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.