Rahul Prakash

received his undergraduate degree in physics from Banaras Hindu University (BHU), Varanasi and Indian Institute of Technology (IIT), Madras. Then attended graduate school Indian Institute of Science (IISc), Bangalore for MS (Engg.) in Computer Science.

Rahul initially worked in Bangalore for a software services company as developer and then moved to an analytics software development, where he designed and developed statistical algorithms for ARCH, GARCH and CHAID model. His interest in Finance grew while working in financial services and analytics development. He has worked for statistical package, risk analysis, model and score card development applications.

From the master degree in Quantitative Finance, Rahul wants to develop understanding of quantitative and computing aspects of financial markets. After graduation he wants to work for an investment bank, hedge fund or financial services company. In his spare time, Rahul enjoys jogging, swimming and table tennis.