Research Interests:

1. Alternative Dispute Resolution (ADR)
2. Mediation
3. Personal Laws
4. Criminal Law

 
Subjects Taught:

1. Alternative Dispute Resolution (ADR)
2. Personal Laws
3. Law of Contract
4. Criminal Law

Brief Biographical Note:
Dr. Akshay Verma is a certified mediator who joined as an Assistant Professor of Law at NLU Odisha in July 2023. Prior to it, he was associated with NLUO in various capacities like Assistant Professor of Law (Contractual), Research Associate-cum-Teaching Assistant and Guest Faculty. He completed his Ph.D. in 2023, from Faculty of Law, University of Delhi. His research work examines the successes and pitfalls of the current arbitration system in India and explores the possibility of introducing a hybrid-arbitration mechanism for effective dispute resolution. Before joining NLUO, Dr. Verma also worked as a Guest Faculty in Law Centre-2, Faculty of Law, University of Delhi from September 2018 to April 2021. He has held various positions of responsibility such as being a member in the Admission Grievance Committee of Delhi University and has also organised Moot Court Competitions and Faculty Development Programme in Faculty of Law, University of Delhi. He is the founding member of NLUO Mediation Cell which is India’s first institutional-run mediation cell. Further, he is also the Project Associate Coordinator of Project KUTUMB, NLUO which has the primary objective of betterment of village children vis-à-vis education, health and well-being.

• Journal Articles:

2022: “Negotiation for Human Beings: What, Why and How?”, Revista Brasileira de Alternative Dispute Resolution (RBADR), Volume 4 Issue No.8, 2022 (ISSN No.: 2596-3201). 2021: “Multi-tier Arbitration: A Right to Write your own Arbitral Award”, DMEJL, Volume 2, 2021 (ISSN No.: 2583-2743). 2020: “The Non-Binding Nature of the Binding Mediation”, NLUA Law and Policy Review (NLUALPR), Volume IV, 2020 (ISSN No.: 2455-8672). 2019: ‘Arbitration to achieve Sustainable Goal of ‘Access to Justice’ in India: A Constitutional and Jurisprudential perspective’, National Capital Law Journal (ISSN No.: 0972-0936).

Papers Presented

• “The Role of Communication in Conflict Resolution”, First Annual Conference, Office for National Unity and Reconciliation, BMICH, Colombo, Sri Lanka, October 30th, 2021.

• “Multi-Tier Arbitration: A Right to Write Your Own Arbitral Award”, International Seminar, 2021 (Virtual), Army Institute of Law, Mohali and Strauss Institute for Dispute Resolution, Pepperdine University Caruso Law School, October 18th, 2021.

Project Co-Director (2023-2024) Ongoing
Major Project on “The Role of Ashram Schools in Protecting the Human Rights of Tribal Students in Odisha: An Empirical Study”
Funder: Indian Council of Social Science Research (ICSSR)

Participation in Faculty Development Programmes/Workshops:

2022: National Workshop-cum-Consultation on MOOCs (Multimedia Content Development and Delivery for Digital Education), Birla Global University, Bhubaneshwar, Odisha (3rd – 4th November 2022).
2022: 10 Days ICSSR Sponsored Online Research Methodology Workshop at NLUO (23rd May – 2nd June 2022).
2022: 6 Hours Workshop on Mental Health First Aid, “Campus Ambassadors for Mental Health”, NLUO (15th April 2022).
2022: One day ‘NCW Eastern Region Consultation on Review of Criminal Laws-Improvement in Status of Women’, Centre for Women and Law, NLUO & Centre for Criminal Justice and Human Rights, NLUO in collaboration with National Commission for Women, India at NLUO (17th February 2022).
2021: 45 hours Mediation Training Programme, National Law University Odisha Centre for Consumer Law in collaboration with Delhi HC Mediation and Conciliation Centre “Samadhan” and State Institute of Consumer Awareness (SICA) FS and CW Department, Government of Odisha (26th – 31st December 2021).  
2021: Online Faculty Development Programme (FDP) on ‘Challenges of Online Teaching – Learning’, The National Law Institute University, Bhopal (24 - 30 September, 2021).
2021: ‘Global Conflict and Dispute Resolution Workshop 2021’, Research Cell Delhi Metropolitan Education, GGSIPU (6th – 11th September, 2021).
2021: Online Faculty Development Programme (FDP) on ‘Law and Economics’, Rajiv Gandhi National University of Law, Punjab (26th – 30th July, 2021).
2019: Faculty Development Programme (FDP) on ‘Teaching Law for Social Justice’, Faculty of Law, University of Delhi (17th – 24th March, 2019).
2018: One Day Training Programme on Human Rights, Law Centre – II, Faculty of Law, University of Delhi (20th October, 2018).