dheeraj agarwal 17D110017

Metallurgical Engineering & Material Science UG Third Year (Dual Degree)

Indian Institute of Technology Bombay Male
Specialization: Ceramics and Composites DOB: 24/09/1999

Examination University Institute Year CPI / %

Graduation IIT Bombay IIT Bombay 2020 7.80

SCHOLASTIC ACHIEVEMENTS
• Recipient of prestigious National Talent Search Examination(NTSE) Scholarship [2015]
• Bagged State Rank 4 and All India Rank 19 in International Mathematics Olympiad, SOF [2014]
• Secured State Rank 10 in GK Olympiad conducted by Society of Science Education, India [2011]

INTERNSHIP/ EXPERIENCE
Analysis of Banking and Retail Sector | IIM Ahmedabad | Prof. Sanjay Verma May ’19 - Jul ’19
• Conducted DuPont Analysis on 5 top banks (HDFC, SBI, PNB, BoB, ICICI) and analyzed their RoE
• Used Net Profit Margins, Asset Turnover Ratios and Equity Multipliers for past 10 years to do so
• Analyzed the Indian Retail sector and evaluated top 10 retail companies based on their Financial Ratios
• Created a stack-flow model of Du-pont analysis for Banking sector using Vensim
• Studied the impact of changing different parameters of the stack-flow model on company’s Return on Equity
Market Research Internship | IIM Ahmedabad | Prof. Jeevant Rampal May ’19 - Jul ’19
• Designed a survey form for primary research using the principles of Game theory and Market Research
• Identified the electoral choices of the voters and the percentage sample voting for each of PM, MP and Party
• Analyzed the cleansed sample data on political views and the major factors affecting each voter’s preference

POSITIONS OF RESPONSIBILITY
Finance Club Manager | UGAC, IIT Bombay Apr ’19 - Present
• Leading a two-tier team of six people for conduction of events for 5000+ undergraduates in the institute
• Editor-in-Chief of first ever monthly finance magazine called FinStreak; reached 3000+ readers
• Proposing an Investment Team with a New York based finance startup to form an institute wide portfolio
• Collaborated with IIM Ahmedabad and Blackstone to organize certified bootcamps, attended by 150+
• Ideating a yearlong Finance Mentorship Programme with Deutsche Bank to encourage women in finance
Mentor | Department Academic Mentorship Program Apr ’19 - Present
• Selected on the basis of academic performance, social behaviour and peer-reviews, among 75+ applicants.
• Mentoring a group of 8 sophomores by helping them to overcome academic and personal problems.
Convenor, Vaani Club | Institute Cultural Council Aug ’18 - Dec’18
• Negotiated with India’s eminent poets and brought down the expense of club’s annual fest, Izhaar by 33%
• Headed the Marketing team and worked for the promotion of Vaani club and its events in Institute
• Managed the annual budget of club and distributed the expenses for the whole tenure for various events
KEY PROJECTS UNDERTAKEN
Equity Portfolio Management| Alphabeta Inc May ’19-Jun ’19
• Studied the Pairs Trading, Momentum Trading, Accrual Trading and Value trading strategies
• Simulated them over 8 years of market data and studied parameters like alpha, beta, sharpe ratio for each
• Identified entry/exit, best sectors and timeframe where each of these strategies works the best
• Managing a virtual portfolio of Rs 7,00,000 for a 9-month long competition using these strategies
Data Analysis Project | Course Project | Prof. Shobha Shukla Aug ’18-Dec ’18
• Studied parameters like time horizon, alpha, beta and risk apetite affecting returns of a mutual fund
• Conducted a survey in IIT Bombay of around 200 students to check their expertise on Mutual Funds
• Used Excel extensively to analyze the data and presented final results in front of 120+ students
Chain reaction simulator | Course Project | Prof. Krishna S. Jan ’18-Mar ’18
• Efficiently programmed the popular game called Chain-reaction using C++ language for 2 players
EXTRACURRICULARS
• Bagged first prize in Hindi Poetry Recitation Competition in Freshieza among 10+ students [2017]
• One of my self composed poem got published in Vaani Club, IIT Bombay magazine, Spandan [2018]
• Was a part of the team securing 1st rank in Institute Crossy (5 km) [2018]
• Received first prize in Chattra Kavi Sammelan 2019 where 20+ students participants [2019]