Vignesh Thakkar

Vignesh Thakkar

Machine Intelligence Undergraduate Research Fellow

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  • About me

    Market Risk @ NatWest Group || CFA || IIM Kashipur || Jadavpur University

  • Education

    • Delhi Public School, Ruby Park

      2009 - 2015
      High School Science 96.0%
    • Jadavpur University

      2015 - 2019
      Bachelor of Technology (B.Tech.) Electrical and Electronics Engineering 7.81

      Activities and Societies: Class Representative, Member of Jadavpur University Science Club, Member of Jadavpur University Linux Users Group, Member of Jadavpur University Code Club.

    • Indian Institute of Management Kashipur

      2019 - 2021
      Master of Business Administration - MBA Finance, Analytics 8.6
  • Experience

    • Indian Institute of Technology, Kharagpur

      May 2017 - May 2018
      Machine Intelligence Undergraduate Research Fellow

      Deep Learning | Computer Vision | Bio-Medical Imaging

    • Indian Institute of Management Kashipur

      Jul 2019 - Apr 2021
      Executive Member, The IT and Analytics Club
    • Tata Steel

      Apr 2020 - Jun 2020
      Management Intern

      International B2B Business Strategy

    • Virtusa

      Jun 2021 - May 2022
      Associate Consultant
    • NatWest Group

      May 2022 - now
      Senior Analyst - Traded Market Risk

      Covering EMEA Fixed Income Rates & Credit Trading- Covering end-to-end Market Risk Management, Analytics and Reporting activities.- Developed factor-based P&L Attribution Model for EMEA Fixed Income Rates & Credit trading business. Modelled risk factors - Rates, Tenor Basis, Bond Swap Spread (for Govies), Credit Spreads (for Corporates, SSAs & CDS), Inflation, IOTA (for Linkers), Cash-Future Basis (for Bond Futures).- Explaining key risk-factors driving P&L to highlight any significant challenges the trading desk might be facing due to exposures to stressed risk factors.- Ownership of establishing, negotiating & monitoring key risk limits & utilizations for all the trading desks under Fixed Income Flow Credit trading business.- Ownership of analytics, quantification & sign-off of non-modellable risk factors through RNIVs for Fixed Income Flow Credit trading business.- Ownership of modelling, quantification, analytics & sign-off of stress-testing scenarios for Fixed Income Flow Credit trading business.- Ownership of making weekly Market Risk packs for regulatory reporting & highlighting significant challenges to the trading business based on risk exposures, key macro-developments & significant market events. Show less

  • Licenses & Certifications

    • CFA Level 1

      CFA Institute
      Nov 2021
    • Microsoft Excel - Beginners

      EDUCBA
      Oct 2019
      View certificate certificate
    • CFA Level 2

      CFA Institute
      Nov 2022
    • Corporate Valuation

      EDUCBA
      Apr 2019
    • Finance and Banking Fundamentals

      Finitiatives Learning India Pvt Ltd. (FLIP)
      Sept 2019
      View certificate certificate
    • Lean Six Sigma Green Belt (ICGB)

      KPMG India
    • CFA Level 3

      CFA Institute
      Feb 2024
    • Financial Modeling

      EDUCBA
      Apr 2019
  • Honors & Awards

    • Awarded to Vignesh Thakkar
      Scholar Badge - Class XI Delhi Public School, Ruby Park, Kolkata Apr 2015
    • Awarded to Vignesh Thakkar
      Scholar Badge - Class X Delhi Public School, Ruby Park, Kolkata Apr 2013
    • Awarded to Vignesh Thakkar
      School Topper National Science Olympiad Nov 2012
  • Volunteer Experience

    • Member

      Issued by Institution of Engineering and Technology (IET) on Sept 2016
      Institution of Engineering and Technology (IET)Associated with Vignesh Thakkar
    • Class Representative

      Issued by Jadavpur University on Aug 2015
      Jadavpur UniversityAssociated with Vignesh Thakkar
    • Active Member

      Issued by Jadavpur University, Science Club on Sept 2015
      Jadavpur University, Science ClubAssociated with Vignesh Thakkar