PRASANTH KARUMANCHI =============================================================================================================== 110 East Columbia Street, e-mail: kvp24@purdue.edu Apt# 202, W. Lafayette, web: http://stat.purdue.edu/~kvp24 IN 47906 Phone: +1-765-409-3571 =============================================================================================================== EDUCATION Master of Science in Statistics with emphasis on Computational Finance May 2004 Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN, USA * Designed and organized a graduate level course on financial algorithms offered in spring 2004. * Credited all courses in the Investment Track, MBA program, Krannert School of Management. * Courses include Financial Mathematics, Fixed Income Securities, Financial Engineering, Financial Algorithms, Risk Management, Investments and Mathematical Statistics. Integrated Master of Science in Mathematics and Computing May 2002 Indian Institute of Technology (IIT), Kharagpur, India * Courses include Linear Programming, Operations Research, Compiler Design, Operating Systems, Distributed Systems, Algorithms, Graph Theory and Database Design. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ACADEMIC EXPERIENCE Research Assistant (Under Prof. Nicole Boyson) December 2003 - date Purdue University, IN * Assisted in the research on hedge funds. Research Assistant (Under Prof. Sugato Chakravarty) Aug. 2003 - date Purdue University, IN * Assisted in the research on the bid-ask spread and stealth trading. * Designed and implemented algorithms in C and SAS. Summer Intern Summer 2001 Hughes Software Systems, India * Programmed in C for a prototype of DIAMETER base protocol for mobile computing. Summer Intern Summer 2000 GraphoNET, Hyderabad, India * Programmed for a Java based desktop auction ticker to track items being auctioned. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- COMPUTER SKILLS * Programming Languages : C and Data Structures, C++, Java 1.2, Basic, SQL, VBA. * Statistical Software : SAS, R, SPLUS * Financial Software :WRDS, Ox Professional * Other Software :MATLAB, MS Excel, MS Office, MS FrontPage, * Operating Systems :UNIX, Linux, Windows NT, Windows XP * Browsers :Internet Explorer, Netscape Navigator, Opera, Firebird, Lynx * Related Skills :Monte Carlo Simulations, , LaTeX ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- CONSULTING EXPERIENCE Career Consultant, Vignan Institute of Technology and Sciences, Hyderabad, India. 2003-04 * Advised students on the career opportunities and direction after graduation. Campus Coordinator, IMS Learning Resources, Kolkata, India. 2001-02 * Assisted in the identification of the target audience and marketing of the firm. * Helped in logistics, financial planning and cost analysis of setting up a test centre. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- HONORS * One of the twenty five recipients of Andrews Fellowship, Purdue University. 2002 * Membership in Omicron Delta Kappa, National Leadership Honor Society. 2002 * Invited to present a talk at Madrid (International) Conference of Queueing Theory. 2002 * One of the seven interns chosen all over India by Hughes Software Systems. 2001 * Placed among the top 2% of the students appearing for IIT entrance examination. 1997 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- LEADERSHIP AND COMMUNICATION SKILLS * Represented 6000 graduate students in University Student Affairs Committee. 2003-04 * Organizational Head, Ideon - the annual technological festival, IIT Kharagpur. 2001-02 * President, Patel Hall of Residence (student dorm), IIT Kharagpur 2001-02 * Student Representative, Alumni Liaison Committee, IIT Kharagpur 2001-02 * Editor, Wallpaper journal, Indian Institute of Technology, Kharagpur, India. 2001-02 * Sponsorship Team, Spring Fest, Annual Cultural Festival, IIT Kharagpur, India. 1998-99 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- EXTRA CURRICULAR ACTIVITIES * Member, University Cricket Team, Purdue University. 2002-04 * Member, Institute Basketball Team, IIT, Kharagpur, India. 2001-02 * Member, Institute Badminton Team, IIT, Kharagpur, India. 1997-02 * Member, Kendriya Vidyalaya State Badminton Team, All India School Games, India. 1993-96 ===============================================================================================================