World Renowned Faculties

Sandeep Baldava, Partner, Ernst & Young India

Sandeep Baldava is a Partner in Ernst & Young India’s Fraud Investigation & Dispute Services and leads this practice across South India.  He is a Chartered Accountant, a Certified Fraud Examiner & a Certified Information Systems Auditor by qualification with over 17 years of professional experience. He specializes in Forensic & Fraud Investigations, FCPA/Anti Bribery Advisory Services and Anti-Fraud Controls review engagements.

He is the core leadership team member of the Fraud Investigation & Dispute Services (‘FIDS’) practice at EY India and over the last 14 years has led several forensic investigations and FCPA/UKBA/Anti Corruption review engagements for large companies in US, Asia, Europe & Africa.

He has developed several white papers and training materials on fraud concepts recent ones being “Role of Directors in Fraud Risk Management" and "Fraud Risks in IT & ITES Industry in India”.

He has conducted several training workshops on Forensic Accounting, Fraud Risk Management & Anti Corruption Compliance for Companies and for federal and state enforcement agencies in India. He has delivered presentations at various prestigious international forums on the topics of white collar crime and anti bribery. His articles on tackling white collar crime appear regularly in the print media.

Sandeep Ghule, Co Founder, TranServ Pvt. Ltd

Sandeep has spent 13 years building & marketing payment products at leading Banks in India. Prior to TranServ, Sandeep was Senior Vice President and Head of Card Products at HSBC India where he was responsible for Product & Marketing Strategy, Card Spends and delivering a seamless customer experience by working in close co-ordination with other payment functions such as distribution, technology, operations, customer service, compliance and risk management. Sandeep has held a number of key positions in the cards business including the Merchant Acquiring Business.

Prior to HSBC, Sandeep was with ICICI Bank and was responsible for launching & promoting Bill Junction. Sandeep pioneered the concept of distributing online payment products through brick and mortar retail channels.

Sandeep brings with him a good understanding of consumers, marketing acumen, ability to understand & manage various moving parts of a payments business, and deliver business growth.

TranServ was cofounded by Sandeep with a primary objective of expanding electronic payments in India and reaching out to new customer segments.

Sanganagouda Dhawalgi, Executive Director, Netrika

Colonel Sanganagouda Dhawalgi(Retd), is an Executive Director at Netrika Consulting India Pvt Ltd since 02 April 2018. He was also an Executive Director in the Forensic Services practice of PwC, India till 30 June 2017, post which he continued as an Advisor at PwC till 18 Jan 2018. He has been with PwC since October 2012. He was heading Forensic practice in South India for PwC to include Bangalore, Hyderabad & Chennai. He is a winner of President’s Gold Medal from the Officers Training Academy for being first in order of merit and best officer commissioned from his batch. He is a professional intelligencer from the corps of Military Intelligence of the Indian Army with around 26 years of relevant experience both in the Corporate and Government. On leaving the Indian Army as a Colonel, he joined Ernst & Young’s Fraud Investigation and Dispute Service Division at Bangalore. Prior to joining PwC, he has been the head of Corporate investigation at Fidelity Business Service India Pvt. Ltd., Bangalore for four years plus. In addition to all these, he is the President of local chapter of Association of Certified Fraud examiners. He is an Author a book called “Deceit Detection & Interrogation. He is a professional speaker on Forensic subjects at various forums. He has been recently appointed as an Advisor to the Global Body of ACFE (Association of Certified Fraud Examiners). He is currently busy writing a book on “Guide to Investigative Interviewing”.
Selected Areas of Expertise
He has vast experience in these areas in the Corporate Sector and the Government organizations. He is an SME in investigative interviewing techniques, KYC & AML and Procurement frauds, MI, Forensic work in E-commerce Industry, etc. A summary of his experience and expertise is illustrated below:
•Anti-Bribery & Corruption (ABC) Training/Investigations-He is an expert in FCPA, UK Bribery Act & PCA (Prevention of Corruption Act). He has worked on number of engagements in this field both proactive & reactive investigations. He has also conducted training in this domain for several companies.
•Working with Regulators & PSU Banks- He is the single point of contact for all engagements with, RBI, DFS and other PSU banks. He has conducted several engagements with these entities.
•Employee Frauds – He has conducted several investigations concerning employee frauds covering wide spectrum of fraud scenarios which led to subsequent terminations of employees.
•Procurement Fraud – He has conducted several investigations in procurement space which has led to detection of conflict of interest and subsequent terminations of employees. The fraud spectrum covered collusion among employees/third parties/vendors-employees’ collusion. He has been specially trained in the US in this domain.
•Investigations –He is an SME in this space and has led number of independent investigations in almost all domains
•Mystery Shopping -He is an SME in Mystery Shopping. He has helped couple of banks & E-commerce industry in carrying out mystery shopping to gauge their control weaknesses in various processes especially in KYC & AML space. Recently he also conducted mystery shopping on demonetization as well. He leads this product for PwC Forensic.
•Investigative Interviewing – He is an SME in investigative interviewing techniques. He has conducted several investigative interrogations/interviews both in the corporate and the Government.
•Market Intelligence (MI) – Being an Intelligencer himself, he has hands on expertise in design and execution of MI tasks. He has been able to sell this product as a complimentary one with most investigations.
•Third Party /Counter Party Due Diligence & Integrity Due Diligence- He is an expert in this domain and has executed many projects
•E-Commerce- He has been working with the e-commerce Industry for the past 5.5 years. During his association with this industry, he has done work in risk management, compliance, and investigations concerning vendors/third parties and internal employees in areas.
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•ABC (Anti bribery & Corruption)-Help set up the compliance framework including training on Anti-Bribery and corruption. Assisted Trust and Safety division in carrying out: (a) online mystery shopping (b) online research (c) site visits to vendors
•Up-gradation of Finger Printing Labs for Karnataka Police- He has recently led a team for up-gradation of Finger printing lab for Karnataka Police. This engagement involved, mapping of deficiencies in current system, finding out latest available technologies and service providers in this domain, designing the RFP, calling for quotations and finalization, project management.
•Training – He was the training in-charge for Forensic practice in previous company. Has been a faculty member for two years at the Military Intelligence School in India where he has vast experience in training officers of the Government Services – Directorate of Revenue Intelligence, Para Military Forces, Armed Forces & the Police Organizations in Fraud Investigations, Code of Conduct, Interviewing Techniques, etc. He is acknowledged trainer in the investigation industry.
•AML & KYC – He has led a team of professionals for review of KYC & AML policies and procedures, investigation into AML & KYC violations, sanction screening, file testing, alert testing and suggested remediation plan. He has also designed and conducted ethical surveys and training on KYC and AML. He has led engagements for couple of MNC & Public sector banks concerning KYC & AML review. He has also been an invitee to industry events as a speaker being a subject matter expert on KYC & AML.
Certifications/Trainings
•Certified Fraud Examiner (Austin, US)
•President of ACFE, Bangalore chapter
•Appointed as Advisor to Global body of ACFE
•ISO 27001 Lead Auditor
•Trained in US in Procurement Frauds,
•Investigative Interviewing techniques by Reid & Associates, CIA, FBI, ACFE and MI

Sangeeta Lakhi, Partner, Rajani, Singhania & Partners

Sangeeta is a Partner at the Mumbai office of Rajani, Singhania & Partners. Sangeeta carries with her an experience of 20 years. Sangeeta has been handling the International Capital Markets practice of the Firm.

Sangeeta has recently completed 100 issues of Global Depository Receipts (GDRs), Foreign Currency Convertible Bond (FCCB) issues and QIPs, each of them full fledged transactions, handled by her. Sangeeta has handled these issues for companies in almost all sectors, whether they be pharma, textiles, oil, manufacturing, service, etc.

Sangeeta is actively involved in Banking & Finance activities, not to mention the usual corporate work. Sangeeta advises corporates in domestic and international (external commercial borrowings) loan transactions, as well as, advance payment supply agreements.

Sangeeta Rana, Senior Lawyer, Nishith Desai Associates

Sangeeta Rana is a senior lawyer at Nishith Desai Associates (www.nishithdesai.com) and is a senior member of the Mergers and Acquisitions practice and the Fund Investment practice at the firm.  Sangeeta’s practice focuses on mergers and acquisitions, private equity and venture capital investments, domestic and international, and has advised a wide spectrum of clients, including companies and financial advisors, across several sectors such as manufacturing, information technology, banking and financial services, power and real estate.

Sangeeta has represented clients on complex acquisition and swap deals, debt and mezzanine funding and financing arrangements. She advises clients on overseas investment, foreign investment, PIPE deals, and other capital market related issues.  Sangeeta has co-authored the Mergers and Acquisitions Research Paper for Nishith Desai Associates. Sangeeta has been a member of the Bar Council of Delhi since 2000.

Sanjay Asher, Senior Partner, Crawford Bayley & Co

Mr. Sanjay Asher is a Solicitor and a Chartered Accountant. He is a Senior Partner at the law firm M/s. Crawford Bayley & Co. He has over 20 years' experience in the field of M & A, cross border M & A, joint venture, capital markets and project financing. Has been advising large, medium and small business enterprise on these subjects.

Mr. Asher was an invitee to the committee formed by the Government of India, Department of Disinvestment for the purposes of standardising the transaction documents in relation to privatisation of the public sector enterprises of the Government of India. He was also a member of the committee in respect of Indo-US Financial Institutions Reforms and Expansion Projects - Capital Markets for the purpose of development of securities law bar and the securities law course in India.

He has been a speaker at various seminars and conferences including organized by Institute of Chartered Accountants of India, Institute of Chartered Secretaries of India, Bombay Chamber of Commerce and Industry, Indian Merchant Chambers, International Financial Law Review. He has authored several publication published in national and international publications.

Sanjay Buch, Partner, Crawford Bayley & CO.

Mr. Sanjay Buch is a leading Advocate & Solicitor and also a partner of M/s Crawford Bayley & Co. practicing in Mumbai for past two decades since the advent of New Industrial Policy and SEBI.
 
Besides Business & Corporate law practice, Mr. Buch practices in the area of Transaction Advisory, Business sale and purchase, business re-organisation and restructuring, Mergers and Acquisitions and has been advising several foreign/Multinational companies, large and medium domestic corporations on privatization through delisting, Corporate laws which include Indian Company Law, Securities law, Take Over laws, Insider Trading, Limited Liability Partnerships, Exchange Control Regulations (Foreign Exchange Management Act, 1999) The Competition Law and the like.
 
He has completed several high value transactions the oldest being celebrated merger of the TATA Oil Mills with Hindustan Lever Limited and the recent being sale of Formulations Business by Piramal Group to Abbott Inc.

He is serving as an independent professional director on the Boards of DIL Limited, Fermenta Bio-tech Limited and Indofil Industries Limited.

Sanjeev Babel, General Manager - Corporate Strategy, Mindtree Ltd.

Sanjeev is General Manager - Corporate Strategy at Mindtree Ltd. He has more than 15 years of experience in Corporate Strategy, M&A & Strategic Initiatives. Prior to joining Mindtree he has worked with DaimlerChrysler Corp and DataMatics Ltd.

 

 

Sanjesh Thakur, Partner, Ernst & Young India

Sanjesh is a Partner with EY in the Advisory practice and brings over 18 years of professional experience of working with large global corporations as well as rapid growth companies in the area of process improvements, risk management, internal audits, controls transformation, management information reporting and corporate governance reviews.

An accomplished senior executive with the vision, leadership and insights to strategically plan, direct and control company operations to capitalize on emerging business opportunities. While at Infosys Technologies, he also set up the risk management and internal audit and made Infosys the first Indian company to comply with Sarbanes Oxley requirements.

Santhosh Jayaram, Director, Sustainability & Climate Change, KPMG