Prachi Mehta
FOUNDER AND MANAGING PARTNER
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Prachi Mehta founded TAG to realise her passion for Alternate Dispute Resolution and to provide clients with a simpler route to justice. She has successfully mediated several matters in India and United States. She is also proud to be associated with Art of Living for providing community services through mediation and helping at the grassroots level by training mediators and establishing mediation centres pan-India.
TRAINING
She started her career 18 years ago in New York as a lawyer and quickly evolved to becoming a dispute settlements specialist with her first shadow mediation at JAMS (Judicial Arbitration and Mediation Services), San Francisco. She also completed an advanced course in mediation from the Harvard Law School and worked as a Visiting Researcher at the Gould Centre for Conflict Resolution, Stanford Law School to research and develop mechanisms for Indian industries and companies to effectively use mediation for resolution of their disputes.
APPROACH
With the creation of TAG she has brought together some of the finest ADR minds in India and hopes that anyone who has a dispute will think of finding a solution before putting on the gloves to fight!
Prachi has been awarded the prestigious title of “Weinstein JAMS Fellow”, in recognition of her commitment to Alternative Dispute Resolution and to the constructive resolution of conflict internationally. She is a resource person for the Delhi Dispute Resolution Society, Ministry of Law and Justice, Government of NCT, India and regularly helps conduct training sessions for their mediator trainees. She is actively involved in giving her suggestions and comments on the Mediation Bill for India. She is also leading the way for the government to implement the Peer Mediation systems in the Indian Education diaspora.
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RECOGNITION
- Awarded the prestigious title of “Weinstein JAMS Fellow”, in recognition of her commitment to ADR and to the constructive resolution of conflict internationally
- Resource Person for the Delhi Dispute Resolution Society, Ministry of Law & Justice, Government of NCT, India
- Distinguished Fellow, International Academy of Mediators (IAM)
- Visiting Researcher, Gould Centre for Conflict Resolution, Stanford Law School, Stanford University, California, USA
- Craigmore Foundation Scholar, New York University
WORK IN DISPUTE RESOLUTION
- Successfully mediated several commercial matters, family settlement and divorce matters
- To help boost the spread of dispute resolution to grassroots level, Ms. Mehta designed and led the conduction of trainings for the first batch of Art of Living mediators in India and is continuing to be their resource person for training new mediator batches and helping them establish mediation centres pan-India
- Worked with the district courts in Delhi since 2010 as a mediator to help alleviate the burden on the judicial system and to bring the parties to a balanced settlement of their dispute
PAST EXPERIENCE
- Senior Consultant with J. Sagar & Associates (2015-2020)
- Independent Mediator, New Delhi, India (2010-2020)
- Assistant General Counsel, 360 Degree, Santa Clara, California, USA (2007-2010)
- Associate, Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati PLC, Palo Alto, California, USA (2006-2007)
- Associate, Davis Polk & Wardwell LLP, New York, USA (2005-2007)
EDUCATIONAL QUALIFICATIONS
- Masters in Law, School of Law, New York University, New York USA (2004-2005)
- Post-Graduate Diploma in Human Rights, International Humanitarian and Refugee Laws, Indian Society of International Law, New Delhi (2002-2003)
- Post-Graduate Diploma in Corporate Law and Management, Indian Law Institute, New Delhi (2001-2002)
- Bachelor of Laws, CLC, Faculty of Law, University of Delhi, Delhi, India (2001-2004)
- BA (Honors) English, St. Stephen’s College, Delhi University, Delhi, India
MEDIATION TRAININGS
- Advance Mediation Workshop: Mediating Complex Disputes, Harvard Law School, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA, USA (2019)
- Visiting Fellow, JAMS – Judicial Arbitration and Mediation Services, USA (2019)
- 40 hours Mediation Training with requirement of settling 20 matters for accreditation at the Delhi Courts Mediation Center, Mediation and Conciliation Project Committee, Supreme Court of India, New Delhi, India (2010)
Meet The Team
ANVEEKSHA TRIPATHI JAIN
Senior Mediator & Lead Consultant
VINITA SAHAY
Senior Mediator, Lead Training & Business Development