Portfolio Optimization using Markowitz Model

Core Team Member 

Executive Head

Micro-Specialization

I.Sc

Integrated MSc

- Our hall won Technology General Championship for the first time

Advisor

•	Improved the performance of my Hall's teams by 30% by forming an advisory group to review reports and PPTs before submission
•	Managed a budget of INR 1.5L and reduced expenses on SaaS tools by 40% by claiming student credits and using open-source alternative tools
•	Held workshops before events to inform freshers about the importance of tech events resulting in an increase in students' participation by 35%

General Secretary Technology

Objective: To analyze various sectors and evaluate startups by doing competitive and market research, industry analysis, and solution feasibility
 • Evaluated pitch decks of multiple startups, by analyzing relevant metrics to determine whether they aligned with the firm’s investment criteria
 • Worked on developing an investment theme within the sector focus of Superb Capital to identify whitespaces in those industries

Venture Capital Analyst 

Objective: To facilitate Wizdom’s growth by creating a freemium business model and features for non-premium users to increase their retention
•	Conceptualized two new features to increase retention & wireframed a prototype using Figma, and documented all technical requirements
•	Increased time spent on the app by 23% by changing the content to be published on app based on analyzing user data and user interviews
•	Reduced CAC by 9% by doing selective targeting of Wizdom’s potential in Facebook and Google ads after analyzing Google Play Store data

Product Management and Strategy Intern

•	Wrote a Python script to evaluate participants' contribution during Kharagpur Winter of Code and thus reducing evaluation time by 80%
•	Hosted Git & GitHub, Python workshops to introduce freshers on contributing to open source with a footfall of over 300+ students
•	Contributed in open source projects, including ERP Autologin and others which are meant to help 15k+ students of IIT Kharagpur

Team - RM Servicing and Builders
Objective: Increase leads via new CTAs for new builder’s projects, streamline lead generation and decrease customer calls for paid plans
 • Elevated lead generation by 11% and generated INR 6 Cr+ monthly revenue through the strategic implementation of 2 new CTAs
 • Reduced inbound and outbound calls by 32% and 10% respectively through a product and communications overhaul for a premium plan
 • Achieved a 30% higher closure rate of referral leads for paid subscriptions by optimizing lead generation process for resale properties

Product Analyst (PPO Offered)

First Cheque is a sector-agnostic VC fund that typically invests at the pre-idea stage.

Venture Capital Fellow

Core Team Member

- Was selected to be among the top 150 startups from a pool of 1000+ startups from all across India. 
- Attended masterclasses from top entrepreneurs on topics including Ideation, Product Development, Fund Raising, Sales and Marketing, Financing, Management and more.

100x VC Gurukul Cohort 2.0

Stockplot 
A platform which allows users to back-test several strategies on Indian stocks and educate users about finance via blogs
•	Built an API middleware in Python and deployed it on Heroku to fetch data from Yahoo Finance to be used for the back testing of strategies
•	Added functions to allow users to back test strategies using technical indicators (Bollinger Bands, RSI etc.) on Indian stocks
•	Designed the UI/UX of dashboard and web app, along with user flow diagrams and wrote blogs about technical indicators

GLOBAL REMOTE MENTORING PROGRAM

clite is a platform to help college students explore different career domains and get mentorship from their career twin
It was my first attempt at entrepreneurship, and it helped me learn various things I believe I would never have learnt any other way. 

•	Designed UI/UX and developed an app using Flutter and Firebase and launched it on Play Store leading to 2000+ downloads with 4.9 rating
•	Generated revenue of INR 7K, via clite mentorship initiative having a gross margin of 20% and helping 23 students get mentored
•	Achieved 70% adoption rate in 7 campuses and increased user base to 2000+ by launching clite Academics (a section to get notes)
•	Launched blogs and podcasts on the app which helped us to reduce churn and increased retention by 24% over a month
•	Hired and managed a team of 10 interns to help us expand our services to 6 more colleges leading to 4x increase in our userbase

Founder

Developed a mobile application using Flutter 

Mobile Application Developer

Incoming Product @ NoBroker | Economics @ IIT KGP | Writes The Curiosity Letter

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