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Vashisht Anand
San Jose, California, United States
4K followers
500+ connections
San Jose, California, United States
4K followers
500+ connections
About
Vashisht is a product manager with extensive experience in data driven AI, fintech…
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With the indomitable Harish Uthayakumar . Yesterday as we walked to lunch from BITS Pilani office in HSR layout , populated with startups, we were…
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BITSians in the Bay Area celebrated 12th BITSians' Day and 60 years of BITS Pilani with the 6th edition of CriticalRiver Inc. presents Music Nite…
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Birla Institute of Technology and Science, Pilani
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Activities and Societies: Electronics and Robotics Club
Director, 180 DC, BITS Goa
• Leading a team of 40 consultants working on 4 international and national projects in India.
• Created a pan India Impact assessment framework for a project worth USD 10 Mn. in healthcare.
I have been an active member of the Department of Sponsorship and Marketing. As a team we have been working on hardware solutions and projects based on student demands for through the electronics and robotics club with the latest project being replicating Ardunio…Director, 180 DC, BITS Goa
• Leading a team of 40 consultants working on 4 international and national projects in India.
• Created a pan India Impact assessment framework for a project worth USD 10 Mn. in healthcare.
I have been an active member of the Department of Sponsorship and Marketing. As a team we have been working on hardware solutions and projects based on student demands for through the electronics and robotics club with the latest project being replicating Ardunio boards and also making a siding carousel for the department of photography,
• Thesis: Saved $20k/year for a Palm Oil manufacturer by building an ML tool to switch between multiple power sources
• Key courses: Cognitive neuroscience, Business analysis & valuation, Risk management, Security analysis, Portfolio management, Financial management, Probability & statistics, Discrete mathematics, Control systems engineering -
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Activities and Societies: • Thesis: Developed a tool using LLM, NLP saving 10 hrs. /product roadmap (25%) for feature prioritization from raw data • Key courses: Advanced systems engineering, 6Sigma, Lean improvement, Agile systems, Project management
Licenses & Certifications
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C programming
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Derivatives and risk management
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Financial management
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Securities and portfolio management
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Projects
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Hardware Prototyping Machine
A rapid prototyping system to decrease the time that it takes to manufacture and print PCB's and other electronic development boards along with casing printed through 3D Printers and CNC millers
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Machine Learning in Power Switching
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• Worked on the application of Machine Learning in Power Switching for Industrial Processes for my undergraduate thesis.
• Created switching processing in python with 75%+ accuracy, cost savings of over Rs. 50,00,000 a year.
• Hypothesized and confirmed: Switching to solar power will lead to extra 20% savings every year.
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Detailing diversification of cryptocurrency portfolios using wavelet methods in R
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Analysis and research of cryptocurrency portfolios of the five highest market capitalisation currencies using R and wavelt methods to find correlations and cross correlation related lead and lag for portfolio diversification
Test Scores
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GRE
Score: 330/340
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Central Board Secondary Education
Score: 10
Languages
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English
Native or bilingual proficiency
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Tamil
Native or bilingual proficiency
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Telegu
Limited working proficiency
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Hindi
Professional working proficiency
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Sanskrit
Elementary proficiency
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Institution of Electronics and Telecommunication Engineers
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