Organisations today are operating in an environment shaped by regulatory complexity, evolving stakeholder expectations, sustainability priorities, fraud risks, third-party exposure and rapid digital transformation. As risks become more interconnected, businesses need stronger governance, transparent controls and integrity-led operating models to protect value and build trust.
KPMG in India’s Risk and Integrity Advisory practice helps organisations strengthen governance, manage risks, ensure compliance and address challenges related to fraud, misconduct, ESG, third-party integrity and regulatory obligations. Our solutions are designed to enhance transparency, build resilience, safeguard reputation and support responsible growth.
Combining capabilities across governance and compliance, forensic investigations, fraud risk management, third-party due diligence, whistle-blower mechanisms, internal controls, ESG strategy and reportingand technology-enabled risk solutions, we help organisations strengthen oversight, mitigate emerging risks and build lasting stakeholder trust.
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In an increasingly interconnected world, economic resilience has become a competitive advantage. Strengthening market integrity, protecting supply chains and addressing illicit trade are essential to building a more secure and sustainable growth model.
Illicit trade today represents far more than a law-enforcement challenge. It impacts government revenues, consumer trust, business competitiveness and economic resilience. As India advances towards its growth ambitions, strengthening traceability, enabling technology-led enforcement and fostering greater collaboration between industry and government will be critical to protecting legitimate markets and ensuring sustainable economic development.
- Mohit Bahl
- Sidhartha Gautam
Illicit trade today represents far more than a law-enforcement challenge. It impacts government revenues, consumer trust, business competitiveness and economic resilience. As India advances towards its growth ambitions, strengthening traceability, enabling technology-led enforcement and fostering greater collaboration between industry and government will be critical to protecting legitimate markets and ensuring sustainable economic development.
Sidhartha Gautam
Partner and Lead - Auto & Industrial Manufacturing Sector, Risk Advisory
KPMG in India
Mustafa Surka
Partner, Forensic Services, Risk Advisory Consumer Markets & Retail Leader
KPMG in India
Dark patterns are no longer only a matter of user experience (UX) ethics. They are now attracting regulatory attention. For organisations across sectors such as e-commerce, travel, financial services, insurance, consumer goods, media, healthcare and technology, this makes fair digital design a business issue, not just a compliance issue.
Recent action by the Central Consumer Protection Authority (CCPA) against several digital platforms has resulted in regulatory penalties and directions to correct practices considered deceptive. It also signals that regulators are closely examining how digital interfaces influence consumer choices and behaviour. This impacts customer perception of a brand and can lead to reputational damage for organisations.
Effective risk management today is not just about addressing what we know but being prepared for what’s emerging. At KPMG in India, we are focused on anticipating evolving risks, from technology and AI to regulatory and geopolitical changes, and responding with agility and discipline.
Strong governance and risk practices enable us to move forward with confidence in building resilience, sustaining trust, and ensuring we make decisions that are responsible, informed, and future-ready.
Third-party governance is not just about managing risk - it is about strengthening trust, protecting organisational values, and enabling sustainable growth. As organisations expand their third-party networks, effective governance is essential to safeguarding reputation, ensuring compliance, and creating long-term value.
Legal evidence is far more important than information- it is the foundation upon which accountability, governance and trust are built. In an increasingly digital and complex environment, organisations must ensure that evidence is collected, preserved and managed with the highest levels of integrity. A well-conducted forensic audit not only uncovers the facts but also creates a defensible narrative that can withstand regulatory, legal and stakeholder scrutiny. The difference between suspicion and action often lies in the quality of the evidence.
- Suveer Khanna
- Gagan Budhiraja
Gagan Budhiraja
Partner, Forensic-Inv
KPMG in India
- Akhilesh Tuteja
- Sumit Kapoor
- Devesh Jain
- Sidheshwar Bhalla
Akhilesh Tuteja
Partner & National Leader - Clients and Markets and Technology, Media & Telecommunications (TMT)
KPMG in India
AI that speeds up legacy processes is not transformation; it scales inefficiencies. Real value lies in rethinking work: challenge assumptions, redesign workflows, create new value. This requires unlearning, diverse perspectives, and courage.
Leaders must look beyond the brief, surface unseen insights, and redefine outcomes. The future favors those who rethink problems, not just tools.
AI is not replacing auditors, it is augmenting them. By automating routine activities and unlocking deeper insights from data, AI enables Internal Audit professionals to spend less time gathering information and more time understanding risks, asking the right questions, and delivering strategic value.
The future of Internal Audit is not defined by the issues it identifies, but by the insights it delivers. Assurance is table stakes; value comes from foresight, perspective, and the ability to influence better decisions.
Sidheshwar Bhalla
Partner, GRCS-North
KPMG in India
As auditors, we spend our careers helping organisations stay balanced and resilient. The same principle applies to us as individuals. Physical wellness, mental wellness, and spiritual wellness are deeply interconnected, and nurturing all three helps us bring our best selves to work and life.
Business assurance is no longer limited to revenue - it spans operations, transformation, and the entire ecosystem, reflecting the growing complexity of telecom environments.
Telcos are moving toward an integrated assurance model where data, controls, and intelligence come together. Platforms like Analytica.AI illustrate how AI‑driven analytics can enable this shift at scale through real‑time insights and automation.
- Naveen Aggarwal
- Shalabh Saxena
- Vivek Kedia
- Sidheshwar Bhalla
Internal audit as the third line of defense earns its relevance not through findings raised, but through first-line judgement shaped and blind spots that never become failures.
AI is no longer an experiment for internal audit - it’s becoming a practical enabler of better foresight. Used well, analytics and AI help audit teams move from hindsight to insight, testing controls more frequently, spotting emerging risks earlier, and supporting management with evidence they can act on. Like the business, internal audit is on a learning journey - and AI is accelerating that maturity.
Vivek Kedia
Partner, GRCS-West
KPMG in India
Labour reform will not test HR alone; it will test the integrity of the organisation’s control environment. Internal Audit’s value lies in identifying where compliance transitions create hidden governance gaps.
Sidheshwar Bhalla
Partner, GRCS-North
KPMG in India
Internal Audit’s mandate is shifting from reporting past controls to pre‑empting future risks – through dynamic audit plans, quarterly horizon scanning, and thematic deep‑dives that anticipate where pressure will build next. Integrated insight, not isolated findings, is the new currency of Internal Audit.
Maneesha Garg
Partner & Head – Managed Services, Forensic, F&A, HR, Learning, Insight Led sales, Digital business operations and Sourcing
KPMG in India
As AI becomes central to enterprise transformation, organisations in India today are now eager to move from pilots to production, while managing legacy systems, scarce skills, and escalating cyber risk. Managed Services are fast evolving from a support function into a strategiv foundation, with AI-led scaling and transformation.
By integrating new technologies with existing platforms, strengthening data and AI governance, and bringing deep domain expertise, managed services offer a space where Indian organisations can accelerate value creation, through focus on mission-critical processes, and build sustainable, future-ready business innovation, while maintaining the resilience and discipline required to operate at scale.
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