PROFILE OF THE AUTHOR
( Document No.10, May 2000)

Dr. Vinod K. AGARWAL has LL.M and Ph.D (Law) degrees from the University of Bombay, India. He obtained a Certificate in Comparative Law from the Institute of European Studies, University of Brussels and has attended the External Session of the Hague Academy of International Law. He has been a Visiting Fellow at the Institute of Advanced Legal Studies, University of London. Presently, he is the Secretary General of the International Centre for Alternative Dispute Resolution in New Delhi after retiring from the Government of India as Additional Secretary, Ministry of Law, Justice and Company Affairs. He has held various positions in the Government of India. He has been a member of many delegations sponsored by the Government of India for negotiation, both in India and abroad, of loan agreements entered into by public sector undertakings such as Industrial Development Bank of India, Industrial Finance Corporation of India, Railway Finance Corporation, Shipping Credit and Investment Corporation of India, Oil and Natural Gas Commission, Air India, Indian Airlines, etc. with the international financial and other institutions like Export-Import Bank of Japan, Export-Import Bank of Korea, Export-Import Bank of America, Caisse Nationale de Credit Agricole S.A. Paris, Bank Paribas, Kreditanstalt für Wiederaufbau, Chase Manhattan Asia. As part his work with the Government of India, Dr. Agarwal was responsible for examination, vetting and negotiation of international loan agreements entered into by the Indian borrowers with lenders and other international financial institutions. He was also responsible for attending negotiations on behalf of the Government of India as well as advising the government on various legal issues and the conduct of litigation and arbitration.

He was a leader of the Indian delegation to the United Nations Commission for International Trade Laws. He has been a Resource Person for many workshops organised by the UNITAR in various parts of the World.

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