Chirag Sapra

Analyst, Private Equity at Standard Chartered Private Equity

Experience
Analyst, Private Equity at Standard Chartered Private Equity
January 2016 - Present (8 months)
Investment Banking Analyst at Avendus Capital
June 2014 - January 2016 (1 year 8 months)
Worked as an Investment Banking Analyst with the Financial Advisory practice of the firm.
Was majorly involved in M&As and PE Syndication with a major focus on the technology and outsourcing
space.
Risk Analyst Intern at Credit Suisse
July 2013 - June 2014 (1 year)
#Worked as a Lead Analyst on aligning the Market Risk VaR methodology with the CVA VaR methodology
as a part of regulatory requirements for the bank
#Worked on Effective Maturity Uncapped change implementation for various OTC derivative trades as a part
of Basel III requirement
#Was involved in framing Business Cases, Business Requirements & Business benefits for the various
changes to be implemented
#Learnt various tools & techniques for Risk Measurement- VaR, Potential Exposure(PE), EPE, Counterparty
Credit Risk, CVA
Summer Intern, Quantitative Research at Hedge Quants
June 2013 - July 2013 (2 months)
#Was involved in developing & executing quantitative trading strategies which included strategy ideation,
back-testing on historical data, optimization of parameters, simulation of strategy on live data & live
execution of the optimized trading strategy- requiring extensive use of MS Excel & MATLAB
#Built a Quant based NIFTY Predictor model with an overall success rate of 63% which went beyond 80% in
some cases.
Summer Intern, Consumer Equity Strategy at Standard Chartered Securities(India) Ltd
May 2012 - July 2012 (3 months)
#Worked on an Intraday trading product- analyzed it for the loopholes in strategy
#Reshuffled the stock universe and introduced new strategies and algorithms for generating intraday trade
calls
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#Gave live Intraday trading calls in domestic equities- Improved the strike rate and average yield for the calls
#Made the complete product manual & process note for the same- The product is live since then and is being
used by the company
Summer Intern, Project Group Leader, GMR VF at GMR Varalakshmi Foundation
May 2011 - July 2011 (3 months)
#Did a Market Research analyzing the demand-supply gap of skilled/unskilled labor Accordingly suggested
new technical courses for Center for Empowerment & Livelihood
#Proposed a Self-Sustainable Business Model for Vermicomposting at Savda( Delhi outskirts )
#Identified Livelihood opportunities for the women at Savda

Courses
MSc(hons.) Mathematics & B.E.(hons.) Mechanical
Engineering, Mathematics & Mechanical
Engineering
Birla Institute of Technology and Science
Numerical Analysis
Elementary Real Analysis
Differential Geometry
Business Analysis & Valuation
New Venture Creation
Security Analysis & Portfolio Management
Financial Engineering
Financial Management
Principles of Management
Technical Report Writing
Optimisation
Operations Research
Data Processing

Honors and Awards

Winner- Credit Suisse HOLT Valuation Challenge 2012
January 2013
One of the Winners of the Credit Suisse HOLT Valuation Challenge 2012 by being among Top 10 globally
after the final stage
Business Competitions
#Qualified for Regional Finals of 2012 CIMA Global Business Challenge by being in the top 25 out of 375
teams in India & top 12 teams in the Northern Region, India

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#Finalists at THE AL GORE SUSTAINABLE TECHNOLOGY VENTURE COMPETITION INDIA 2010

held at Indian Institute of Technology Madras(IIT M), Chennai Amongst Top 6 out of 500 applicants
NTSE Scholar
2007
#National Talent Search(NTSE) Scholar, National Council of Educational Research & Training(NCERT)2007
Olympiads
#All India Rank 86, 33, 9 in National Science Olympiad in the year 2007, 2004 & 2003 respectively
#All India Rank 11 in Mathematics Olympiad conducted by Association of Mathematics Teachers of
India(AMTI)-2005
#All India Rank 32 (Gold Merit Certificate) in National Cyber Olympiad-2004
#All India Rank 34, 12, 6 in National Level Science Talent Search Examination in the year 2005, 2004 &
2003 respectively

Organizations
Mentored-Research
Director, Academic Support- Equity Research Initiative
January 2013 to Present
#Presently overlooking this course in all the 3 campuses of BITS Pilani- Pilani, Goa & Hyd.
#Responsible for sharing articles and relevant course material with the students & timely responding to their
queries
#Took lectures on concepts like Business/Stock Valuation
Mentored-Research
Campus Director, Equity Reserach Initiative, BITS Pilani
July 2012 to December 2012
#Responsible for successfully running the program on campus- leading a team of mentors and students
#Selected on campus mentors & students for the course
#Designed the course material, recorded video lectures by myself
Mentored-Research
Student Mentor, Equity Research Initiative
January 2012 to May 2012
#Mentored & assisted students with the technical aspects of the curriculum and the assignments regarding
Industry Analysis, Company Analysis, Financial & Ratio Analysis, Valuation
Wall Street Club, BITS Pilani
Chief Portfolio Strategist- Investment Division
2012 to 2013
#Led Equity Research & Investments at Club level
#Took lectures on various aspects of Equity Research
#Conducted Finance workshops & discussions on recent happenings in Finance world

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BITS Pilani Consulting Club

Founding Member
2012 to 2013
#Aim was to promote & learn the basics of consulting and cracking Business cases

Skills & Expertise

Investment Banking
Equity Research
Trading
Financial Analysis
Capital Markets
Business Analysis
Valuation
Equity Valuation
Financial Modeling
Equities
Corporate Finance
Financial Risk
Private Equity
Venture Capital
Business Strategy
Mergers & Acquisitions
Banking
Investment Strategies
Quantitative Research
Trading Strategies

Education
Birla Institute of Technology and Science
MSc(hons.) Mathematics & B.E.(hons.) Mechanical Engineering, Mathematics & Mechanical
Engineering, 2009 - 2014
Activities and Societies: Wall Street Club, Equity Research Initiative by Mentored-Research,BITS Pilani
Consulting Club, DREAM JUICES
CFA Institute
Finance, General

Interests
Venture Capital, Private Equity, Investment Banking, Equity Research, Capital Markets, Music, Adventure
Sports, Gyming

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Chirag Sapra
Analyst, Private Equity at Standard Chartered Private Equity

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