Abir Mandal

29C Pocket A3 Kalkaji Ext., New Delhi

+91-9868450680
abir.mandal@gmail.com

Education Master of Science, Applied (Financial) Economics May 2007

Illinois State University, Normal, IL, USA
Related course work: applied time series econometrics and
forecasting, micro-econometrics, security analysis and portfolio
management, advance public finance, international finance,
statistics for the social sciences.
Capstone paper on Ricardian Equivalence theory published in
the Journal of Economics and Finance

Bachelor of Arts, Economics May 2004

Coe College, Cedar Rapids, IA, USA
Minor: Computer Science

Skills/Abilities Work Related

SAS 9/Base Programming Certified
SAS/SQL, SAS/MACRO, SAS/STAT, SAS/ETS
Proficient in SPSS and E-views
Office, SQL, Linux, C++, FoxPro
BASELINE Stock Analysis
Multilingual- English, Hindi, Bengali, French
Leadership
Public Relations Officer, ISA, ISU
Board Member, Model UN, ISU

Professional Senior Analyst, Energyline India- Indian Petro Group, New Delhi Sep 2008 - Present
Experience
• Supervision of a team of 5 content writers
• Independent research and content creation for the
power sector in India
• Statistical analysis of data relevant to the energy sector
• Customized research and query handling for clients

Market Research Associate, Center for the Study of Services May 2008- Aug 2008
Washington, DC, USA
M
• Independent market research for health insurance
companies and government health agencies
• Used SQL queries within FoxPro for database
management
• Used VBA scripts to generate reports, tables and charts
• Used SPSS and SAS to analyze correlations and other
linear relationships between variables in study dataset
Professional Statistical Programming Analyst Consultant, Johnson and Aug 2007-May 2008
Experience Johnson (Centocor), Wayne, PA, USA
M
• Involved in statistical analyses of clinical efficacy
and health economics for experimental drugs
• Analyzed key statistical figures in a health economics
study to determine pricing viability of a newly
introduced drug
• Developed and documented programs to produce tables,
listings and other reports and analyses summarizing
results and forecasts
• Assisted in writing of integrated reports for submission
to FDA and/or other regulatory authorities

Research Assistant, Economics Department, ISU, Normal, IL Oct 2005-May 2007

• Extensive application of statistical methods like regression

analysis, hypothesis testing, ANOVA, correlation using
SAS, SPSS and E-Views.
• Used forecasting models like OLS, ARIMA and
Exponential Smoothing to forecast federal funds rate
using the Taylor rule as part of research project
• Estimated the effect of FDI on growth with OLS in a
growth accounting econometric framework with special
emphasis on developing economies
• Collected and analyzed time-series exchange rate data in
order to confirm the validity of relative purchasing
power parity in an economy using OLS regression and
Johansen’s test for cointegration in E-Views and SAS
• Used Logit/Probit modeling in SAS to determine the
ceteris-paribus impact of economic status on crime in
an overwhelmingly white, middle-class Midwest city
• Created econometric models for international study on
regulation vs. pricing data in various strata of countries
using availability of licensing and number of competitors as
instrumental variables for extent of regulation
• Extensive use of forward selection/backward elimination to
determine valid models for hypothesis being tested using
SAS
• Handled, cleaned and derived various econometric/financial
data as per research requirements

Small Business Account Manager, MCI, Cedar Rapids,

Dec 2004-Jul 2005
IA, USA
• Handled small business clients billing disputes
• Made necessary corrections to rate plans

Management Trainee Intern, ICICI New Delhi, India May 2000-Aug 2000
• Summer program
• Assisted in the sales of financial instruments
• Disclosed revenue figures to corporate PR office
• Troubleshot branch office network
• Analyzed daily performance of the SENSEX and NSE
portfolios