Riyan Patil

Thane

Summary

I am a Second-year B.Tech student at IIT Madras with a strong interest in finance, markets, and investing. Experienced in financial analysis through projects on mutual funds performance persistence and fintech app revenue modeling. Contributed to financial awareness initiatives at IIT Madras by writing ET-style articles on market trends, mutual funds, and crypto. Also Skilled in research, financial modeling, and market analysis, with exposure to consulting competitions and a experience with markets, including regular tracking of global financial news, Economic Times, and investment podcasts.

Work History

Editor

InvestmentETC

Chennai

08.2025 - Current

Researched topics like the IEX bubble burst, mutual fund performance, and global markets, publishing articles to promote financial awareness among students.

Wealth Management Intern

Agreya Capital

Mumbai

06.2025 - 08.2025

Assisted clients in understanding investment options and financial products.
Analyzed large and mid-cap mutual funds using quartile rankings, transition matrices (Python via AI), finding strong persistence of underperformance, but randomness in outperformance.
Assisted in the fundamental analysis of a listed company by gathering financial data and preparing valuation models.

Education

B.tech - Metallurgy And Materials Engineering

IIT MADRAS

Chennai, India

01-2028

Some College (No Degree) -

Smt. Sulochanadevi Singhania School

Thane, India

Skills

Financial analysis
Research skills

Investment strategies
Crypto and tokenomics: Knowledge of blockchain ecosystems, token design, and crypto project evaluation

Courses and Certifications

Equity Market Analyst - FINLATICS
Financial Literacy Course - SOIC
Blockchain and Bitcoin Fundamentals - UDEMY
Investing Class- Master Ichimoku Strategy to multiply assets - UDEMY

Competitions and Projects

Produscope by IIT Guwahati

Built a 6-year revenue forecast & business model for a student-focused personal finance app tackling budgeting, rent-sharing, and peer-pressure spending.

Researched student financial behavior and spending trends across peer groups and campuses, translating insights into features like peer benchmarking and credit-based rewards.

Designed pitch deck slides covering competitor analysis, user personas, and a go-to-market strategy for IITs and NITs.

Bitcoin Trading Strategy - Created a Trading Strategy which uses EMA-SMA crossover and ATR trailing stop loss + Volume spikes and trend reversion as its main strats.

Extra-curriculars and interests

Played the Inter-Hostel football tournament in IIT Madras and got 5th place out of 22 participating teams.
Regularly read the Economic Times and follow equity & macroeconomic market trends.
Finance enthusiast; enjoy listening to Nikhil Kamath’s podcasts and exploring investment perspectives.

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