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CORD in the Media
Browse articles, interviews, and coverage about CORD across law, policy, and technology.
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Lexology • Dec 2025
From Litigation to Automation: The Legal Future of ODR in India
ODR is emerging as a transformative force, leveraging technology to streamline arbitration, mediation, and negotiation

SCC Online • Sept 2024
High ethical standards & transparency essential for credibility of ADR: Justice SR Krishna Kumar at India ADR Week 2024.
MCIA organises India ADR week 2024 in Bengaluru- Coverage of India ADR Week, where Ms. Deepika Kinhal (CORD) spoke on definitions and practicalities of ODR.

Techgraph • Jan 2024
How is Online Dispute Resolution reshaping conflict resolution?
CORD or Centre for Online Resolution of Dispute is also an ODR platform, it leverages technology to make arbitration and mediation a lot more accessible, affordable, and efficient.

SCC Online • Oct 2023
Founder speaks on ODR and the impact of technology on the future of dispute resolution
Interview with Vikas Mahendra, Co-Founder, CORD & TERES.

Bar & Bench • Aug 2023
Deepika Kinhal joins Centre for Online Resolution of Disputes as CEO
Deepika Kinhal, who leads Vidhi Centre for Legal Policy’s JALDI (Justice, Access and Lowering Delays in India) initiative, has shifted gears to don an entrepreneurial hat as CEO of Centre for Online Resolution of Disputes (CORD).

Mediate • May 2023
Harnessing Technology for Dispute Resolution: A critical assessment of India’s ODR Policy 2021
India’s ODR policy stems from the broader framework of the National Policy on Information Technology (NPIT) and the National e-Governance Plan (NeGP)

SEBI • Jan 2023
Securities Market Approach for Resolution Through Online Dispute Resolution (SMART ODR)
Short blurb (1–2 lines). Mention rules, governance, case management, enforceability.

Times of India • Sept 2020
As Lockdown slows down courts, e-mediation across cities picks up
Vikas Mahendra, co-founder of a virtual mediation hearing room, Centre for online Resolution of Disputes (CORD) in Bangalore said their center has even handled complex commercial disputes of several hundred crores of rupees in the past few months.