28. (1) The Centre shall, establish a Chamber of Arbitration which shall empanel the
Arbitrators and also scrutinise the applications for admission in the panel of reputed
arbitrators to maintain a permanent panel of arbitrators.
(2) The Chamber of Arbitration shall consist of experienced arbitration practitioners of
repute, at national and international level and persons having wide experience in the area of
alternative dispute resolution and conciliation.
(3) The Centre shall by regulations lay down the criteria for admission to the panel of
the cadre so as to maintain a pool of reputed arbitrators having expertise in international
commercial arbitration and arbitration other than international commercial arbitration.
(4) The Registrar to the Secretariat of the Centre shall act as the Member-Secretary to
the Chamber of Arbitration.
29. (1) The Centre may establish an Arbitration Academy––
(a) to train the arbitrators, particularly in the area of international commercial
arbitration to compete on par with the reputed international arbitral institutions;
(b) to conduct research in the area of alternative dispute resolution and allied
areas; and
(c) to give suggestions for achieving the objectives of the Act.
(2) For the purposes of sub-section (1), there may be constituted a permanent three
member committee in order to suggest and to submit a report to the Centre with respect to
the amendments, if any, necessary to the rules and regulations made under this Act.