AJAY PAWAR (he/him/his)
Linkedin id: https://www.linkedin.com/in/ajay-pawar-data-detective/ +91-9130016303
Pune,India ajaydpawar1@gmail.com
SUMMARY
Versatile Data Science professional with over 3.5 years of experience in quantitative analysis, machine learning, and data-
driven decision-making. Proven ability to develop advanced analytical solutions across various industries' business
operations. Proficient in Python, with a strong track record of improving efficiency and delivering actionable insights.
Holds a Master’s in Financial Data Intelligence and advanced certifications in business analytics and quant finance. Skilled
in automating processes, data-handling, and creating robust research tools to support business growth and strategic
decision-making.
EDUCATION
M.Sc. Financial Data Intelligence April 2024
Rennes School of Business, Rennes, France. [ Scholarship].
Key courses: Statistics and Econometrics, Portfolio and Asset Management, Financial Data Science.
Executive Programme In Algorithmic Trading. April 2020
Quantinsti - Mumbai, India.
Key courses: Developing Algo trading Strategies, Derivatives, Machine Learning in Trading , Risk Management.
Post Graduate Program, Business Analytics January 2018
Praxis Business School - Kolkata, India.
Key courses: Data Science on Business Case Studies: Telecom, Logistic, Finance, Healthcare etc. Operation Research,
RDBMS.
B.Sc. Economics April 2016
Symbiosis School of Economics - Pune, India.
Key courses: Statistics, Econometrics; Micro & Macro, Environmental, International and Development Economics.
SKILLS, CERTIFICATIONS AND PROJECTS.
Technical Skills: Python, SQL, Excel, R and Tableau.
Certifications: Credit Risk Modelling, Tableau, Data Science with Python, Deep Learning, Machine Learning, DASH,
Explainable AI.
Soft Skills: Optimistic, Problem Solving, Team Work, R&D etc.
Projects:
• Graduating Project: AI driven Trading strategy using Hierarchical Risk Parity and XGBoost.
• Portfolio Optimization and Performance Comparison of NSE Listed Index.
• Created Python Library to Download Bhavcopy Data.
• Used LLM with Langchain for News Analysis.
• Built Portfolio Engine to Test Momentum Strategies.
• Built Universal ANN Model to Generate Signals on Stock Prices.
WORK EXPERIENCE
Crisil, (an S&P company), Pune, India. October 2023 – August 2024
CRISIL is a leading, agile and innovative global analytics company driven by its mission of making markets function better.
Senior Quantitative Analyst.
• Developed a comprehensive validation methodology in Python, conducting an initial assessment of the existing
data extraction processes and incorporating various checks and balances to meticulously design a validation
framework to help a Private Equity client validate the accuracy of the data extracted by Large Language Models
(LLMs), boosting operational efficiency and reliability in the decision-making process and saving operating
expenses.
• Created detailed reports that identified patterns in information extraction, enabling stakeholders to refine their
prompt engineering and trust the reliability of the data.
AJAY PAWAR (he/him/his)
Linkedin id: https://www.linkedin.com/in/ajay-pawar-data-detective/ +91-9130016303
Pune,India ajaydpawar1@gmail.com
Axis Securities - Mumbai, India. April 2023 – October 2023
Asset Management wing of the third largest bank in India.
Data Scientist.
• Automated Bloomberg-related tasks with Python, building a robust centralized database to seamlessly integrate
additional workflows, increasing efficiency by automating key processes, saving significant time and minimizing
manual errors by 66%.
• Designed and implemented an advanced Quant-AI portfolio engine to generate customized portfolios tailored
to specific requirements, enhancing research, risk management and investment efficiency, offering tailored
solutions for diverse investment needs, increasing the speed of idea generation and back testing.
• Developed detailed and insightful portfolio reports, providing stakeholders with a deeper understanding of
performance and investment strategies, improving stakeholder communication and decision-making processes
through comprehensive and insightful portfolio reports.
BITA - Frankfurt, Germany. September 2022 – January 2023
The Index Technology Company.
Product Development Analyst: Internship
• Developed crypto index concepts from designing to backtesting and implementation, adding new index
concepts, enhancing the company's product portfolio.
• Created an algorithmically driven weight distribution engine for capping indices, optimizing the process to
comply with indexing regulations. Capping engine further evolved for group capping which performed better
than optimization approach.
• Automated the report generation process using Python and Excel, significantly reducing work time and
enhancing quality checks, reducing report generation time from 12 hours to 15 minutes, vastly increasing
efficiency and accuracy and elevating the overall quality and reliability of reports, enabling more informed and
effective decision-making.
HTTS FUND - India, Remote. May 2020 – October 2021
Switzerland based Hedge Fund.
Quant Developer.
• Developed a scalable backtesting framework in R to automate the testing of various trading strategies,
significantly improving the efficiency and reliability of backtesting processes.
• Implemented portfolio optimization techniques using R to select a basket of strategies for higher Sharpe ratios,
enhancing portfolio performance.
• Leveraged the XGBoost algorithm on datasets with engineered features from candlestick patterns to generate
robust trading signals, providing valuable insights for strategy building through the feature importance matrix
generated by the algorithm.
Nielsen India Pvt. Ltd - Bangalore, India. April 2018 – September 2018
Nielsen is one of the largest and most well-known companies in the field of market research and data analytics.
Marketing Mix Modelling Executive / Data Analyst.
• Processed, integrated, and modeled marketing data to extract actionable business insights.
• Automated the data processing and modeling tasks using Python, significantly reducing the required work time
from two weeks to four hours, dramatically boosting efficiency.
• Conducted Marketing Mix Modelling (MMM) analysis to evaluate the impacts of marketing activities on sales,
generating comprehensive insights and reports that provided valuable information on the impact of marketing
activities on sales.
