Dear ECI Network,
Indian Mediation Week (IMW) is a pan-India mediation awareness campaign run by SAMA, an Online Dispute Resolution (ODR) institution based out of Bangalore. In the last 3 years, it has sensitised more than 10 lakh people on the benefits of incorporating collaborative dispute resolution practices in India.

The fourth edition of IMW is primarily focussed on tackling burnout in the legal profession of India. In order to innovate and transform the dispute resolution space in India, there is a need for strong leadership and more future facing solutions.

Justice.X
In its latest initiative called Justice.X, SAMA aims to provide a platform for law students to present innovative solutions to challenges faced in the dispute resolution space of India. Ex Curia International’s founder, Ananya Agarwal, is proud to have been identified as one of the students that have successfully presented their solutions to the problems faced in the dispute resolution sphere today.

As part of the rigorous selection process, SAMA invited responses from law students to “pick a problem faced in dispute resolution in India and come up with an innovative solution to solve for the same”. ECI’s response was drafted by Ananya Agarwal and Saurabh Gupta, two of our founding editors and core members. The issues that ECI identified include a lack of professionalisation in mediation, lack of resources, information and access to ADR mechanisms, lack of inward innovation at the grassroots level, gap between the ADR-related skills required and those imparted through Indian legal education, amongst others. In fact, the very problems listed out here are the ones that had prompted the establishment of ECI.

With ECI as the winning solution adjudged by the team at SAMA, we have come a long way in our pursuit of making ADR a ubiquitous reality in India. We hope to deliver with the same level of commitment in the future as well, and thank our team and network for their relentless efforts in making every small step count in our surreal journey.

As to our readers and supporters, we request you to please fill in this form to become a formal member of the ECI Network and get started in your professional journey as an ADR enthusiast.

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