Rajdeep CDC CV
Rajdeep CDC CV
Rajdeep CDC CV
EDUCATION
Year Degree/Exam Institute CGPA/Marks
2026 4YRS B.S IIT Kharagpur 8.12 / 10
2021 HSC Abhinav Public School 80.2%
2019 ICSE Modern Academy Senior Secondary School 96.4%
INTERNSHIPS
Capital Setu - Financial Analyst Intern May 2024 - Present
Part of the Investments Team
•Conducting Due Diligence(DD) and Business Analysis of a 1500 Cr Turnover company in the steel manufacturing sector
•Interacted with KMPs and SMPs of the firm to gather data and gain nuanced understanding of the business operations
•Conducted industry research and created pitch decks for an EPC and design services firm raising a pre-IPO round
Indian Institute of Management, Kashipur - Research Intern Feb 2024 - Jun 2024
Under Prof. Vaibhav Bhamoriya
•Conducted extensive comparative study of green stock and non-green stock portfolios, determining their returns
•Constructed a conceptual model investigating potential factors responsible for retail investor optimism in green stocks
Vinod Gupta School of Management, IIT Kharagpur - Research Intern Aug 2023 - Apr 2024
Under Prof. Abhijeet Chandra
•Analysed behavioural biases observed across various investor classes in the Indian Markets and quantified these biases
•Calculated overconfidence bias moving averages across investor classes and determined a 7-day lag optimal using VAR tests
•Built a 5-factor empirical pricing model, accounting for overconfidence bias and other influencing factors amongst clients
•Performed Step-Wise Regression comparing 15 preliminary models, improving accuracy of the final model by 9.34%
PROJECTS
DCF Valuation of Asian Paints - Self Project Sep 2023 - Oct 2023
•Conducted DuPont Analysis to evaluate profitability, liquidity, solvency, and competitively benchmarked these metrics
•Determined the Weighted Average Cost of Capital(WACC) of 20.04% and calculated the median growth rate of 18.7%
•Determined the Terminal Value of Asian Paints at 34100Cr INR and Intrinsic Value Per Share of 250.98 INR
Indian Cement Sector Analysis - Self Project Feb 2024 - Mar 2024
• Analyzed the Indian Cement Sector, focusing on key metrics like : capacity utilization (60.8%), projected CAGR(5.4%)
•Developed insights on industry growth, government initiatives, innovation, and lapses in operational efficiencies
COMPETITION/CONFERENCE
Rajdeep Rajan(2024), Quantification of Overconfidence-Bias in Pricing Models, Submitted to ICFMCF Conference(Paper ID: ICFMCF 10155)
• Investigated overconfidence bias in Indian markets and currently transitioning the research into a working paper
• Conducted an extensive literature review to contextualize the study within existing research on behavioral biases
POSITIONS OF RESPONSIBILITY
General Secretary, International Relations Cell, IIT Kharagpur July 2024 - Present
•Nominated from a team of 30+ by the Dean International Relations to lead the internationalization initiatives of IIT Kharagpur
•Assisting the Office of International Relations in organizing semester exchanges, and maintaining foreign relations
Student Member, International Relations Cell, IIT Kharagpur Aug 2023 - July 2024
•Managed Foreign Training Program, increasing foreign internships by 29.5%YoY to 285 and securing funding of 20MN INR
•Organized Hult Prize OnCampus Round, mentored by 4 judges and 7 speakers, with 55+ teams(37.5% YoY) participating
•Facilitated semester exchange programs, led interactive sessions with international students, fostering cultural exchange
•Organised Foreign Training Panel Discussion with the Executive team, which saw a participation of 350+ students
SKILLS AND EXPERTISE
Due Diligence | Financial Modeling | Discounted Cash Flow Modelling | Asset Pricing/Valuations | Weighted Average Cost of
Capital (WACC) Analysis | Market Research | Income Statement Analysis | Report Writing | Management | Database Handling
COURSEWORK INFORMATION
• Academic Courses: Economics | Entrepreneurship and Innovation | Linear Algebra Numerical & Complex Analysis | Partial
Differential Equations | Programming & Data Structures | Advanced Calculus
• MOOCs: Startup Valuation Methods(Duke University) | Financial Markets(Yale University) | Introduction To Spreadsheets
and Models(UPenn) | Fundamentals of Quantitative Modelling(UPenn) | Excel Skills for Business (Macquarie University)
EXTRA CURRICULAR ACTIVITIES
• Achieved second-runner up in Institute-wide General Championship Case Study Competition, against 20+ teams
• Chosen from over 100 candidates for the prestigious 17-Member National Sports Organisation (NSO) Swimming Team
!Self declared by the student, CDC could not verify the relevant documents