Akshay Sankaran 1

AKSHAY P SANKARAN

736 East Foster Avenue
101 East Side Apartments
State College, PA 16801
U.S. Citizen
akshayps@gmail.com
Cell: 814-409-8670
Linkedin.com/in/akshayps
Skype: akshayps92
Eportfolio: apseport.weebly.com
Education:
Bachelor of Science, Economics Graduated in May, 2014
Pennsylvania State University, University Park
Received three scholarships from the Penn State College of Liberal Arts.
Deans List (1 Semester)

Relevant University Coursework:
Econometrics
International Economics
Monetary Theory
Labor Economics
Economic Modelling
Statistics
Spreadsheets and Databases
Developmental Economics
Game Theory
International Finance
Open Market Macroeconomics
Money and Banking

Work Experience:
Research Assistant, Penn State Department of Economics, March 2014 - May 2014
Compiled data and performed research for the article Preconceptions of Principles Students (2014).

Intern, Madras Consultancy Group, Chennai, India from June 2012 to August 2012
Prepared reports on the Indian Renewable Energy Sector.
o Major reports were based on the Solar Energy Industry and the Bio-Energy Industry in India with
details included the past, present and future potential supply and demand, an analysis of inputs,
the growth of the industry, major producers, a cost-benefit analysis and government policy in these
industries.
Used Excel in order to consolidate, analyze and create charts to describe data acquired and then used
PowerPoint and MS Word to present this data.

Intern, Surana & Surana International Attorneys, Chennai, India from June 2010 to July 2010
Collaborated with senior partners with legal research and documentation.
Aided a senior partner with educational law related research.
o Assisted in the production of a mock trial for law students.
Activities:
Speaker at the Penn State Great Debate 2014 in favor of free trade.
Lead of the Business Education Committee of the Penn State Economics Association.
o Designed biweekly presentations on international economic issues.
o Modelled economic simulations to use as an educational tool.
Skills:
Advanced with Excel; can perform regression analysis, what-if analysis and create pivot-charts and tables.
Knowledgeable of Access and can create, manage and generate reports from databases.
Experienced in STATA; can execute multivariate regressions, hypothesis testing, confidence intervals, time
series models and use dummy dependent techniques.
Adept at MiniTab and can utilize it in order to perform statistical analysis and render graphics.
Expert with both Prezi.com and PowerPoint and can produce visually arresting presentations.
Accomplished Word in order to produce professional industry reports.
Practiced in HTML and have created websites.
Knowledgeable of python.
Trained in SQL; can create queries and reports
Capable of using Google analytics in order to extract information.
Conversant in agile, waterfall, SDLC methodologies.
Skilled in performing requirement analysis, business rules, data flow diagram, flowcharts, business process
modeling & improvement, gap analysis, cause and effect analysis, decision tree, BRD and BRS.

Languages:
Native Tamil Speaker
Beginner in Japanese
Novice French Speaker