Constitution

Indian Institute of Arbitration & Mediation is a non-profit organization registered under the TC Literary Scientific and Charitable Societies Registration Act, 1955. The institute was formed by a group of professionals and businessmen in the year 2001.

Advisory Board

The legal and ethical aspects of IIAM are guided and advised by the IIAM Advisory Board.

The entire process and controlling changes of IIAM DPM Service are evaluated and approved by the Advisory Board, which acts as the Process and Certification Control Board (PCCB). The Advisory Board comprises of distinguished and eminent persons from various fields.

The members of the Board are: 

	Hon’ble Mr. Justice M. N. Venkatachaliah Former Chief Justice of India & Former Chairman of the National Human Rights Commission
	Hon’ble Mr. Justice J.S. Verma Former Chief Justice of India & Former Chairman of the National Human Rights Commission
	Hon’ble Mr. Justice K.S. Paripoornan Former Judge, Supreme Court of India
	Mr. Prabhat Kumar Former Governor of Jharkhand & Former Cabinet Secretary, Government of India
	Dr. Madhav Mehra President, World Council for Corporate Governance, UK Chairman, World Quality Council, USA
	Mr. Sudarshan Agarwal Former Governor of Sikkim & Former Member of the National Human Rights Commission
	Dr. G. Mohan Gopal Director, Rajiv Gandhi Institute for Contemporary Studies, Rajiv Gandhi Foundation Former Director, National Judicial Academy
	Mr. Michael McIlwrath Member, Board of Directors, International Mediation Institute (IMI) The Hague, Netherlands (IMI Chair 2009) Senior Counsel at General Electric’s Oil & Gas, Italy (For IIAM Community Mediation Service)

[Dr. Abid Hussain (Till 21 June 2012)
Former Ambassador to the United States and Member of the International Panel on Democracy and Development of UNESCO]

Governing Council:

The management, general administration and policy aspects of the Institute are vested in a Governing Council, comprised of 13 members as follows:

• Six members nominated or elected from the Charter Members.
• One member nominated or elected from the Ex-officio Members.
• Three members elected from the Corporate Members.
• Three members elected from the Ordinary / Reciprocal Members.

The Honorary Chairman shall be nominated by the Advisory Board from one among them.

For more details on IIAM Governing Council and its election procedure.

The members of the Council are:

President: In charge of administration and policy aspects and general ADR & DPM projects:

Mr. Anil Xavier
 
Advocate
Internationally Accredited Negotiator & Mediator (UK) 
Member – Independent Standards Commission, IMI (The Hague)
Senior Fellow – Hamline University School of Law (USA) 
Charter Member – IIAM
Vice-President & Charter Member – India International ADR Association
Secretary General & Charter Member – Mediators' Council of India pre@arbitrationindia.com

Executive Director & Administrator: In charge of general administration, franchise operations & ADR administration procedures:

Mr. K.V. Balakrishnan
Commander (Retd.), Indian Navy
dir@arbitrationindia.com

Secretary General: In charge of administration:

Mr. J. Varghese
Internationally Accredited Negotiator & Mediator (UK)
Charter Member - IIAM
sec@arbitrationindia.com

Director - Projects: In charge of Seminars & IIAM CMS:

Mr. M.G. Joseph
Accredited Negotiator & Mediator
Charter Member - IIAM
Diploma in International Understanding (UNESCO)
dpm@arbitrationindia.com

Director - Projects: In charge of Affiliations & Tie-ups:

Mr. George G. Poothicote
 
Advocate
Internationally Accredited Negotiator & Mediator (UK) 
Charter Member – IIAM
Charter Member & Secretary General – India International ADR Association
Charter Member – Mediators' Council of India
dpm@arbitrationindia.com

Director - DPM: In charge of DPM project - iCLA Legal Audit:

Mr. C.H. Abdul Raheem
Chartered Accountant
Charter Member - IIAM
dpm@arbitrationindia.com

Director - Training: In charge of Training, Franchise and DPM Projects:

Mr. Anil Joseph
MBA (IB) USA
training@arbitrationindia.com

Senior Coordinator - DPM: In charge of IIAM DPM Project - IIAM CMS:

Ms. Divya Sara Mammen
dpm@arbitrationindia.com

ADR Coordinator: In charge of coordination of academic & moot programs:

adrco@arbitrationindia.com

IIAM Community Mediation Service Committee

IIAM CMS Committee, comprise of Advisory members, Institutional Members and CMS Partners, which oversees the operation and ethical norms of the Mediation Clinics and the Community Mediators. Details

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