Nikhil Parulkar is one of the most experienced mentors on our platform for the courses of Certified Anti-Money Laundering Expert (CAME) and Certified Bank Forensic Accounting (CBFA). With a diverse exposure of 20+ years in the banking and financial services industry and risk consulting, he is a forensics and fraud risk professional with in-depth domain expertise in consumer and wholesale banking, specializing in areas like assets, liabilities, corporate lending portfolios related to operations and risk management within fraud and compliance.
Nikhil has also taken exposure on the other side of the industry in risk consulting, where his domain expertise lies in forensics and fraud risk management, including fraud, compliance, and operational aspects. He has set up and developed modules on forensic and fraud risk management with respect to different sectors and trained internal and external stakeholders, clients, and senior management, thereby creating risk awareness in ever-changing market scenarios within forensic and risk domains.
Nikhil is a keynote and guest speaker and guest faculty at various anti-fraud seminars and conferences, including IIM-Raipur, Vishwakarma Institute of Management, Sinhagad Institute of Management, and National Insurance Academy (Pune). He is also an honorary “subject matter expert” at the National Forensic Sciences University for FS NFSU Certified Fraud Examination Professional, a visiting faculty at Welingkar’s Institute of Management WeSchool for “Fraud and Risk Analysis,” and a visiting faculty at BSE Institute Ltd for Forensic Accounting Training.
Nikhil holds several certifications, including a Certified ISO27001-LA (ISMS) since October 2010, a Certified Fraud Examiner from (ACFE) since February 2009, a Certified AML expert from India Forensic Research Foundation since March 2008, and a Certified Vigilance and Investigation Expert (CVIE) since 2018 from India Forensic Research Foundation.
With his specialities in executing effective risk management (fraud, compliance, and operational), forensic accounting, fraud risk assessments, corporate investigations, law enforcement liaison, cyber law, KYC, integrity due diligence, whistleblower investigations, and AML/CTF investigations, Nikhil has a diverse exposure in the banking sector, risk consulting, and BPO. He also has domain expertise in consumer (retail)/wholesale banking, assets and liabilities, insurance, capital markets, and e-commerce.