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Mr. Anil Kumar Gopinath
FICM COI Checked CPD Current Labor, Employment & Workplace Bench

Mr. Anil Kumar Gopinath

Arbitrator & Mediator

Tirupparangunram, India · Asia
Bench: Labor, Employment & Workplace Bench Practice: mediation arbitration Sectors: Banking and Finance Education Healthcare Disputes Practice Group Real Estate and Property Disputes Technology / IP
Professional Biography
Positions Held : Vice President (Coastal & Special Hydraulics) [Leadership Position] From: Apr 1993 To Jan 2014 Client / Employer: Irrigation Department, Government of Kerala Positions Held : Chief Engineer / Superintending Engineer / Executive Engineer / Assistant Executive Engineer [Leadership Position] From: Oct 1984 To Apr 1993 Client / Employer: PWD & Irrigation Department, Government of Kerala Positions Held : Assistant Engineer From: Mar 1983 To Oct 1984 Client / Employer: Centre for Water Resources Development and Management, Calicut, Kerala Positions Held: Scientist B, Groundwater Division From: Jun 1982 To Mar 1983 Client / Employer: Kerala Engineering Research Institute, Peechi, Irrigation Department, Govt of Kerala Positions Held : Research Officer [Leadership Position] From: Dec 1981 To May 1982 Client / Employer: National Remote Sensing Agency, Hyderabad Positions Held : Engineer Assistant, Hydrology Division

Membership of Professional Associations

  • M.I.E., Life Member, Institution of Engineers, India (M 111323/7), 1996

  • C.E., Chartered Engineer, Institution of Engineers, India (M 111323/7), 1996

  • Empanelled Arbitrator, Hon’ble High Court of Kerala (No. D2-5546/2017), 2019

  • Life Individual Empanelled Member, Indian Council of Arbitrators (FICA) (IL/ICA/5668), 2016

  • Empanelled Dispute Board Member, Indian Council of Arbitration, Hydraulics Sector (DB/080400/0237)

  • Fellow Member, Indian Institute of Technical Arbitrators, India (F0684), 2016

  • Fellow, Institution of Valuers, India (F26263), 2016

  • Associate Member, Chartered Institute of Arbitrators, London (M.No 39186), 2018

  • M.I.W.R.S., Life Member, Indian Water Resources Society (LM-90-2723), 1990

  • M.I.S.T.E., Life Member, Indian Society for Technical Education (LM8000), 1991

Qualifications & Education
  • M.Tech (Civil), IIT Madras

  • B.Tech (Hons) (Civil)

  • M.B.A., Specialization in Environment Management, Sikkim Manipal University

  • NEBOSH International General Certificate in Occupational Health and Safety (Details attached as part of CV)

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Labor, Employment & Workplace Bench

HR, labor relations, workplace conflict, organizational governance, and education systems.

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