Niranjan J. Bhatt
76, senior lawyer, mediator, Gujarat
What:
- To create awareness among judges, lawyers, and the common man on mediation.
- To train mediators
Why:
- To help reduce backlog in the Indian courts
Challenges:
- Support of judiciary to create court annexed mediation centers
- Lawyers look at it as a threat to their legal fees
He also drafted training manuals on mediation. After two years he realised he had one drawback: He was not a trained mediator. So he enrolled in a programme at Harvard in 2001.
(This story appears in the 17 December, 2010 issue of Forbes India. To visit our Archives, click here.)