Aman Mehta 150040037

Civil Engineering B.Tech.

Indian Institute of Technology Bombay Male
DOB: 10/01/1998

Examination University Institute Year CPI / %


Graduation IIT Bombay IIT Bombay 2019 8.15

SCHOLASTIC ACHIEVEMENTS
• Recipient of the prestigious KVPY fellowship (Top 0.1 %) by DST, Govt. of India and attended Vijyoshi camp at IISER Kolkata
• Achieved AIR 152 out of 1 Million+ in National Talent Search Exam; awarded scholarship by NCERT, Govt. of India
• Bagged AIR 54 in Technothlon, an international aptitude competition conducted by IIT Guwahati
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Secured 9.25 and 9.2 SPI in 5 and 6 semesters respectively; pursuing Minor degree in Humanities and Social Sciences

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE & KEY PROJECTS
HOTSTAR | Data Scientist and Product Manager [May’18-Jul’18]
• Compiled and evaluated statistics of ‘Watch n Play’, a play-along game played by 33 million people during IPL 2018
• Conceptualized and examined correlations between different features and watch time to improve the game’s impact
• Designed complete specifications of a voting platform in the app for reality shows like Dance Plus, Super Singer
• Developed the product requirements and reward ladder for a 1-tap game for Kaun Banega Crorepati show

AON CONSULTING | Consulting Analyst [Dec’17]

• Studied data of a life insurance client to conduct regression analysis on hiring assessment and job performance data
• Developed a predictive model in R to predict performance and attrition using demographic variables with 80% accuracy
• Presented on the findings of the analysis and proposed recommendations to improve the sourcing strategy
INTERNATIONAL COMPETITIVENESS OF RELIANCE JIO | Course Project [Jan’18-Apr’18]
Received faculty recommendation to get the article based on the project to be developed further and published
• Studied competitiveness and critical success factors of Reliance Jio using benchmarking and Porter’s five forces model

POSITIONS OF RESPONSIBILITY
MANAGER, FINANCE CLUB | Institute Academic Council [Apr’17-Mar’18]
Awarded Institute Organizational Special Mention for portraying exemplary organizational skills
• Spearheaded the first ever Non-Core Weekend – a flagship event with 1000+ participants comprising of
competitions, keynotes and workshops covering finance, consult and analytics spread over two days
• Founded Investment Group of 30 students within the institute which aims to pool in 1 lakh rupees and
INITIATIVES
invest in stocks, futures, options, etc.; priority being to gain more knowledge and not maximising profits
• Ideated and organized a certified workshop for the first time on Quantitative Finance and Algo Trading
by Worldquant conducted by their Global Deputy GM and attended by 200+ students
• Achieved 75% y-o-y growth in social media reach and 100% upsurge in average turnout in sessions
IMPACT • Gathered national fame for IITB by conducting live news interview events by CNN18 and Aajtak

• Provided exposure to a selected group of students through a visit to Bombay Stock Exchange
COORDINATOR, MOOD INDIGO | Competitions & LYP [Apr’16-Dec’16]
• Handled 1500+ participants across 5 dramatics competitions and hosted judges such as Javed Jaffrey and Pankaj Tripathi
• Conceptualized and organized 6 multicity competitions pan India thus increasing outreach and participation by 30% y-o-y
DEPARTMENT ACADEMIC MENTOR | Civil engineering Department [Apr’18-Present]
Selected among 24 mentors out of 70 candidates based on peer reviews and all-round performance
• Mentoring 6 sophomore students with diverse academic standing in their academic and extracurricular pursuits

EXTRA-CURRICULAR ACTIVITIES
Blackstone Business Challenge [‘18]
1 out of 15 students shortlisted for the final round out of 200+ students
• Selected a stock in Indian Airlines sector for long term investment by comparing financial statements
BUSINESS
COMPETITIONS • Presented the investment idea based on qualitative and quantitative analysis to a Blackstone team
Global Student Challenge [‘17]
International Supply Chain Finance Simulation Competition across 100+ countries
• Improved ROI to 6.4% across two rounds combining supply chain, finance, purchase and sales
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QUIZZING • Secured 1 position in Inter-School Mathematics Quiz, organized by Delhi Public School, Jaipur [‘12]
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CULTURAL • Mentored a team of 20 students towards securing 1 position in Institute’s street play event [‘16]
• Successfully completed a 15-day long Mountaineering Adventure Course(MAC) in Pahalgam, J&K [‘16]
SPORTS
• Completed a yearlong course in Lawn Tennis involving extensive training of the sport under NSO [’15]
TECHNICAL • C++, R, SQL, Mixpanel, Python, Technical analysis of stocks, AutoCAD, SolidWorks, Latex
HOBBIES • Playing football, cricket, tennis; swimming; cooking and trekking enthusiast