Education: PGDBM (Fin/Strat), XLRI Jamshedpur (2024) | BE(H) in E&I BITS Pilani, Rajasthan (2020) | CFA | NISM RA and AIF Distributor Certifications (2022) Work experience: Equity Research Associate, Investec (2025-Current) -Equity Research for the BFSI industry Senior Manager - Structuring & Syndications (Sales), Tata Capital (2024-25) - Structuring & appraising deals across industries Corporate Finance Intern, Metropolitan Stock Exchange (2023-24) - Corporate fundraising Investment Research Intern, Shannonside Capital (2023) - Applied value investing framework for a $80 Bn enterprise, as a summer intern Founder/Trader, Second Order Capital (2021-22) - Generated alpha through trading backtested - in Python - delta-neutral options strategies Product Owner, Axis Bank - Digital Banking (2020-21) - Developed the Digital CASA portfolio Demand Consultant - Intern, Cogoport (2019) - Increased inorganic sales through market outreach and GTM Research Intern, CLRI-CSIR (2018) - Researched digital image processing in Python for texture analysis