Indian Institute of Arbitration

Arbitration as a mechanism for resolution of Commercial and related disputes has been in existence for more than a century. Globally as well as in India, adjudication of disputes by private neutral person has always found preference in the fiscal world over the time consuming conventional adversarial mainstream Judicial System. Keeping pace with the fast- changing Commerce, breaking barriers of time and distance, Arbitration too has been evolving steadily. Complexities of multi-party Contracts and involvement of information technology coupled with high fiscal stakes has lately led to several path breaking evolutions in conventional Arbitration Law. It has now become imperative for every legal professional and law student to keep pace with these innovations and developments through continuous
learning and education.

Indian Institute of Arbitration is a state-of-the-art Law School offering online and offline Certificate courses and Diplomas in all the facets of international and domestic arbitration. Established by our Founder Mr. MS Rathi, who had rich experience of more than 52 Years in legal arena spearheading Legal Education and Training since 1992, not only in India but also South Asia.

Our faculty includes celebrated Professors and Teachers as also Legal and Arbitration professionals with rich experience of domestic and international Arbitration, both as Arbitrators as well as Arbitration practitioners. IIA faculty also includes former Judges of the High Court, District Courts and also Senior Bureaucrats and Corporate leaders.

IIA, as an Arbitration school, is a part of the Indian Institute of Dispute Resolution, the educational arm for the Indian Dispute Resolution Council. Our umbrella organisation that is the International Dispute Resolution Council is a not-for-profit corporation duly registered with Ministry of Corporate Affairs. The IDRC is also registered with NITI Aayog
(Registration No. DL/2020/0261004) for carrying out Legal Education, Literacy, awareness & Legal Aid, Right to Information & Advocacy, Vocational Training and like.

Furthermore, the IDRC is duly approved and empanelled with Ministry of Law and Justice, Government of India for online dispute resolution and related activities. The Central Government, State Governments, the Public Sector undertakings and other such organisations

have been duly notified under GOI Notification for availing the services of IDRC for alternative dispute resolution services viz. Arbitration, Mediation and Conciliation. National Productivity Council (NPC) under Ministry of Commerce and Industry has also entered into a MoU with IDRC’s associated organisation Lexidem Veritas for designing and organising various Law and Commerce related courses and orientation programs for functionaries of Central Government, State Government, PSUs and Corporate world pan India.

• Courses Offered Domestic Arbitration
  • Certificate Course
    • Strategizing, Procedure & Drafting Course
    • Basics of The Arbitration and Conciliation Act, 1996
  • Diploma Course
    • Detailed course – Background understanding of Arbitration, Interpreting the Arbitration Agreement, Arbitral Tribunal, Proceedings, Award, Execution.

• International Arbitration:
  • A. Certificate Course
    • Overview of Institutional Arbitration (Foreign Arbitrations)
  • B. Diploma Course
    • Detailed course – Background understanding of Arbitration, Interpreting the Arbitration Agreement, Arbitral Tribunal, Proceedings, Award, Execution.

• Advanced Courses:
  • Construction Arbitration
  • Energy Arbitration
  • Banking & Finance
  • Investment Treaty Arbitration
  • International Commercial Arbitration
  • Maritime Law
  • Intellectual Property