AVIJIT MOHAPATRA

Male, 22 years
Education
BTech(Hons) Institute rank-5/332
NIT Rourkela 2009 9.48/10
Electronics Instrumentation Branch topper in 2nd year
Class 12(ICSE) Ispat English Medium School, Rourkela 2005 92.2% 2nd out of 139 in school
Class 10(ICSE) Ispat English Medium School, Rourkela 2003 95.83% 2nd out of 108 in school
Academic Achievements
• Recipient of NTSE scholarship awarded by NCERT to India’s top 0.5% meritorious students (2003)
Scholarships • Among the top 20 students at NIT Rourkela, nominated for OP Jindal Scholarship for 2 years (2007, 2008)
• Awarded scholarship by Association of Orissa ICSE schools for 7 consecutive years (1997- 2003)
• All India Rank 29 out of 1,80,000 students in 7th National Science Olympiad (2005)
• All India Rank 72 in 5th National Science Olympiad among students from 1900 schools (2003)
Olympiads • Ranked 8th in Junior Mathematics Olympiad organized by Orissa Mathematical society (2000)
• Ranked 4th in Chemistry Olympiad organized by Orissa Chemical Society (2005)
• Awarded Silver Merit Certificate in 2nd National Cyber Olympiad (2003)
• Working with a FII team of 9 on a project related to "Market Entry Strategy" for a Fortune 500 firm
• Co-authored a paper in National Telecom Journal, ‘Telecommunication’, Vol. 57, Issue5, Sep-Oct 07
National
• Co-authored a paper which was selected among 382 participants in HP Innovate 2008
Publications
And • Forecasting of stock exchange closing prices using evolutionary computational techniques BTech project, 2009
Projects
Developed neural network models to achieve more than 94% accuracy for 60 days ahead prediction
• Summer training at Rourkela Steel Plant, Steel Authority of India Limited May 2008-July 2008

Minimized failure rate of thickness gauging systems resulting in an annual saving of INR 25.5mn for RSP
• Secured offers for admission in PGDM from all 7 IIMs (2009)
• Secured 99.96 percentile in CAT 2008 out of 2,70,000 applicants with 99.99 percentile in DI (2008)
Awards and • Offered position upon graduation from $3.16 bn NYSE listed Amdocs Development Centre India (2008)
Recognitions • Awarded NSE’s Certification in Financial markets for Derivatives and Financial Markets (scored 95%) (2008)
• Recognized as Oracle PL/SQL Developer Certified Associate by Oracle Certification Program (2007)
• Placed among the top 1.5% out of 3,97,030 applicants in AIEEE (2005)
Positions of Responsibility
• Member of Abacus, Quantitative Club, IIM Ahmedabad: One of 6 PGP1s selected for the cell (2009-2010)

Organized Nut Cracker 2009, the puzzle competition for PGP1 and PGP2 students
• Core Committee Member of Insight 2009, IIM Ahmedabad: Member of a team of 33 first year members (2009-2010)

Responsibilities include soliciting sponsorships and end to end management of the annual market research event of IIM A
• Selected member of Faculty Student Interaction cell, IIM Ahmedabad: One of 7 PGP1s selected for the cell (2009-2010)
• Co-ordinator of NITR Sun Microsystem club selected at national level through Sun Campus Ambassador Program (2007-2009)

Led a group of 14 students to popularize open source technology in a campus of 1000 students
• Member of Udaan Club, aero modeling and robotics cub of the technical society, NIT Rourkela (2007-2009)

Organized the robotics events and aero-modeling workshops during the INR 10 lakh event of Confluence 2008
• Departmental Co-ordinator of Cybersoft, NIT Rourkela: Database management advisor for departmental project (2008-2009)
Extra Curricular Activities
• 1st in technical paper presentation, ‘Confluence 2008’, the annual techno management festival, NIT Rourkela
National • 1st in paper presentation event on Corporate Social Responsibility, ‘Confluence 2008’, NIT Rourkela
Symposiums • 2nd in ‘Cognizance’, technical paper presentation, ‘Optima 2008’, the techno management fest, IIT Kharagpur
• Finalist at Eureka, technical paper presentation, ‘Kshitij 2007, the techno management fest, IIT Kharagpur
• Co-Editor of Degree 361, the official magazine of NIT Rourkela
Literary
Responsibilities included preparing blueprint, getting sponsorship and designing cover pages
Interests • Won first prize in inter-city essay competitions organized by Rourkela Steel Plant
• Learnt German as a foreign language and qualified successfully in Grundstufe I (Level 1)
• Finalist in Affaires, business plan contest at Optima 2008, IIT Kharagpur
Business
events • 1st in PSpice, business simulation event, Confluence 2008, NIT Rourkela
• 2nd best share broker at virtual stock market event held during Arthayaan 2008, business events, NIT Rourkela
• Ranked 3rd in the city in CSI-Unitech Quiz organized by Computer Society of India (2002)
Quizzing • Won the inter city quiz competition organized by Youth Hostel Association of India (2004)
• Won the inter city metals and materials quiz organized by Indian Institute of Metals (2004)
Interests • Amateur blogger, public speaking and cricket
Phone: +91-79-6632-6153 Mob: +91-9510885017 email: 9avijitm@iimahd.ernet.in
Dorm# 21 Room# 03 IIM Ahmedabad, Vastrapur, Ahmedabad -380015, Gujarat, India.