JAYATEE SRIVASTAVA | 20HS20027

ECONOMICS (M.Sc. 5Y)

MINOR in MATHEMATICS & COMPUTING (M.Sc. 5Y)
EDUCATION
Year Degree/Exam Institute CGPA/Marks
2025 5 YRS M.SC IIT Kharagpur 8.53 / 10
2020 Central Board of Secondary Education Daisy Dales Senior Secondary School, Indore 90.60%
2018 Indian Certificate of Secondary Education Laurels School International, Indore 91.40%
INTERNSHIPS AND PROJECTS
MITACS Globalink Research Intern | McMaster University | Ontario | Prof. Kai Huang [May '23 - Jul '23]
Overview: Investigating the recycling strategies of Electric Vehicle components (such as the battery)
• Reviewed 25+ research papers on existing scope of Electric Vehicle components recycling, investigating the status quo of optimization
• Surveyed possible optimization procedures to increase the efficiency of recycling processes to 90-95%, taking sustainability into account
• Compiled multiple illustrative reports and implemented Operations Research on the optimization problem, analysing its feasibility
Stationarity Analysis and Autocorrelation Correction in Google Stock Prices | IIT Kharagpur | Prof. Pulak Mishra [Apr '22]
• Analysed stationarity in Google’s stock prices, investigated and ran tests to look for autocorrelation using Breusch-Godfrey test on Stata
• Rectified the problem of non-stationarity in the time-series model, identified autocorrelation using the Berenblutt-Webb test
FDI and Multi-Brand Retail in India | IIT Kharagpur | Prof. Kishor Goswami [March '22]
• Analysed justifiability of FDI in multi-brand retailing in India by reviewing earlier studies and taking international policies into account
• Surveyed the existing state of Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) in multi-brand retailing in India and explored its scope of expansion
Analyzing effect on Balance of Payments using macroeconomic variables | IIT Kharagpur | Prof. Pulak Mishra [Oct '22]
•Analysed dependence of Balance of Payments (BoP) on different macroeconomic variables and surveyed relevant literature for the same
•Formulated a VAR model using exchange rate, inflation (GDP Deflator), balance of trade and GDP as independent variables
• Established unidirectional causality from the independent variables to Balance of Payments (BoP) using Granger Causality test

POSITIONS OF RESPONSIBILITY
Managing Editor | Reporter | The Scholars' Avenue | IIT Kharagpur [Apr '22 - Apr '23]
One of the 4 selected to lead a 6-tier team of 52 members serving a 46000+ readership community
• Garnered advertising sponsorship of INR 30k after two consecutive online semesters to publish a print issue for 10000+ campus populace
• Headed initiatives leading to 135% YoY increase in the total reach of Instagram, and 133% YoY increase in number of articles published
• Ideated and designed Freshers' Issue 2022 and Election Issue 2023, boosting the traction and reach, both offline and online by >30%
• Published CareerPedias, assortments of 250+ student experiences to assist prefinal, final year students for placement, internship process
Aquatics Captain | General Championship Aquatics | IIT Kharagpur [Apr '23]
• Captained SN/IG Hall's silver-winning Aquatics contingent in General Championship Swimming 2023 against 5+ participating halls
• Trained and mentored over 20 students of various years by conducting regular practice sessions that included a monitored dietary intake
• Took on the responsibility of handpicking deserving individuals for the team that secured the Gold medal in 4x50m Freestyle Relay
Senior Editor | Technology Literary Society | IIT Kharagpur [June '22 - Jun '23]
• Managed the publication of Alankar, IIT Kharagpur's annual magazine, along with conducting several on-campus literary events
• Assumed responsibility of onboarding new members into the society, managed introductory seminars and conducted interviews
• Mentored juniors by conducting literary workshops, critiquing written pieces and providing valuable feedback on performances
AWARDS AND ACHIEVEMENTS
36th Inter IIT Aquatics Meet | IIT Delhi [Oct '22]
• Secured the Gold Medal in 4x50m Freestyle Relay outperforming 50 students from over 10 IITs and creating a New Meet Record (NMR)
• Secured the Gold Medal in 4x50m Medley Relay surpassing 50 students from over 10 IITs and creating a New Meet Record (NMR)
SKILLS AND EXPERTISE
Programming Languages: Python | C | C++ | LaTeX | HTML | CSS | SQL Softwares: Microsoft Office | Stata | MySQL

COURSEWORK INFORMATION
• Online Courses: Machine Learning by Stanford University, Deep Learning Specialization: DeepLearning.ai, Game Theory
• Curriculum Courses: Probability &Statistics, Programming & Data Structures, File Organization & Database Management
EXTRA CURRICULAR ACTIVITIES
Aquatics | General Championship | IIT Kharagpur [Apr '23]
• Secured the Gold Medal in 4x50m Freestyle Relay with a New Meet Record (NMR) created in the process with more than 20 participants
• Secured the Silver Medal in Women's 50m Breaststroke Swimming event outperforming participants from more than 5 halls of residence
• Secured the Bronze Medal in Women's 100m Freestyle Swimming event outperforming participants from more than 5 halls of residence

Socio-Cultural Competitions | IIT Kharagpur [March '21, Nov '21, Apr '23]
• First runner-up in Open IIT English Elocution Competition in my first-year, competing against 500+ entries from across the university
• First runner-up in Open IIT Short Story Writing Competition in my second-year, competing against 700+ entries from all year students
• Captained the bronze-winning What's the Good Word team of SN/IG Hall in General Championship 2023 with 15 participating halls

Actor | Encore: English Technology Dramatics Society | IIT Kharagpur [Apr '22 - Apr '23]
• Participated in Freshers' Production, an annual production of the society that entails first-year undergraduate students
• Co-authored and co-directed a street play in Spring Fest 2021, executed performances in the form of monologues, stage plays
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