Session: Mediation landscape in India and the way forward
Profile: A practicing lawyer since 1991 and a Full time Mediator since 2009, she has served as Court appointed Mediator, Private Mediator, Arbitrator and Conciliator. One of the first trained mediator of the Supreme Court Mediation Centre and is a Senior Mediator, Trainer and Observer at Supreme Court of India. She is known for her extraordinary skills to resolve even the most complex disputes in shortest time and restoring the communication and relationship between the disputing parties which has been recognized even by the Courts by recording appreciation for her work.
A pioneer in Mediation who conducts more than 100 mediations a year in all genres of disputes (including matrimonial and family, contractual, commercial, industrial and intellectual property) and conducts numerous awareness programs to adopt Mediation as the first mode of dispute resolution. An IAM Distinguished Fellow, Varuna has been awarded ‘Star Woman Lawyer of the Year’ at the Legal Era Woman in Law Excellence Awards, 2021.