DEBOSMITA CHAUDHURI

ACADEMIC QUALIFICATIONS
Year
Degree/Certificate
2009-current
BTech. BSBE
2009
XII Board (CBSE)
2007
X Board (ICSE)

(chaudhuri.debos@gmail.com; 9559327711)
Institute
Indian Institute of Technology, Kanpur
Centre Point School, Katol Road, Nagpur, Maharashtra
Assembly of God Church School, Asansol, WB

CGPI/Percentage
8.3/10.0
94.0%
95.4%

INTERNSHIPS
COMPANY / PERIOD

PROJECT TITLE

DETAILS

Designing a profitable
strategy for pricing bulk
trades in Hong Kong Cash
Desk

DEUTSCHE BANK
CIB CENTRE
(MUMBAI,
May-Jun 2012)

Profitability analysis of new

algorithm to issue
Indications of Interests for
US Cash Desk

BIOCOS
PVT LTD.

Metric for the contribution

of any mutation to a
complex disease

(BANGALORE,
May-Jun 2011)

IMPACT MADE

Pattern searching and statistical analysis on

past 5 years market data of top Hong Kong
stocks using MATLAB.
Formulated and backtested automatic
timing and pricing strategy for block trade
offers.

Backtested given algorithm on tick-by-tick

price data of all S&P 500 stocks over 2 years
by simulating different trader sentiments
using MATLAB.

Studied different statistical and biological

approaches to correlate mutations and
diseases.
Analysed bulk genetic data using PERL to
devise a metric.

A readily implementable
algorithm for the desk to
increase its profitability by
increasing flows and
execution margins.

Reported expected
profitability in different
scenarios and made
recommendations to
improve it.

The devised measure was an

important feature of a
proprietary mutation
database built by the firm.

ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENTS
- National Talent Search Scholar Title (NTSE 2007).
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- Rewarded with Baljit and Nirmal Dhindsa Scholarship in IIT K, for highest CGPI in the 1 sem in BSBE department.
- Cleared both written test and interview for admission into B.Stat, Indian Statistical Institute (ISI), Kolkata.
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- Secured 6 rank and 15 rank in Regional Mathematics Olympiad (RMO), 2008 and 2007 respectively.
- Positioned in nationwide top 1% in National Standard Examination for Physics.
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- Achieved a state rank of 70 (1 among girls) in AIEEE, 2009 from Maharashtra.
RELEVANT COURSES
Financial Economics; Probability and Statistics; Microeconomics; Data Structures and Algorithms
POSITIONS OF RESPONSIBILITY
Coordinator, English Literary Society, IIT Kanpur
- Kicked off a popular debating culture on campus and formed a capable institute debate team of 8 members.
- Led 20 strong team to Rendezvous11, cultural festival of IITD and helped IITK win the overall championship.
- Revived the image and popularity of the club in the campus leading to a 50% increase in participation.
- Pioneered popular week long literary festival, LitFest.
Initiatives
- Organised for the first time a professional Parliamentary Debate Workshop on campus.
Assistant Editor and Writer, Education Edge Magazine
- Part of an education-sector start up by students of IITK and IITB targeted at high school students of major Indian cities.
- Enabled conceptualisation and functioning of the magazine which won 1st prize in Eureka B Plan Competition, Techfest12, IITB.
Coordinator, English Literary Events, Antaragni 11 (Annual Inter college cultural festival of IIT K)
- Introduced 3 brand new events and conducted maximum number of events (9) in any cell in Antaragni11.
- Increased prize money distributed by 30%.

2011-12

2011-12

2011

EXTRACURRICULAR ACHIEVEMENTS AND ACTIVITIES

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Technical

- Won 2 prize in Rube Goldberg Challenge, Techkriti 10 (Annual inter college technical fest of IIT K).
- Technical Skills: C,C++,MATLAB, PERL, HTML, EXCEL

Literary
Activities

Business Club

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Won 1 prize in Creative Writing in Spectrum 09 (Annual Films and Media Council festival in IIT K).
Contributed articles to institute newspaper, Vox Populi and institute magazine, Meander.
Won Best Speaker award in semi finals of All India Frank Anthony Memorial Debate while in school.
Won interschool competitions in debate, writing, elocution, extempore.

- Performed a case study on an international telecom giant Pacnets plans to enter the Indian broadband market and
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made recommendations based on SWOT analysis as summer project in 1 year.
- Contributed articles to Business Club newsletter and delivered a lecture on BP Oil Spill as a part of B Week 10.
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Drama

- Played the lead female role in English stage play in annual Drams Eve, IIT K, in 1 year.
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- Won 1 prizes for scriptwriting and acting in interschool skit competitions.

Dance

- Formal training for 5 years with distinctive results in Kathak Dance.

- Performed in annual Dance Extravaganza, IIT Kanpur in 1st and 2nd years.

Others

- Student Guide, Counselling Service, IIT K.

- Senior Diploma-s and Shree Bharati in different streams of Indian Classical Music (Vocal) and Painting.