Shri Arun Chawla
Shri Arun Chawla is the Director General of Indian Council of Arbitration (ICA), a premier Arbitral Institution and quasi-judicial body in India, providing world class international and domestic arbitrations since its inception in 1965. Shri Arun Chawla is also the Former Director General of Federation of Indian Chambers of Commerce and Industry (FICCI), the apex Chambers of Commerce and Industry, which represents over 250,000 enterprises and nearly 300 Chambers and Associations spread across the country.
Shri Chawla is a post-graduate with a degree in Law from the University of Delhi. He has over 38 years of work experience, most of which has been gained holding charge of important verticals in FICCI and at ICA. He has also had significant corporate experience working with a North-India based conglomerate. Shri Chawla also holds a Certificate of Training on Commercial Mediation & Negotiation issued by the Board of Governors of the Indian Institute of Corporate Affairs.
Shri Chawla, as the head of ICA has extensively promoted India’s ADR practice. He has organised many successful international Conferences and entered into reciprocal cooperation arrangements and MoUs with major arbitral institutions all over the world. Shri Chawla has also been a member of the High-Level Committee for ‘Making India Hub of Arbitration’ under the Chairmanship of Justice B.N. Srikrishna, Retired Judge, Supreme Court of India constituted by the Department of Legal Affairs, Ministry of Law and Justice in January 2017.