Handling Domestic Accounts - servicing large mutual funds, insurance companies, domestic AIFs and some Asean based hedge funds and prop books. Also running alpha portals like Marshall Wace TOPS

Part of the Institutional Sales Team at Spark Capital.

I was part of the Institutional Sales Desk at Religare Capital Markets. Along with Institutional Sales, I also looked at Alternate Research/Special Situations. I specialized in Equity Event driven situations such as Mergers & Acquisitions, Open Offers, Delistings, Holding Cos, Share Class and Pair Trades across multiple sectors and jurisdictions in Asia Pacific Solely responsible for Indian Special Situations – includes idea generation and consequent sales Merger Arbitrage… Show more I was part of the Institutional Sales Desk at Religare Capital Markets. Along with Institutional Sales, I also looked at Alternate Research/Special Situations. I specialized in Equity Event driven situations such as Mergers & Acquisitions, Open Offers, Delistings, Holding Cos, Share Class and Pair Trades across multiple sectors and jurisdictions in Asia Pacific Solely responsible for Indian Special Situations – includes idea generation and consequent sales Merger Arbitrage – Analyze and pitch trading opportunities in open offers and share swaps/takeoverso Partial Offers: Involves developing a dynamic model to estimate the pro-rate; conducting peer analysis to estimate the back end, analyzing the precedents to estimate timeline and liaising with Merchant Bankerso Share Swaps/Takeovers: Includes understanding the Indian regulatory framework, interacting with Financial Advisers, Managements/Investor Relations teams, Legal Experts and Market Participants Delistings – Created a basket of ‘potential delisting candidates’ ahead of SEBI’s June 2013 free-float deadline Capital Structure/Share Class – Monitor spread trades such as StanC IDR, Tata Motors DVR, GDR/ADR etc Bespoke Research – Formulated the Asian Takeovers Guide which summarized regulatory guidelines for various geographies, Historical M&A analysis to gauge Deal Break Risk and a report on potential MNC open offers Periodicals – Weekly Merger Arbitrage Monitor, Holding Co. Monitor, Pre-event Monitor and Weekend Wraps Show less

Equity Research ­AnalystAssisted the European Oil and Gas Team, responsible for coverage of 34 companies including BP, Shell, Exxon Mobil and other global supermajors along with European Oil Field Services and E&P's- Acquired knowledge on the principles of financial accounting, valuation and key events in the global oil and gas industry- Global Oil & Gas Daily ­: Formulated the sectors flagship product with a client readership of 1500- Essar Energy's IPO : Developed an… Show more Equity Research ­AnalystAssisted the European Oil and Gas Team, responsible for coverage of 34 companies including BP, Shell, Exxon Mobil and other global supermajors along with European Oil Field Services and E&P's- Acquired knowledge on the principles of financial accounting, valuation and key events in the global oil and gas industry- Global Oil & Gas Daily ­: Formulated the sectors flagship product with a client readership of 1500- Essar Energy's IPO : Developed an investment case for Essar Energy's IPO (market value of ~ $10bn)- Acknowledged as `Best Stock Picker' among 60 participants in firms Annual Stock Trading and Presentation contest. Show less

- Handled recruitment process of more than 15 companies including 5 new ones (in a team of 40)

- Convened and headed the Department Academic Mentorship Program (team of 12 mentors)- Acknowledged as Best Office Bearer by the faculty; also awarded the Department Organizational Color

- Led a 2 tier team of 25 students; executed 5 major initiatives in a single year for the first time- Conducted Ideaz, the Pan IIT Business Idea Competition; generated 5 fold increase in participation- Co-Founded and conceptualized Incorpora (Business Club, IIT Bombay); current membership of 250 students

- Interacted with government officials and formulated a novel legal implementation framework- Coordinated with state pollution board to study e-wastes in Mumbai; initiative received media coverage in HT

- Studied business feasibility of setting up a KPO for outsourcing engineering design work from Gulf countries to India

- Analyzed activity trackers of unit managers and pioneered initiatives to revamp existing mode of functioning- Attained savings of INR 46 Lacs p.a. (in a team of 4) through rightsizing of workforce by 45%

Nariman Point, Mumbai - "Branch Operations in an Equity Firm"- Gained experience in equity research and investment basics; prepared a training module for summer interns- Co-developed the content and design of IDBIs stock/share trading portal; Extended Pre-Placement Offer