Shyam Dixit Email & Phone Number

Objective: To distribute capital properly, assuring downside protection while maintaining good returns using Long-short market-neutral alphas• Achieved Gold level in 2019 Worldquant Challenge and was awarded a Research Consultant Position with the WorldQuant• Submitted 4000+ Algorithmic Trading Strategies (alphas) after backtesting them on the Websim platform while maintaining alphas fitness• Used a combination of datasets like Price-Volume, Sentiment Data etc. while changing the… Show more Objective: To distribute capital properly, assuring downside protection while maintaining good returns using Long-short market-neutral alphas• Achieved Gold level in 2019 Worldquant Challenge and was awarded a Research Consultant Position with the WorldQuant• Submitted 4000+ Algorithmic Trading Strategies (alphas) after backtesting them on the Websim platform while maintaining alphas fitness• Used a combination of datasets like Price-Volume, Sentiment Data etc. while changing the region and the universe of alphas accordingly Show less

• Led a team of 3 Secretaries to ensure the mental, academic and social well-being of 350+ students• Spearheaded a 2-week Assimilation Program for 70+ sophomores while familiarising them with Hall culture and different GC events• Coordinated with Counselling Center and the Dean of Student Affairs to successfully organize the Mental Health Awareness Drive• Organized two day Carnival and Inter-Wing wall Painting Competition which saw a participation of 200 boarders of the hall

• Efficiently allocated a budget of INR 2.4 lakh to conduct Freshers’, Open-IIT and Inter-Hall events of Table-tennis, chess and bridge.• Founded Chess Club, IIT Kharagpur to uplift the chess culture in the campus which has currently 57 actively participating members.• Managed the GOLD winning chess team of IIT KGP at 3rd Inter IIT Chess Meet and Sangram, Annual Sports Fest of IIT Roorkee.