Apr 2025 – Jul 2025 · 3 mos

Mar 2024 – Apr 2025 · 1 yr 1 mo

• Building end-to-end Tradjng APIs @ Groww (0-1)
• (Core APIs / SDKs, Auth services, Subscription services, documentation, Content, and Growth)
• Launching core experiences and features for F&O traders

Aug 2021 – Jul 2024 · 2 yrs 11 mos

• Stocks, F&O, IPO and Onboarding
• Responsible for User Growth, Revenue, Retention and ARPU, Strategy
• Long term product strategy for improved MAU, MTU and conversions for first time and repeat users
• Growth, Acquisition and Brand Strategy
• Managing strategic partnerships, industry relations and BD

Jul 2018 – Jul 2021 · 3 yrs · Mumbai, Maharashtra, India

• Worked in the institutional sales team for JP Morgan’s Foreign Exchange (FX) and Interest Rates (IR) product offerings in the South-East Asia and India Markets
• POC for the 10+ legacy-banks portfolio to ensure client engagement and achieving key KPIs.
• Captured growth in volume on the trading platform through feature additions & user research
• Authored the weekly market positioning newsletter for 50+ clients by analyzing global trends & reports
• Helped grow business by expanding the insurance client portfolio and interbank business

Jul 2016 – Jul 2018 · 2 yrs · Mumbai Area, India

• At DB, I have worked on several trades to reduce and control the risk in the derivatives portfolio FX, IR and Credit trading portfolios in the South-East Asia region.
• Analyzed credit risk through stress testing of DB's derivative portfolio on FX IR, Credit portfolios
• Computed value-at-risk on deals for margin calculations through back-testing of time-series data
• Recalibrated risk models for haircuts to reduce costs by 125bps and increase trade volume by 10%
• Automated several reports leading to decrease in workload by 15% and TAT by 70%
• Worked on financial modelling, deal structuring, market tracking, VaR analysis, and regression analysis

Sep 2015 – Jun 2016 · 9 mos · Mumbai Area, India

• My work initially involved setup and management of the Trestor network in Goa, leading to over 100 retail partners and 2500 users single handedly. Alongside this, I work with the business team by developing strategies for all new projects, business plans, operations and product features with respect to digitalising India.
• Through this, I have gained a lot of experience in the working and application of crypto currencies like Bitcoin and the advancement of Fintech in an emerging market like India

May 2015 – Aug 2015 · 3 mos · Greater Ahmedabad Area

• As a research assistant under Dr. Sanjeev Tripathi, we worked mainly in the finance and marketing sectors. My first assignment was relating to studying and implementation of dynamic pricing in sports stadiums. The result of this study were new data based insights about sports stadium pricing which led to forming study material for classes of IIM-A
• The second assignment was with evaluating use of cultural artefacts by IPL teams for the purpose of fan engagement and loyalty. Several people were interviewed across several states and age groups to understand the true impact of these cultural artefacts which was released later by IIM-A

May 2015 – Jul 2015 · 2 mos · Mumbai Area, India

• I worked on fundamental analysis of stock prices and valuations of companies. The primary project involved research on the automobile and auto ancillary sectors in terms of government policies, future growth and stock movements for investors looking for an investment period of 3-5 years. The final report, consisted of top stock picks from the sector for long term investors, including targets and ratio valuation numbers; and was sent to all clients and CRMs.

Dec 2014 – Jan 2015 · 1 mo · Ghansoli

• As a management trainee, I was a part of the Internal Audit department of the Retail Branch of Reliance Industries. My project included executing an internal audit on the Inventory Management of the Retail wing. The project gave me exposure on the forecasting systems of Reliance Retail. The internship ended with providing key insights to the inventory management systems and changes in the forecasting mechanism.

Mar 2014 – Apr 2015 · 1 yr 1 mo · BITS Pilani K.K.Birla Goa Campus

• Department of Media and Coverage (DoMaC) is a group of students managing media coverage and marketing related activities of the three festivals of BITS Pilani K.K.Birla Goa Campus. The team was involved in promoting the 3 college festivals across all media platforms. Through this, I have worked with esteemed media companies like Viacom 18, 9X Media, TOI, The Hindu, Radio Mirchi etc.
• As a manager, I had the task of mentoring seven freshers in the department. This involved honing skills like proposal making, corporate calling and negotiating skills. I also took the responsibility of the logistics during Quark and Spree along with a couple of colleagues which gave me an opportunity to coordinate with a group of 80 people for a span of seven days in totality.
• Working as a manager gave me a platform to hone a variety of skills like fest-marketing, logistics, public speaking, research, planning and leadership.

Dec 2013 – Jul 2014 · 7 mos

• The Howler Monkeys (THM) is a start-up from BITS Pilani, Goa with the aim of innovation in branding solutions to companies in events such as college fests, corporate events, conferences, music concerts, charity marathons, etc. Events such as these have a lot of potential for branding but it is usually not tapped aptly. THM tackles this problem by taking up this outsourced work from businesses. Businesses allot THM with a budget and a specific target audience to reach out to and THM will approach the right events to ensure proper association and optimum branding. THM being a team of college students is very aware of fests and events going on in various places and works on this strength.
• For more info: www.thehowlermonkeys.in
• Contact: deven@thehowlermonkeys.in

May 2013 – Jul 2013 · 2 mos · Mahindra and Mahindra Kandivali Plant

• Relocation of safety sensors on Press Machines to increase efficiency as well as safety for workers. This involved development of a hinge mechanism followed by several testing and implementation stages. The project led to productivity increase of over 15% by volume.
• Proposal and Installation of communication sensors in the entire Press Shop. An elaborate system of sensors was set up throughout the Press Shop to automate all communication wrt deployment of forklifts. The project lead to productivity growth of 11% by volume