Aarya Rijal Email & Phone Number

• Led development of an economic dashboard for Nepal by applying data extraction and cleaning skills, enhancing data accessibility for economic analysis and efficient policy formulation.
• Published economic articles and quarterly economic reports, disseminating complex data into actionable insights, referenced by 1500+ stakeholders for strategic planning.
• Conducted analytical demand-side analysis on Nepal's remittance trends, yielding insights that shaped government policy to offer an additional 1% interest on bank savings and fixed accounts, benefiting 3M households.
• Conducted an assessment of Nepal's tourism and hospitality industries, which will serve as a major supporting document for the operation of a specialized private equity fund in Nepal that would invest in existing and.
• Conducted on-site evaluations of the business environment in rural and urban municipalities, resulting in a deeper understanding of the opportunities and challenges for local economic development and promoting economic.

• Led continuous competitive and investigative market research, developing agile organization and business strategies for five multinational companies operating in Nepal.
• Conducted risk and needs analysis for Rwandan SMEs; formulated support strategy, securing a GIZ-funded initiative and enabling 300 SMEs to access government-subsidized loans.
• Conducted market research and SWOT analysis to develop investment guidelines for Kivu Belt; identified key projects totaling $500M across six sectors, including ongoing $28M project.

• Perform research that leads to sourcing of candidates to fill C level positions resulting in >$300K of consulting revenue per year
• Collaborate with senior consultants and the CEO of firms on marketing financial job listings via LinkedIn

Schenectady, NY

• Selected by the department’s professors to be the tutor for core economics classes including econometrics
• Provided academic support to 50+ students every term and helped struggling students with course materials

Schenectady, NY

• Responsible for organizing, promoting, and conducting Bloomberg Terminal workshops on campus
• Dedicate 10 hours a week to assist students and faculty with their various needs on the Bloomberg Terminal

• Utilized Stata to conduct an empirical analysis of the macroeconomic impact of the OBOR initiative on China’s trading partners, using the Gravity Model
• Presented the findings of the paper and received an Honors award for excellence on the research paper

• Awarded Research Fellowship grant based on submissions of a professor’s recommendation letter and individual research proposal
• Conducted extensive data collection on GDP, trade, currency, FDI and used Microsoft Excel functions like VLOOKUP to merge and clean the data set

Schenectady, NY

• Manipulated and provided data for Union College and other institutions, including US News, to support their decision-making process for operations, budgeting, and strategic planning
• Calculated and organized statistics for Moody’s and DAC Bond that help supplement Union College’s credit quality
• Instructed and mentored new employees on Excel and Tableau

• Collaborated with the Head of Finances of the company to prepare financial models and analysis using advanced Microsoft Excel functions (such as VLOOKUP, SUMIFS, pivot table)
• Proposed new projects to analyze growth opportunities by evaluating unit-level cost and consumer demand

Kathmandu, Nepal

• Collaborated with the company’s CEO to design communication strategies from ground up to overcome communication barriers and increase long term growth and profitability
• Contributed to 127x increase in customer acquisition (from 1100 customers to 2500 customers) and 100% YOY customer retention

Kathmandu, Nepal

• Collected and analyzed data to understand the financial situations of women of a rural village in Nepal
• Collaborated in the core strategy developing team for the National Volunteering Program by collecting, entering, and analyzing data
• Represented the campaign “No Thanks, I Carry My Own Bag” and contributed ideas as a volunteer to help successfully pass the bill to ban plastic bags Nepal-wide

Master Of Science, Quantitative Management: Business Analytics

Master Of Science, Quantitative Management: Business Analytics

Bachelor Of Arts - Ba, Honors In Quantitative Economics Track, Graduated With A 3.8 Gpa And Departmental Honors

Activities and Societies: Omicron Delta Epsilon- National Honor Society for Economics, President- Economics Club, President- Women in.

Ullens School, High School Diploma Program

Activities and Societies: Student Government, Economics Club, Gymnastics ClubHigher Level: Mathematics, Economics, Social & Cultural.