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Srikanth Balasubramanian

Srikanth

Name: Srikanth Balasubramanian

Batch/Specialization: 2011/Finance and Accounting

Email: srikanth.bala@iimb.ernet.in; srikanth.bala@gmail.com

Qualifications/Degrees: B.E (ECE), PGDM

Research Areas:

CEO characteristics and firm performance, M&A, sentiment analysis, machine learning in finance, NLP and deep learning.

Summary: Srikanth has over 10 years of experience across training, consulting and software. He is a successful corporate trainer and data science consultant for Fortune 500 and MNC firms like VISA, CISCO, Honeywell, NXP, Metro, KPMG, PWC Analytics Advisory & Brillio technologies. He has an extensive Machine Learning and Data Science consulting experience with SME firms like Merit Group and  RVS Group, where he helped them set up new lines of business based on analytics with constrained budgets and resources. He is currently in the advanced stage of his doctoral studies with a focus on contemporary issues like social media, big data and its application in accounting & finance. He also has a detailed understanding of issues in analytics in the retail, marketing and finance areas.

Corporate Training

  • Mentoring senior engineers from CISCO on kickstarting multiple Data Science projects.
  • Conducted Machine Learning training for managers and software engineers at VISA Singapore.
  • Conducted “Data Science using R and Python” training for senior research leaders and program managers at Honeywell to help them mine data in Oil & Gas industry.
  • Conducted a training for managers at PWC analytics advisory to improve turnaround time in building models using SAS Enterprise miner.
  • Conducted Data Science induction training ( R, Python and SQL) for new recruits from IIT Madras and IIT Delhi at Kabbage, a US based fintech firm having their analytics division at Bangalore.
  • Helped the engineers at NXP to make sense of the sensor data collected from mobile applications.
  • Conducted a workshop for CEO, KPMG global services on the latest issues in analytics consulting.
  • Helped Merit Group, a data based KPO, set up a big data analytics team in India
  • Helped RVS Group, an organization with over 100 educational institutions to offer a PG program in Business analytics by partnering with IBM and SAS
  • Conducted training on advanced data mining at Metro, a Fortune 50 firm, to build churn and association mining models.
  • Conducted training for Chief Managers at State Bank of India- India’s largest bank, on cross selling banking and insurance products to their existing customers.
  • Conducted training on data management using SQL at Brillio Technologies.

Academic Teaching

  • Taught BFSI 1 – Financial Analytics at NMIMS Bangalore
  • Taught BFSI 2 – Financial Analytics at NMIMS Bangalore
  • Taught Analytics- Tools and Techniques at NMIMS Bangalore
  • Taught Statistics Tutorials at IIM Bangalore for PG students (Public Policy – PGPPM)
  • Taught Financial Modelling at LIBA for PG students (Management)
  • Taught Financial Derivatives at LIBA for PG students (Management)
  • Taught Big Data for Business at NMIMS Bangalore

Work Experience - Around 10 years

  • Founder – Best in Town Analytics (Nov 2009)
  • Manager, Strategy - Timesofmoney (Mar 2009)
  • Faculty – T.I.M.E (Nov 2005)
  • Software Engineer – Infosys Technologies Ltd. (Feb 2004)

International Certifications

  • Certificate in Quantitative Finance (CQF)
  • Wiley Wrox Certified Big Data Analyst
  • SAS Certified Predictive Modeler using SAS Enterprise Miner
  • Professional Risk Manager (PRM)
  • Certified Financial Planner (CFP)