DAY 1 · 7 MARCH 2026 · CHANDIGARH
Inaugural Ceremony
Setting the intellectual and institutional tone for India International Disputes Week 2026.
Judicial leadership, senior counsel and global voices convene to frame India’s role in the future of international dispute resolution.
India's Cross-Border Disputes Services:
2026-2030 Outlook for Arbitration, Litigation & Mediation
Regency Ballroom, Hyatt Regency, Industrial Area-I, Chandigarh, India
Strategic Panels
Inaugural Ceremony (Invite Only)
5:00 PM
Onwards
• Hon’ble Mr. Justice Surya Kant, The Chief Justice of India
• Hon’ble Mr. Justice Sheel Nagu, Chief Justice, High Court ofPunjab & Haryana
• Hon’ble Mr. Justice Ashwani Kumar Mishra, Judge, High
Court of Punjab & Haryana
• Mr. R. Venkataramani, Attorney General for India
• Mr. Tushar Mehta, Solicitor General of India
• Mr. Manan Kumar Mishra, Chairman, Bar Council of India, Hon’ble Member of Parliament (Rajya Sabha)
Launch of the Chandigarh International Arbitration Centre (CIAC)
5:00 PM
Onwards
• Mr. Robert Stephen, Registrar, Dubai International
Arbitration Centre (DIAC), Dubai
• Dr. Satvinder S. Juss, Barrister & Master of Bench of Gray's
Inn, Professor, Kings College London, UK
• Ms. Manpreet Monica Singh, Judge, Harris County Civil
Court, Texas, USA
• Mr. Baldip Singh, Barrister & Master of the Bench & Deputy
District Judge, UK
• Mr. Rajeev Fokeer Sharma, Partner at FTPA, Vice-President of
the Association of South Asian Lawyers of France
• Ms. Shwetha Bidhuri, Director & Head (South Asia), Singapore
International Arbitration Centre (SIAC)
Panel 1 : India's Evolving Influence in the Global Legal Architecture
8:00 PM
Onwards
• Hon'ble Mr. Justice Rajesh Bindal, Judge, Supreme Court of India
• Hon'ble Mr. Justice Harsimran Singh Sethi, Judge, High Court of Punjab & Haryana, Chandigarh, India
• Mr. Satya Pal Jain, Additional Solicitor General of India, Chandigarh, India
• Prof. (Dr.) O.V. Nandimath, Vice-Chancellor, The West Bengal National University of Judicial Services, Kolkata, India
• Mr. David Josse, Kings Counsel, Head of Chambers at 5 St. Andrew's Hill, London, UK
• Mrs. Charan Sandhu, Partner, Weil, Gotshal & Manges LLP, New York, USA
• Ms. Neeti Sachdeva, Secretary General & Registrar, Mumbai Center of International Arbitration, India
• Mr. Kunal Vajani, Chambers of Kunal Vajani, Mumbai, India - Moderator
• Hon'ble Mr. Justice Sheel Nagu, Chief Justice of the High
Court of Punjab & Haryana, Chandigarh, India
• Hon'ble Mr. Justice Pankaj Jain, Judge, High Court of Punjab
& Haryana, Chandigarh, India
• Dr. Balram Gupta, Senior Advocate, High Court of Punjab &
Haryana, Chandigarh, India
• Mr. Chetan Mittal, Senior Advocate, High Court of Punjab &
Haryana, Chandigarh, India
• Prof. (Dr.) Dilip Ukey, Vice-Chancellor, Maharashtra National
Law University, Mumbai, India
• Ms. Irvinder Bakshi, Barrister & Chartered Arbitrator, KSB
Law Consultants Ltd, London, UK
• Mr. Tarun Nangia, Host of Legally Speaking - Moderator
Panel 2 : India at the Crossroads: Shaping the Next Decade of Conflict Resolution
8:00 PM
Onwards
Day One is designed as a strategic and institutional opening — framing India’s dispute resolution ecosystem in a global context, and setting the tone for five days of focused, practice-driven engagement.
