Utkarsh Arora

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About me
Transforming Businesses through Strategic Insights | Founder @VittVichaar | PwC | VAHDAM | FinX | SSCBS | CFA L1 Candidate
Education
- Shaheed Sukhdev College Of Business Studies
  2020 - 2023
  Bachelor of Management Studies Finance, General 8.45
  Semester 61) Business Policy & Strategy 2) Financial Institutions & Markets3) International Finance 4) Investment Banking & Financial services Semester 5 1) Business Analysis & Valuation 2) Investment Analysis & Portfolio Management 3) Quantitative Techniques for Management4) Legal Aspects of Business Semester 41) Business Research 2) Operations Management 3) Human Resource Management 4) Financial Management 5) Statistical… Show more Semester 61) Business Policy & Strategy 2) Financial Institutions & Markets3) International Finance 4) Investment Banking & Financial services Semester 5 1) Business Analysis & Valuation 2) Investment Analysis & Portfolio Management 3) Quantitative Techniques for Management4) Legal Aspects of Business Semester 41) Business Research 2) Operations Management 3) Human Resource Management 4) Financial Management 5) Statistical Software Packages Semester 31) Basics of Statistical Inference 2) Management Accounting3) Macro Economics4) Principles of Marketing5) IT Tools For BusinessSemester 21) Managerial Economics 2) Business Accounting 3) Inventory Management 4) English CommunicationSemester 11) Business Ethics & Corporate Governance 2) Statistics for Business Decision3) Fundamentals of Management & Organisational Behaviour 4) Environmental Studies Show less
- N.K. Bagrodia Public School
  2008 - 2020
  Commerce with Maths 95.8%
  Activities and Societies: Class Topper (Economics, Accountancy), Cultural Captain, Debating Team, Annual School Play, School Basketball Team
Experience
- FinX - The Finance Society of SSCBS
  Jan 2021 - Jun 2023
  ▪ Hosted the flagship event “Bulls & Bears”, national finance festival ‘FinWiz’ (prizes – INR 3,50,000) with 5+ sponsors, witnessing 3000+ participants; interviewed industry experts – Anurag Yadav (Founder: Career Edge), Shashank Jain (Stakeboat Capital)▪ Pioneered the editorial department; published 10+ articles & posts on E-Rupi, Electric Revolution, Crypto Currencies, etc.; prepared & posted weekly stock analysis using technical charts & patterns; initiated FinX Investment Fund with a corpus of 20K & α - 6.3% p.a. Show less
  - Advisory Committee Member
    Jun 2022 - Jun 2023
  - Core Committee
    May 2021 - Jun 2022
  - Organizing Committee Member
    Jan 2021 - May 2021
- CBS Debating Society
  Jan 2021 - Jul 2021
  Organizing Committee Member
  ▪ Awarded National Runner-Up at Polemic'21 (Annual Debating Festival of Hansraj College, University of Delhi▪ Practiced and preached various debates on first principles, ongoing social issues, and historical intervention and reversals
- Project Vitt Vichaar
  Jan 2021 - now
  Founder
  ▪ Spearheaded a team of 50+ socially conscious individuals conducting 15+ financial literacy sessions on basic banking, ATM operations, digital transactions & safety, SHGs, and budgeting serving 500+ underprivileged individuals; awarded Best Initiative 2020-21 ▪ Organized Aadhar Card Camp in association with UIDAI, provisioning identity proofs for 40+ migrated rural people; cataloged 13+ primary surveys with 1000+ respondents in urban slums for understanding their awareness levels & adoption rate of financial services; instituted a social media educative series synthesizing informative posts, reels reaching a traction of 50K+ accounts▪ Facilitated a podcast series “Decoding Sociopreneurs” with distinguished guests like Nikita Baliarsingh (Founder: Nexus Power), Vikramaditya Kumar Taneja (Founder: BLC, DU Connect), Akansh Jain (Founder: EntreLogy), Garima Goel (Founder: Project Raahat) Show less
- FinLadder
  Apr 2021 - May 2021
  Research Analyst
  ▪ Elicited a top-down approach for the Ed-Tech sector covering segments K12, higher education, test preparation, upskilling & language▪ Collected data points through secondary research & competitor analysis – market size, key trends, challenges, average user growth (paid/unpaid), affordability trends, acquisition costs, and retention rates; received a letter of recommendation
- Fam
  Jun 2021 - Jul 2021
  Financial Research Intern
  ▪ Conducted in-depth market research of the Indian education loan sector worth $10B+; analyzed risk and feasibility quotient of Fampay through PESTEL & SWOT; prepared a risk & feasibility analysis report for legal and technical aspects adhering RBI guidelines▪ Evaluated 15+ competitors in the neo-banking space using KPIs like burn rate, NPAs, market capitalization & demographic analysis ▪ Devised 5+ primary surveys to analyze the correlation between financial habits/ awareness & fintech adoption among students Show less
- Finanddata
  Sept 2021 - Oct 2021
  Valuation and Financial Modelling Intern
  Qualitative Research on the Energy Sector –▪ Analyzed the Steel sector on a global as well as national level with regards to its past trends, future growth potential, cyclicity, government policysupport and market competitionAnalysis of the Industry and Valuation of Borosil Renewables and Tata Power –▪ Prepared Real-time Stock Market Dashboard using Power-BI displaying precise metricsrelevant to investors▪ Prepared a Three-statement Financial Model for Borosil Renewables and Tata Power through DCFand Relative Valuation methods Show less
- VAHDAM® India
  Sept 2021 - Nov 2021
  Strategy Intern
  ▪ Conducted pricing analysis for an upcoming product line of spices benchmarking 15+ competitors across 5 different geographies; synthesized strategies through market mapping for improved branding & product scaling▪ Undertook primary market research on the organic spices manufacturers & experts, analyzed and presented the data to launch 22+ new spices with specific KPIs; charted 3 strategies for outbound logistics and packaging▪ Engaged in product technical analysis (USPs, origin, health evaluation); formulated product market fit – quantity, source & pricing Show less
- PwC
  May 2022 - Aug 2022
  Financial Strategy & Digital Transformation Summer Intern
  ▪ Curated 5+ business requirement documents & 7+ project charters for process automation for treasury, AR, AP, tax & payroll teams, reducing the processing time by 70% & process costs by 30%; conducted UATs & process enhancement discussions▪ Devised a competitive analysis for employee reimbursement applications based on quantitative ratings and qualitative features in association with the CFO office; administered BOT development alongside the coding team applying VMs, UI Path, Blue Prism
Licenses & Certifications
- Financial Markets (Honours)
  Coursera
  Jan 2021
Honors & Awards
- Awarded to Utkarsh Arora
  International Winner | Genio Innovation Challenge Case Study University of Moratuwa, Sri Lanka Jun 2022 Awarded the first position internationally by building a social entrepreneurship model based on Grameen-based food preparation and delivery systems helping an association of underprivileged women.
- Awarded to Utkarsh Arora
  National Runner Up | Polemic’21, Debate Tournament Hansraj College, University of Delhi Nov 2021 Awarded as the Novice Runner Ups at the 21st edition of Polemic, the annual debating festival at Hansraj College.
- Awarded to Utkarsh Arora
  National Winner | Aarohan 3.0 (Investment and Portfolio Management) Netaji Subhash University of Technology (NSUT) Sep 2021 Our team was involved in a portfolio management challenge that involved the usage of price-volume analysis and various fundamental and technical indicator-based decisions to create a portfolio constituting 10 asset classes throughout the challenge and rebalancing it, whenever necessary.
- Awarded to Utkarsh Arora
  National 2nd Runner Up | Valuation Challenge Shri Ram College of Commerce (SRCC), University of Delhi Aug 2021 Curated a valuation model using DCF and relative techniques and proposed the decision for demerger of ITC Ltd. to ensure the optimum utilization of free cashflows.
- Awarded to Utkarsh Arora
  National Runner Up | Comquest’21 (Finance Espresso) Lady Shri Ram College, University of Delhi Jun 2021 This finance challenge involved data visualization and ratio analysis to select the best investment bet. This challenge constituted 3 rounds including a quiz, an excel round, and a presentation round.
- Awarded to Utkarsh Arora
  National Finalist (Top 10) | Finopoly, Finance Event IIM Indore May 2021 This challenge involved data analysis and a presentation on the causes of the 2008 financial crisis and the solution to revamp the economy after the same.
- Awarded to Utkarsh Arora
  National Finalist (Top 5) | Game of Shadows (Game Theory Event) IIM Indore May 2021 This was a really interesting game theory event that involved probabilistic calculations and tested your negotiation skills to diverge the situation in your favor.
- Awarded to Utkarsh Arora
  National 1st Runners-up - Finance Espresso, Lady Shri Ram College for Women, University of Delhi Lady Shri Ram College for Women, University of Delhi Mar 2021 Secured 2nd position in the Finance Espresso (Finance Event), COMQUEST'21 organized by the Department of Commerce, Lady Shri Ram College for Women.
- Awarded to Utkarsh Arora
  Best Speaker | Debate Competition (Farm Bills) Shaheed Sukhdev College of Business Studies (SSCBS), University of Delhi Oct 2020
- Awarded to Utkarsh Arora
  Certificate of Appreciation | Live Entrepreneurship Program Connecting Dreams Foundation | SRCC Jul 2020
- Awarded to Utkarsh Arora
  Gold Medalist | Economics Olympiad Ecovisionnaire Feb 2020 Awarded the state topper in an economics-based Olympiad organized by Ecovisionnaire.