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Bhavya Desai

Bhavya Desai

Summer Intern

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  • Timeline

  • About me

    Investment Research Analyst @ The Quantamental Investment Group| Data Science Grad

  • Education

    • The London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE)

      2018 -
      Finance, General

      Activities and Societies: FM250 Attended a Summer School Program in Finance at the London School of Economics and Political Science. The course was divided in two halves. The first half gave a unified perspective of modern valuation methods in the context of three important asset classes: fixed income securities, stocks and derivatives. It then moved on to key concepts of risk, return, diversification, portfolio theory, market efficiency theory and the Capital Asset Pricing Model (CAPM), followed by an understanding… Show more Attended a Summer School Program in Finance at the London School of Economics and Political Science. The course was divided in two halves. The first half gave a unified perspective of modern valuation methods in the context of three important asset classes: fixed income securities, stocks and derivatives. It then moved on to key concepts of risk, return, diversification, portfolio theory, market efficiency theory and the Capital Asset Pricing Model (CAPM), followed by an understanding of derivative instruments like forwards, futures, options and swaps. The second half of the course gave an overview of corporate finance, with a focus on how firms choose their capital structure, the conflicts between shareholders and debt holders that influence how firms are run, and incentives to adopt riskier strategies as a function of overall leverage. Show less

    • Manipal University Jaipur

      2016 - 2020
      Bachelor of Technology - BTech Electronics and Communication Engineering

      Activities and Societies: MUJ Table Tennis club (First team Captain) Led college’s Table Tennis team to the West Zone All India University Table Tennis tournament. Head Co-ordinator of college Sports fest called ‘Abhivarta’ for Table Tennis ,responsible for organising and coordinating the TT tournament

    • Indiana University Bloomington

      2021 - 2023
      Master of Science - MS Data Science

      Activities and Societies: Table Tennis team: IU (National runners up - NCTTA national collegiate Table Tennis championship for the season 2021/22) Relevant coursework: Statistics, Applied Machine Learning, Quant Finance

  • Experience

    • National University of Singapore

      Jun 2019 - Jun 2019
      Summer Intern

      • Led the implementation of a project on neural networks for self-driving car simulations via the Udacity simulator, expanding proficiency in machine learning and deep learning.• Improved the convolutional neural network (CNN) model, achieving a standout 98% accuracy rate, marking a 10% performance improvement in the algorithm.• Collaborated with a leading professor on big data analytics projects, refining skills in data preprocessing, model construction, and evaluation using TensorFlow and Keras frameworks.Moreover, I worked with Hewlett Packard's Asia-Pacific team, gaining valuable insights on Big Data and Hadoop System Administration. Show less

    • Alidhra Weavetech Group (India)

      Jan 2020 - Jul 2020
      Trainee

    • Kelley School of Business - IU

      Jan 2022 - May 2023
      Research Assistant

      Analyzed the risk profile of mortgage-backed securities using Python and statistical models, including logistic regression• Led financial data management, ensuring a 100% accuracy rate for advanced modeling.• Developed and executed SQL scripts for efficient data manipulation and analysis, supporting advanced financial modeling.• Automated data extraction from Google Scholar using BeautifulSoup and Selenium, enabling scalable web data extraction for large datasets.

    • The Quantamental Investment Group LLC

      Jul 2023 - now
      Investment Research Analyst

      • Led bottom-up equity research on mid-cap/large-cap companies, primarily in technology sector using fundamental and quantitative data analysis techniques.• Enhanced data synthesis efficiency by integrating financial data from 3 major platforms, reducing equity research time by 15%.• Enhanced portfolio resilience to adverse market shifts by utilizing ARIMAX and GARCH models to predict market volatilities.•Created dynamic Tableau dashboards to illustrate financial trends and KPIs, incorporating thorough data preprocessing and cleaning on large datasets to produce actionable investment insights. Show less

  • Licenses & Certifications

    • Big Data Analytics using Artificial Neural Networks

      National University of Singapore
      Jun 2019

    • Big Data and Hadoop System Administration

      Hewlett Packard Enterprise
      Jun 2019