Gyan B Pipara

Gyan B Pipara-G.C. Pipara is a practicing Chartered Accountant holding degrees in commerce and law. His 37 years of experience in accounting and auditing, especially his ability to analyse financial statements from different angles, are now legendary. His brand of analysis of financial statements is distinct. The Government of India nominated him as an independent director on the board of State Bank of Saurashtra (now merged with State Bank of India), from 10th August 2007. Considering his contribution for improvement in the quality of assets, corporate governance, he was again nominated as an independent director on the board of State Bank of Travancore (now merged with State Bank of India), for the period May-2009 to May-2012. While practicing as Chartered Accountants in the field of auditing, many cases have been investigated by him on behalf of Economic Offence Wing, CID Crime, Special Operation Group (SOG), City Crime Branch of Government of Gujarat relating to financial fraud and complex financial matters. He is the founder of firm M/s. Pipara & Co. LLP having offices at Ahmedabad, Mumbai, Delhi and Surat. The said firm M/s. Pipara & Co. LLP is empanelled as forensic auditor with Indian Bank�s Association (IBA), the Securities and Exchange Board of India (SEBI), Serious Fraud Investigation Office (SFIO) etc. and he has been instrumental in delivering quality forensic audit reports, on the assignment allotted to the firm. He is a regular speaker on various subjects of fraud, investigation, bank audits, balance sheet analysis etc. conducted by the Institute of Chartered Accountants of India, Ahmedabad Branch, and various other forums. His training to the officers of the banks on analysis of the balance sheet is one of the most sought-after training, for enhancement of credit skills. In the last 6 years, many such training have been provided to various banks, including State Bank of India, Punjab National Bank, Bank of Baroda etc. All such training has been very well received. He also has experience of working with two international organizations, in the field of re-writing e Learning Modules for them, which are used in India for the purpose of credit certification programme. He has also written many manuals and materials to be used for the purpose of training on credit. For research in the field of analysis of the balance sheet, �Centre for Correct and Accurate Balance Sheet Analysis (CABSA)� has been set up in the year 2016, which is registered with the Securities and Exchange Board of India under Research Analysts Regulation, as �Research Analyst�. Currently, he is a practicing Chartered Accountant, as well as a trainer and research analyst. The overwhelming response of his maiden book on �BALANCE SHEET DECODED � Keys to Unlock Balance Sheet Secrets�, speaks about depth of the book on the various chapters relating to analysis of financial statement. The said book was published by TAXMANN in the month of July 2018 and considering the response and the feedbacks received, the revised and updated edition of the very same title is released, in less than a year, in 2019. He is also the author of book �Forensic Audit Decoded � Unlocking the Secrets of Financial Accounting and Investigation�, published by TAXMANN in September 2020.