Rajib Ranjan Borah

CEO

Mumbai, Maharashtra, India20 yrs 8 mos experience

Most Likely To SwitchHighly Stable

Key Highlights

Co-Founder of leading algorithmic trading education platform.
Represented India at multiple World Puzzle Championships.
Expert in high-frequency trading across diverse asset classes.

Stackforce AI infers this person is a Fintech expert with a strong focus on algorithmic trading and educational program development.

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Skills

Core Skills

High Frequency TradingTechnical AdvisoryAlgorithmic TradingEducational ProgramsQuantitative TradingEquity DerivativesBusiness Strategy

Other Skills

Arbitrage TradingAsset ManagementBack TestingBloombergBusiness AnalysisBusiness DevelopmentBusiness Process ImprovementCapital MarketsCommodityCorporate FinanceDerivativesEducational Program ManagementElectronic TradingEmerging MarketsEquities

About

iRage engages in proprietary trading [almost entirely high-frequency trading] across asset classes - we make markets and manage positions (including overnight positions) in a few thousand financial instruments on a daily basis. iRage also offers brokerage services to institutions seeking low latency access to Indian markets. iRage also offers arbitrage based fund management solutions through the PMS route. We are currently recruiting (i) experienced traders, (ii) developers, (iii) data scientists, (iv) network and system administrators, (v) FPGA developers, (vi) executive assistant to directors -------- • Represented India at 13th, 20th, 26th World Puzzle Championships - Croatia 2004, Hungary 2011, India 2017 (and India-B in Czech Republic 2018) • National Olympiad finalist (top 24 at Indian National Biology Olympiad (INBO)) -------- Speaker at conferences, seminars & workshops across America, Europe & Asia on algorithmic and high-frequency trading.

Experience

Indian institute of technology, bombay

Visiting Faculty (Quantitative & Algorithmic Trading)

Mar 2023 – Present · 3 yrs · Mumbai, Maharashtra, India · On-site

Quantitative TradingTeaching

Indian institute of management ahmedabad

Visiting Faculty

Oct 2017 – Present · 8 yrs 5 mos · Ahmedabad Area, India · On-site

Course: Quantitative and Algorithmic Trading.
[This elective course is offered to second-year students of IIM-A's flagship PGP program (equivalent to MBA)].

Quantitative TradingTeaching

Quantinsti

Co-Founder & Director

Sep 2010 – Present · 15 yrs 6 mos · Mumbai Area, India · Hybrid

Educational programs covering the entire flow of Quantitative, Algorithmic and High-Frequency Trading.
3 offerings -
i) 6 month online classroom program called Executive Program in Algorithmic Trading (EPAT).
ii) online self learning courses on quantitative & algorithmic trading (Quantra by QuantInsti)
iii) platform for back testing and live algorithmic trading with empanelled brokers (Quantra Blueshift)
EPAT - Students from all 6 continents within the first 4 years of launch. Faculty from 8 countries.
Quantra - students from 110 countries in first year of launch. Students from 180 countries so far.
Work with various exchanges to design educational programs

Quantitative TradingAlgorithmic TradingEducational ProgramsBack TestingLive Trading

Irage

Co-Founder & CEO

May 2009 – Present · 16 yrs 10 mos · India · On-site

High Frequency Trading (Options / futures in equities, currencies, commodities).
I also sit on technical advisory committees of NSE, BSE & MCX.
Currently recruiting for the following roles:
Quantitative Analyst/Associate (High Frequency Trading)
Data Scientist
Dev Ops Engineer
Core Platform Engineer

High Frequency TradingOptionsFuturesEquitiesTechnical Advisory

Optiver

Equity Derivatives Market Maker/ Arbitrage Trader

Mar 2008 – Feb 2009 · 11 mos · The Randstad, Netherlands · On-site

Primary Market Maker for Equity Derivatives across multiple European exchanges (traded on multiple desks)
Equity Arbitrage: High Frequency Trading across all major US and European exchanges.
(traded a few million stocks algorithmically, & an equal amount over the counter every day)

Equity DerivativesHigh Frequency TradingArbitrage Trading

Pricewaterhousecoopers

Management Strategy Consultant (Financial Services)

Apr 2007 – Feb 2008 · 10 mos · India · On-site

Advised clients on business strategy & operations. + New Business Development
Feasibility of establishing a new national commodity derivatives exchange for a consortium
Launch of a PE fund in India
Strategy Formulation (Blue Ocean methodology), business process re-engineering for India’s 3rd largest insurance company
India expansion roadmap for a global pharma firm
Awarded additional projects from clients of both the completed projects

Business StrategyOperationsNew Business Development

Solutia inc, belgium (european headquarters)

Intern

Oct 2006 – Dec 2006 · 2 mos · Brussels Metropolitan Area · On-site

• Identified & worked remotely with multiple leading experts globally in diverse domains (automobiles, technology, chemicals & ergonomics) to introduce a new idea in automotive glazing (Lead User Collaboration methodology)

Bloomberg lp

R & D Intern

Apr 2006 – Jun 2006 · 2 mos · New York, United States · On-site

• New features in the equity derivatives segment

Oracle corporation

Senior Applications Engineer

Jun 2003 – Jun 2005 · 2 yrs · Hyderabad Area, India · On-site

Part of a 45-member international team which designed the Customer Data Hub concept - this was Oracle's most critical innovation in 2004-05 and is acknowledged as one of the 22 most important innovations at Oracle since the inception of the firm in 1977.
Promoted in 1.5 years
Handled customer interfacing responsibility for the team at IDC & worked with customers from all 6 continents

Equity DerivativesR&D