Ms. Rajalaxmi Joshi ADR Method - An Overview

3 Ms. Pooja Kannuarkar "Alternative" Dispute Resolution Methods

4 Mr. Kedar Dhongde, Advocate, The Arbitration & Conciliation Act, 1996
Pune
Mr. Yuvraj P. Narvankar,
Advocate, High Court &
Supreme Court of India,
Fellow, Chartered Institute of
Arbitrators (CIArb)

5 Mr. Tejas Karia, Partner & International Commercial Arbitration


Head, Arbitration Practice,
Shardul Amarchand Mangaldas

6 Ms. Gandha Sahu, Advocate & Mediation and Negotiation Techniques


Mediator, Council of
Mediation and Arbitration,
Navi Mumbai

2. 40-hours Online Mediation Training Programme


A. Objective of the Diploma/Certificate Programme (in 10-20 words):

This Programme aims to equip the participants with the basics of mediation process and
establish a standard body of skills and knowledge which will provide them with the right
introduction to mediation and accreditation to qualify as efficient mediators. The
Programme has been designed in line with the Mediation Training Manual of India and
also bearing in mind the circular issued by the Bar Council of India dated 13.08.2020.
The course seeks to provide the participants with an in-depth understanding of the
mediation process and equip them with the skills required to pursue a career in
mediation.

B. Date of Commencement: 3rd December 2021


C. Duration in Hours/Days: 40 hours
D. Faculty In-charge/Assistant Coordinator: Ms. Sathya Narayan, Director, ILSCA
E. Assistant Coordinator: Ms. Pooja Kannurkar
F. Total no. of Students Admitted: 18 students admitted to the programme
G. Percentage of Passed Students and Rank Holders

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All participants declared to be successful.
H. Resource Person with Respective Modules/Session:
The trainers were two eminent mediators – Ms. Tanu Mehta and Ms. Gandha Sahu – who
conducted the sessions with utmost professionalism and ease.

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