is Co-founder and CEO of CORD, a digital-first arbitration and mediation institution based in Bengaluru, India. She has served on the expert committee on Online Dispute Resolution constituted by NITI Aayog, the Government of India’s policy think tank, and has worked with the Supreme Court of India’s eCommittee on technology-led court reforms. She has also contributed to parliamentary committee discussions on mediation and judicial reforms. She is currently co-authoring a book as part of an OUP series on India’s judicial system. Deepika is a practising mediator and an alumna of the National Law School of India University (NLSIU).