EESHAAN CHAUHAN | 20HS20021

ECONOMICS (M.Sc. 5Y)

MINOR in MATHEMATICS & COMPUTING (M.Sc. 5Y)
MICRO SPL. in OPTIMIZATION THEORY AND APPLICATIONS, ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE AND
APPLICATIONS
EDUCATION
Year Degree/Exam Institute CGPA/Marks
2025 5 YRS M.SC IIT Kharagpur 8.51 / 10
2020 CBSE Class 12 CBSE 93.4%%
2018 CBSE Class 10 CBSE 91.2%%
INTERNSHIPS
MITACS Research Intern | University of Saskatchewan [May'23 - Jul'23]
•Trained models to classify Gout from Green Artifacts in DE-CT Images using Image processing and DL
•Proposed a Noval approach with pipeline of Localisation followed by Classification model
•Increased the Classification accuracy to 69.8% using 3D-CNNs; untainable using classical image processing
•Argument Mining project; Improved the accuracy on the benchmark task to 73.2% using XLM-RoBERTa
Research Intern | University of Tartu [Dec'22 - Feb'23]
•Researched Reinforment Learning with Human Feedback techniques with sentence generator models
•Researched possible biases in the Large Language Models due to the training data biases avalable
•Trained models for Named Entity Recognition, Question Answering using different Transformer based models
COMPETITION/CONFERENCE
DevRev: Domain Specific Chatbot | Inter IIT | Silver [Dec'22 - Feb'23]
Objective: Devloping a Domain specific Chatbot that answers the Questions based on a prior given dataset
•Implemented Multiple Models with different Question Answering techniques combined with Document Retrieval
•Achieved a Classification Accuracy of 0.6391 and a SQuAD F1 of 0.319 with distil-BERT + DrQA Retriver
•Reduced the Inference time by 50% to 186.5ms using ONNX with Quantization making it light weight
•Headed the Presentation and Design Team for the final submissions; Deployed Chatbots with Best Models online
PROJECTS
Determinants of Foreign Direct Investment in India | Professor Pulak Mishra [Nov'22 - Dec'22]
•Employed a Time Series Analysis Model using Stata to assess the causal relationships between FDI and Trade
•Applied ADF test to test for stationarity in time series & Jo-Hanneson test to check Data cointegration
•Applied the VAR model to assess the possible dynamic behavior and Checked for its Stability &Autocorrelation
•Applied Granger Causality Wald Test to assess the directionality of the relationship between FDI and Trade
Equity Research Report on Hindustan Unilever Ltd. | Professor Gourishankar Hiremath [Feb'23 - Apr'23]
•Recommended to HOLD the stock by conducting comprehensive valuation using DCF analysis, which involved
forecasting future free cash flows using historical data, macroeconomic trends and company's future plans
•Conducted analysis of HUL's diverse portfolio, evaluating brand performance and share to company's financials
•Conducted in-depth Industry analysis for HUL, examined market trends, competitive landscape &growth
•Conducted ratio analysis, analyzing the key financial metrics over time and also comparing with industry peers
AWARDS AND ACHIEVEMENTS
•Among top 2%(AIR 4428) in Joint Entrance Examination (Advanced) 2020 among 250,000 shortlisted candidates.
•Bagged top 0.5% (AIR 3990) among of the 1,300,000 applicants in Joint Entrance Examination (Mains) 2020
•Part of 2 nd Runner-up position team in Case Competition and Data Analytics in General Championship 2022
POSITIONS OF RESPONSIBILITY
EXECUTIVE HEAD Growth and Research Portfolio | 180 Degrees Consulting | IIT Kharagpur
180 Degrees Consulting is the world’s largest volunteer consultancy, providing counsel to social enterprises across 33 countries
•Mentored 30+ student consultants providing innovative & feasible business solutions to corporate, tech startups & NGOs
•Published blogs and Case studies on various topics, scraping and analysing data to back the insights derived from theory
•Soil Regenration Project: Developed detailed Marketing Strategy for awareness of issues using Social Media Research
•Myna Mahila Project: Used researched design techniques to suggest changes in the Website Structure &Maketing Posters
EXTRA CURRICULAR ACTIVITIES
Sports: Long Distance Athelete; Won a Silver in 800m and a Bronze in 400m at Inter-Hall Athletics Meet
Socult: Won Silver at Inter-Hall Group Dance Competition; Part of Eastern Vocals team in Inter-Hall GC 2022
Volunteer at National Service Scheme aimed at contributing to society throughawareness drives and services
!Self declared by the student, CDC could not verify the relevant documents