National Law University, Delhi
National Law University, Delhi is a leading research and teaching institution devoted to the broader vision of providing quality legal education to produce a new generation of lawyers who are competent and humane. NLU, Delhi’s academic curriculum consists of lectures, seminars and symposia, workshops and conferences delivered by an excellent faculty along with the best facilities and is designed to enable budding lawyers to deal with the legal system of the country as well as the legal systems of the world in order to meet the challenges faced by a global society.” More information can be found at www.nludelhi.ac.in.
Vice Chancellor, NLUD
Prof. (Dr.) G.S. Bajpai serves as the Vice Chancellor of National Law University Delhi. He is equipped with more than thirty years of professional experience as an author, researcher, teacher and administrator. He has previously served as the Vice Chancellor at Rajiv Gandhi National University of Law (RGNUL), Punjab, and Registrar at National Law University Delhi. He has also served as Senior Professor of Criminology and Criminal Justice (Law), Chair Professor at K.L Arora Chair in Criminal Law, and Chairperson of the Centre for Criminology & Victimology at National Law University Delhi and as Professor (Law and development) & Chairperson at the Centre for Criminal Justice Administration, National Law Institute University, Bhopal. In addition to a Master’s specialisation in Criminology and Criminal Justice, he holds a doctorate in victimology and a post-doctorate in criminal justice from Leicester University, U.K., as a Commonwealth Fellow at the Department of Criminology, Leicester University, U.K. He served as convenor of the Committee for Reforms in Criminal Laws set up by the Ministry of Home Affairs, Government of India, tasked with spearheading historic reforms in criminal law in India. Prof. Bajpai is also the nominated Member of the Delhi Legal Service Committee of the High Court of Delhi. He is a Member of the Advisory Board for Development of Legal Education & Legal Profession of the Bar Council of India and a Member of the Standing Committee of the Legal Education Committee of the Bar Council of India.
Registrar, NLUD
Ruhi Paul is a Professor of Law at the National Law University, Delhi. She has been teaching ADR and other courses both at the NALSAR, Hyderabad and at NLU, Delhi to both graduate and under-graduate students since 2006. She is the Director of the Centre for ADR at NLU, Delhi since 2008. She is awarded a Research Fellowship at Asian Law Institute (ASLI), National University, Singapore for 2018-19 for research Designing Evaluation Systems for Court Annexed Mediation Centre in India. She is also the co-ordinator for DIAC and NLU Delhi’s first jointly offered online Diploma course in Law & Practice of Arbitration. She is a trained mediator and certified arbitrator. She has also had the experience of working at the chambers of Shri. Vipin Sanghi (now CJ of Uttarakhand HC) and Shri. Arun Kumar (now Judicial Officer). She has held various administrative positions at both NALSAR and NLU Delhi. Her interest in mediation dates back to her Master of Laws degree. Her dissertation was on Online Dispute Resolution which was a relatively new area of research in India in 2004. Her doctoral thesis was first of its kind in India. She undertook the study of the working of the Mediation Centres established in Delhi. She is editor and peer reviewer of a number of reputed Journals. She has presented several research papers in various national and international conferences. She has conducted workshops for training faculty members in Teaching ADR methods. She has been regularly invited to deliver lectures on ADR Methods to the Judicial Academy and to Government Departments. She has designed course modules on ADR for various organisations. Her current research is on how to evaluate mediation services provided by the courts and how to address emerging challenges like ethics in mediation, regulation of private mediation, accreditation of mediators, necessity of a law on mediation, etc.