Gunavathi has been in practice for 32 years and is an accredited mediator in Malaysia and has mediated many commercial and family disputes, having had 20 years of experience in alternative dispute resolution methods. She holds a Master in Laws specializing in dispute resolution. She conducts communication and negotiation skills workshops and also facilitative and evaluative mediation workshops. She is passionate about mediation and has brought her energies to bear by promoting mediation as a premier technique for dispute resolution internationally and in Malaysia. In doing this, she has conducted many courses, trainings and workshops for judges, lawyers, doctors, quantity surveyors, engineers, architects, accountants, the Olympic Council of Malaysia and the Industrial Relations Department. She has trained more than 500 mediators on behalf of the Malaysian Judiciary, Malaysian Mediation Center, Bank Negara Malaysia and other organizations. She has also spoken at numerous conferences. She drafted the “Mediation Rules”, “Code of Conduct”, “Accreditation Guidelines” and the draft “Mediation Act” for the Malaysian Mediation Center and deliberated on the draft Mediation Act with the Attorney General’s office. She is also an experienced lecturer and has been lecturing Alternative Dispute Resolution for the Master in Laws programme at the Faculty of Law University Malaya since 1999 to date. She has also successfully mediated several commercial and family disputes in Kuala Lumpur.