Rupesh Chandra Das
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Career Objective
Obtain a challenging analyst position wherein I can utilize my perfect blend of education, problem solving ability, professional experience and programming skills. Discover new horizons in the field of finance to excel finance operation in an organization.
Education:
Southern Illinois University Edwardsville (SIUE) Edwardsville, IL
Masters of Science in Economics and Finance Jan. 2015- May 2016
University of Dhaka Dhaka, Bangladesh
Masters of Business Administration Jan 2012- May 2013
University of Dhaka Dhaka, Bangladesh
Bachelor of Business Administration Mar 2007- Dec 2011
Research Experience:
SIUE Economics and Finance Department: Edwardsville, Illinois
Graduate Student Jan 2015- May 2016
Portfolio Return Analysis with SAS
Conducted a portfolios analysis with 30 years monthly stock data from NASDAQ; calculated their return and ranked these stocks based on their return; created portfolios winner or loser based on the rank of these stocks. Finally, invested into these portfolios, analyzed their performance after a certain period and identified the best performer stock portfolio.
Multiple Regression Analysis with SAS
Hypothesis testing, Model Specification and Multiple regression analysis using qualitative and quantitative data such as U.S. Census Bureau, 2000 Census of Population and Housing, Public Use Microdata Sample, United States. Regression included the dependent variable income fluctuates with changes of gender, education level, race, age, working hours and so on.
Time Series and Forecasting Analysis with Eviews/AIRMA Model
With the seasonally adjusted 30 years monthly data of consumer price index of India and Bangladesh, a study is conducted using standard GARCH model to find inflation affects inflation uncertainty of these two countries. The volatility of inflation does not affect people’s future inflation expectation in case of India because of big economic area and stable political policy whereas the variability of inflation affects people’s mind about future inflation expectation.
Capital Budgeting and Pricing with Excel
Determined price for a project through calculating initial investment, expenses and cash flows from this project for every term; discounted back to find net present value of the project and concluded to invest into the positive NPV projects to increase stock value of the shareholder of this company.
Investment and Risk Analysis with Excel/Pivot Table
Developed zero risk portfolio with diversifying investment into different stocks and bond regarding correlation, covariance, and market risk of individual stocks of the diversified portfolio. Also identified overvalued and undervalued stocks and bonds to discover arbitrage opportunity to make money without any cost.
Employment Experience:
SIUE Economics and Finance Department: Edwardsville, Illinois
Graduate Assistant Jan 2015- Dec 2015
Assisted faculty with data collection and design for the research of housing price fluctuation of Middle East and North African (MENA) countries by their GDP growth, oil production, population growth, working population, school enrollment percentage and inflation rate.
Analyzed and designed piracy report data for three Mediterranean countries Greece, Israel, and Turkey for the period from January 1991 to December 2000 to conduct a research for the regional effect of terrorism on tourism industry.
Graded and tutored undergraduate students
Pragati Life Insurance Company Limited Dhaka, Bangladesh
Management Trainee Officer Jun 2013- Nov 2014
Forecasting monthly sales and estimating budget
Reporting to higher management
Providing Presentation on budget analysis
Skills:
Advanced SAS Programming including SAS Base, SAS Sql, SAS Macro, SAS Stat
Microsoft Office: Word, Excel/Pivot Table, PowerPoint and Outlook
SQL Server
Eviews
Awards and Recognitions:
BSA-SIUE Cougar Badminton Championship 2016
Pragati Growth Performer Award 2013 at Pragati Life Insurance Company Limited
Market Challenger 2010 at MSA-University of Dhaka
Hobbies:
Playing multiple sports
Traveling
Programming
References:
Dr. Arial Belasen
Department of Economics and Finance
Associate professor and supervisor
Southern Illinois University Edwardsville
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Dr. Riza Demirer
Department of Economics and Finance
Graduate Program Director
Southern Illinois University Edwardsville
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Dr. Aeysa Evrensel
Department of Economics and Finance
Chairperson
Southern Illinois University Edwardsville
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