Avi Sankritya | 18ME10081

ACADEMIC PROFILE
Year Institution Degree/Examination Percentage/CGPA
2022 Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur B.Tech in Mechanical Engineering 9.10/10.00
2017 Chinmaya Vidyalaya Bokaro AISSCE (XII) 94.40%
2015 Chinmaya Vidyalaya Bokaro AISSE (X) 10.00/10.00
• Among the top 5% students (out of a total of 1,400+) to be awarded department change based on freshman year academic excellence
• Awarded the Kishore Vaigyanik Protsahan Yojana (KVPY) Fellowship for the year 2018 by the Department of Science and Technology
• 1 among 1,000 to be selected from a pool of over 8,00,000 examinees for the National Talent Search Examination (NTSE) scholarship

INTERNSHIPS AND PROJECTS

Goldman Sachs | Summer Analyst Jun ’21 – July ’21
Worked in Global Markets division to assess and report the management of profit & loss (PnL) generated by Initial Margin (IM) payments
• Analyzed the Initial Margin payments on an exchange level; identified the driving factors and provided scope to reduce exchange IM
• Computed the total IM attribution for 40,000+ trades daily by classifying them and using their respective weights and correlation factors
• Performed the calculations for net IM charges incurred in order to facilitate the initial margin payments and manage intra division PnL
• Enhanced the transparency for IM attribution by breakdown reports; received appreciation from MD, Structured Products Strats, NYC
• Received Pre-Placement Offer (PPO) for the role of Analyst in Global Markets Division on the basis of excellent performance feedback

AlgoZenith | Product Management Intern Apr ’21 – May ’21

Spearheaded the expansion of Algozenith’s Quant division by assessing and enhancing course content for an audience of 500+ students
• Designed an enhanced User Interface (UI) for quant puzzles and questions on the website and developed wireframe for admin page
• Conceptualized feedback feature on website, a more interactive version of previous onboarding to increase user comprehensiveness
• Gathered and refined specifications and requirements based on technical needs; increasing the average customer ratings by 40%
Indian School of Business, Hyderabad | Research Intern May ’20 – Jun ’20
Collaborated on a project with Prof. Ashwini Chhatre to study the impact of NREGA investments on economic activity of rural population
• Formulated text matching algorithms for mapping 250,000 NREGA Gram Panchayats to local government directory of central government
• Enhanced the accuracy for NREGA Panchayat mappings from 88% to 96% by establishing methods for multi lingual textual support
• Generated shortest distance routes from Panchayats to agricultural markets; saving an average of 14% on the fuel costs for farmers

POSITIONS OF RESPONSIBILITY
Technology Students’ Gymkhana | Public Relations Chair Jan ’21 – Present
Overview • Highest nominated post among 12,000+ students; led Institute public relations and media management projects
• Streamlined various mental health and internship bootcamp sessions with a cumulative reach of 5000+ students
Initiatives • Established Institute Women’s group as a safe space for sharing problems and efficient dissemination of information
• Supervised the conduction of first ever online Gymkhana elections; designed the web portal for student voting process
• Compiled the Placement preparation repository for students to access various resources at the comfort of their homes
Impact • Boosted media outreach of IIT KGP by 240% and online reach by 40%; assisted in improving QS ranking from 314 to 280
54th Inter IIT Sports Meet 2019 | Core Team Member May ’19 – Feb ‘20
Overview • Worked under President - Gymkhana on three valuable fronts - Sponsorship, Accommodation and Event Management
• Spearheaded a team of 10 crew members for the planning and execution of the 9-day long grand sporting extravaganza
Leadership • Organized high profile delegate visit (viz. Amitabh Choudhary) and worked on logistical planning and conceptualization
• Collectively raised INR 3.55 million through corporate sponsorship from 45 companies (200% YOY increase) for the meet
Teamwork
• Organized 548 sporting events, 9 cultural nights and 8 guest lectures with a participation of 3000+ students from 20+ IITs

PROGRAMMING
• Ratings: Expert on Codeforces(Maximum Rating 1696) • Programming Languages : C/C++ | Python
EXTRA-CURRICULAR ACTIVITIES
• Part of the Gold winning Quiz Team of IIT Kharagpur in the 4th Inter IIT Cultural Meet 2019 held at IIT Bombay
• Secured First position for Azad Hall of Residence in Open IIT Quiz-2019 organized by Technology Students’ Gymkhana
Quizzing • Part of the Bronze winning Quiz Team of IIT Kharagpur in Nihilanth 2020 (Inter IIT - IIM Quiz Meet) at IIT Madras
• Bagged Silver medal for Azad Hall in Inter Hall Sci Tech Quiz and Inter Hall Biz Quiz in General Championship - 2019
• Taught pro-bono online tuition classes for 25 higher secondary school students from economically weaker families
Social
• National Winner of Case Study Competitions “India Calling” and “A Mighty Pen” among 300+ teams in Spring Fest 2020
Music • Awarded Junior Diploma with First Division in Classical Music by Prayag Sangeet Samiti, Prayagraj
Mentorship • Mentored 4 freshmen giving insights into different facets of the institute and guided them in crucial decision making

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