Personal Bio. Interested in investing, technology, and the nexus of the. I currently work as a product manager in qplum. qplum aims to bring AI-driven investing to individual investors. By combining advances in data science and algorithmic trading with cutting-edge quantitative trading strategies, qplum seeks to generate long term alpha for. its clients.. I am a member of the Alternative Investment Policy Advisory Committee (AIPAC) of the Securities and Exchange Board of India (SEBI). Here, I headed the sub-committee which looks at framing the policy framework for equity crowdfunding in India.. Before this, in a two-year break from markets, I worked on Mobile identity-based payments in India as the COO of MobileID. Mobile ID eventually got acquired by Billdesk, the largest payment gateway in India.. In the same period, I looked at several policy initiatives for Startup Village, the largest PPP technology incubator in India for which MobME Wireless was the host institute.. Before this, I started Sensibull, a simplified investment platform for retails investors combining elements from behavioral finance, and mechanical system trading. The company shut down after we hit regulatory road blocks which made scaling impractical.. In my previous avatar, I was a derivatives trader with expertise in Fixed income, currencies, and equities. Traded USDINR volatility, G7 rates, FX, and their derivatives. I traded Indian Government Bonds for less than a year as well.. In my first job out of college, I worked in the core launching team for Interest Rate Futures in India. I worked with the product and technology teams of NSE, MCX and BSE. Set up the interest rate futures desk in Securities Trading Corporation of India, a Primary Dealership.
