Alternative Dispute Resolution (ADR) is a process by which the parties involved in a dispute agree to resolve through arbitration, mediation, conciliation or negotiation. It is a new approach to creating positive outcomes in resolving business disputes. ADR helps in reducing the level of tension and conflict in a community by offering amicable solutions to common civil disputes like consumer disputes, commercial disputes, employment disputes, family and marital disputes. ADR acts as a supplement resolution mechanism to accomplish the objectives of rule of law.

The PG Diploma Program in ADR is developed in the context of increasing recognition for ADR in India and the statutory support accorded by the State. The program provides the students with an analytical understanding of the various concepts and methods of ADR.

Program Structure

The program covers all the important topics related to Alternative Dispute Resolution in two groups. The structure of the program is given below:

Group/Part

Subjects

Group A

Part I

Alternative Dispute Resolution

Part II

Arbitration under Arbitration and Conciliation Act, 1996

Group B

Part III

International Commercial Arbitration and Conciliation and Enforcement of Foreign Awards

Part IV

Arbitration and Conciliation - Comparative Study and Emerging Trends

Outline Curriculum

Given below is the outline curriculum of PG Diploma Program in Alternative Dispute Resolution. This curriculum may be modified, revised, altered, deleted or added from time to time depending upon the latest emerging trends in the requisite areas of study.

Group A

Part I: Alternative Dispute Resolution

Dispute Resolution

Role of State in Dispute Resolution

ADR Mechanisms

ADR at Grassroot Level

Application of ADR to Different Disputant Situations

Part II: Arbitration under Arbitration and Conciliation Act, 1996

Legislative Background

Arbitration and Conciliation Act, 1996

Arbitrators and Arbitration Tribunals

Arbitral Procedure

Arbitral Awards

Reference of Court

Conciliation

Group B

Part III: International Commercial Arbitration and Conciliation and Enforcement of Foreign Awards

Scope of International Commercial Arbitration

Arbitration Agreement

Questions of Sovereign Immunity

Interim Measures

Enforcement of Foreign Awards - Geneva Convention

Enforcement of Foreign Awards - New York Convention

Enforcement of Foreign Awards under Arbitration and Conciliation Act of 1996

International Commercial Conciliation

Part IV: Arbitration and Conciliation - Comparative Study and Emerging Trends

ADR in Other Countries

Arbitration Act of 1996 of the UK

Arbitration Acts of the USA

International Chamber of Commerce Rules of Arbitration

World Intellectual Property Organization and Arbitration

Online Dispute Resolution

Hybridization of Arbitration

Court-Annexed Arbitration

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