The objects of the Centre shall be,––
(a)to bring targeted reforms to develop itself as a flagship institution for conducting international and domestic arbitration;
(b)to promote research and study, providing teaching and training, and organising conferences and seminars in arbitration, conciliation, mediation and other alternative dispute resolution matters;
(c)to provide facilities and administrative assistance for conciliation, mediation and arbitral proceedings;
(d)to maintain panels of accredited arbitrators, conciliators and mediators both at national and international level or specialists such as surveyors and investigators;
(e)to collaborate with other national and international institutions and organisations for ensuring credibility of the Centre as a specialised institution in arbitration and conciliation;
(f)to set up facilities in India and abroad to promote the activities of the Centre;
(g)to lay down parameters for different modes of alternative dispute resolution mechanisms being adopted by the Centre; and
(h)such other objectives as it may deem fit with the approval of the Central Government.