Jindal Global Law School Team Secures 5th Place In Oral Finals At FDI Moot 2026, Wins 3rd Best Claimant Memorial
Students from Jindal Global Law School (JGLS), O.P. Jindal Global University, secured fifth place in the Oral Finals and won the third-best Claimant Memorial award at the 19th Foreign Direct Investment International Arbitration Moot (FDI Moot) Global Rounds, held in Shenzhen, China, from October 23 to 27, 2026.
The team also secured eighth place overall among the 72 teams that qualified for the Global Rounds.
The JGLS team comprised Krisha Mankarmi and Ronniet Biala as oralists, and Jia Mathur and Saakaar Butta as researchers. Sharan Pokuru coached the team.
Prior to the Global Rounds, the team competed in the South Asia Regional Rounds, held at Lloyd Law College, Greater Noida, from July 30 to August 2, 2026. It secured fifth place in the region, reached the quarter-finals and qualified for the Global Rounds in Shenzhen.
The award-winning Claimant Memorial is also set to be published in Transnational Dispute Management (TDM), a journal focusing on international arbitration and investment law.
The results followed months of research, memorial drafting and preparation for oral advocacy.