EDUCATION
Boston University School of Law, Boston, MA
Master of Laws, May 2005
Specialization: Alternate Dispute Resolution
University of Buckingham, Buckinghamshire, United Kingdom
Bachelor of Laws with Honours, June 1998 (along with Student of the Year Award completed three year degree in two years)
St. Xavier’s College, University of Bombay, India
Bachelor of Arts – Psychology and Anthropology, June 1996
FURTHER PROFESSIONAL ALTERNATE DISPUTE RESOLUTION STUDY
Training in Negotiation Skills at Harvard Law School, Cambridge, MA
Training in Mediation Skills at High Court of Bombay, India
PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATIONS
Member, Lincoln’s Inn, London, United Kingdom
Advocate, Bar Council of Maharashtra and Goa, India; Licensed to practice law in India
ON BOARD OF DIRECTORS
Institute of Clinical Legal Education & Research, a unit of Global Vision India Foundation- a charitable registered organization
COMMITTEE MEMBER
Mumbai University Mediation Expert Committee, India
Indian Merchants’ Chamber’s Mediation Expert Committee, India
Indian Merchants’ Chamber’s Law: Review, Reforms & Rationalisation Expert Committee, India
Indian Merchants’ Chamber’s Arbitration and Conciliation Expert Committee, India
GUEST LECTURER
Maharashtra Judicial Academy and Indian Mediation Centre and Training Institute, India
GUEST SPEAKER
The World Bank Group, Washington, DC
Indian Institute of Technology, Bombay
Indian Institute of Technology, Kanpur
CO PUBLICATIONS
Africa Regional Justice Note; Published by The World Bank Group, Washington, DC
RESEARCH PUBLISHED IN:
Gender in Agriculture Sourcebook; Published by The World Bank Group, Washington, DC
WPS5781 Policy Research Working Paper 5781 Framing Local Conflict and Justice in Bangladesh; Published by The World Bank Group, Washington, DC
AUTHOR
Let’s Talk; Negotiation and Communication at the Workplace by Jaico Publishing House, India
Declared bestseller in the Business and Management category pan India at no 11 by leading bookseller Crossword within 11 days of its launch and top selling business book by online giant Flipkart.com
Continues to remain a Crossword bestseller pan India till date
AWARDS:
STAR YOUTH ACHIEVER AWARD by the 5th GLOBAL YOUTH MARKETING FORUM 2013 at TAJ Lands End, Mumbai
YOUNG ACHIEVER AWARD | BY WORLD HRD CONGRESS 2013 at TAJ Lands End, Mumbai
YOUNG ACHIEVER AWARD by Rotary Club of Bombay Sea face
CONSULTANCY:
The World Bank Group, Washington, DC
High Court of Bombay, Bombay, India