Personal bio
• Holding Diploma in Senior Level Defence Management, he retired as a Colonel from Indian Army. Conducted various Judicial Trials as Presiding Officer of various Courts and has acted as Prosecuting Officer, Defending Officer and also as Judge Advocate at various Courts (Equivalent to District Court). During his entire Distinguished and Illustrious Career for 39 years, he has been awarded twice by The Hon’ble President of India. He also heads a Law Firm “Bishnoi Advocates” in Mumbai, India. • Acted as a Sole Arbitrator / Co - Arbitrator in a number of Commercial and Contractual Arbitration cases during the Army Service that is before retirement and also after his retirement, appointed by the parties and also by Hon’ble Bombay High Court, Mumbai, India. Number of total appointments as Arbitrator: 36 (Before retirement from service in Army) 16 (In Civil that is after retirement from Army) As Sole Arbitrator: 17 (Before retirement from service in Army) 04 (In Civil that is after retirement from Army) As Co – Arbitrator: 02(In civil that is after retirement) as Presiding Arbitrator 01 appointment in International Case 19 (Before retirement from service in Army) 10 (In Civil that is after retirement from Army) BAR ADMISSIONS:- • Bombay Bar Association (BBA), Mumbai. • Advocate’s Association of Western India (AAWI), Mumbai. • International Bar Association (IBA), London. • Commonwealth Lawyers Association, London. Fellowship / Membership of International Arbitral / ADR Institutions:- • Fellow of Chartered Institute of Arbitrators (FCIArb), London. • Fellow of Australian Centre for International Commercial Arbitration (FACICA). • Fellow of Indian Council of Arbitration(FICA), India. • Fellow of Arbitrators’ and Mediators’ Institute of New Zealand [FAMINZ (Arb)]. • Fellow of Philippines Institute of Arbitrators (FPIArb). • Fellow of Asian Institute of Alternative Dispute Resolution (FAIADR), Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. • Fellow of Prime Dispute (FPD), United Kingdom. • Fellow of Malaysian Institute of Arbitration (FMIArb). • Fellow of Indian Council of Arbitration (FICA), New Delhi, India. • Member of Singapore Institute of Arbitrators as (MSIArb). • Member of Singapore Chamber of Maritime Arbitrators (SCMA). • Member of California Arbitration (CalArb), USA. • Appointed by Indian National Committee as India’s Delegate to the ICC Commission on Arbitration and ADR (the “Commission”) in October 2022. • Member of Executive Committee of ICC India. • Member of the London Court of International Arbitration (LCIA) User’s Councils. • Member of Dispute Resolution Board Foundation (DRBF), North Carolina, United States (USA). • Member of OGEMID – (‘Oil – Gas – Energy – Mining - Investment Disputes’) at OGEL (‘Oil - Gas – Energy Law’) and TMD (Transnational Dispute Management), the Netherlands. • Member of Bangladesh International Arbitration Centre (BIAC). • Member of The Mediation, Conciliation and Facilitation Committee 2022-23, IMC