Resume

Sumary

Zehaan Naik

Junior Undergraduate, Statistics and Data Science at IIT Kanpur

Education

Bachelors of Science in Statistics & Data Science

2022 - 2026

Indian Institute of Technology, Kanpur

Received Academic Excellence Award IIT-K conferred to the top 10% performers for the years 2022 & 2023

Key Projects

PHASR

Sep'2023 - Jul'2024

Prof. Indranil Saha, Team ERA

1st Indian team to qualify for the RoboCup MSL Challenge out of 10+ shortlisted international applicants

Designed & developed robots capable of autonomously playing football using real-time vision and swarm robotics
Developed subsystems such as solenoid based kicking mechanism and automated ball handling mechanism
Indigenously designed and manufactured the chassis for a prototype robot capable of agile movements at 4m/s

SWAP Regression

Sep'23 - Present

Prof. S. Mitra | Dept. of Mathmematics and Statistics | IIT Kanpur

Computationally implemented the state-of-the-art regression method for samples with alternating predictors
Implemented a Monte-Carlo-based numerical approximation method to derive a non-linear regression estimate
Achieved a 94.2% reduction in loss compared to the standard model from 1000+ data points with 70% accuracy

HMC & the NUTS Algorithm

2022 - 2026

Prof. D. Vats | Dept. of Mathmematics and Statistics | IIT Kanpur

Developed an in depth understanding of the Hamiltonian Monte Carlo Paradign and Markov Chain Monte Carlo sampling
Understood and re-implemented the Stan code for the No U-turn Samper
Performed extensive experiments to test the usability and effectivenesss of the NUTS sampler

Professional Experience

Capital Markets and Equity Research Internship

May'24 - Jul'24

Indian Institue of Management, Bangalore

Received an LOR and got research featured in the Research Symposium on Finance and Economics 2024 by IFMR

Optimized lending strategies & establish equity trends for public and private sector banks in economic crises
Established a relationship between company growth, executive board structure & SOPs for high-grossing firms
Analysed public and private lending data for over 100,000 firms and the top 50 banks in the Indian market
Achieved 80% accuracy using 200,000+ data points creating a model to validate state-double engine hypothesis

Summer Associate Intern

May'2025 - Jul'2025

Boston Consulting Group

Positions of Responsibility

Coordinator | Debating Society of IIT Kanpur

May'24 - Present

Leadership

Led a 3-tier team of 40+ students; training for competitive national and international debate tournaments

Innitiatives

Convened the first edition of IITKAPD with 300+ participants from 6 different countries, managing a budget of over INR 1,50,000

Organised UPDL'24 at IIT Kanpur, a national 3-tier tournament with 3000+ participants from over 7 states

Improved debate training quality by introducing external debate coaches and brought in funds over INR 1,00,000

Impact

Achieved a 3.5X increase in the number of tournaments participated and a 3.7X boost in the number of breaks

Increased participation for Fresher's Debating Tournament by 250% by training 200+ freshers in a buddy program

Boosted the reach of the club by 3x to bolster club's online presence by curating pages on 4 social media platforms

Editor | Vox Populi IIT Kanpur

May'24 - Present

Leadership

Led a 3-tier team of 40+ Core Group Members & 20+ Asst. Editors working on reports, infographics & videos

Innitiatives

Initiated an article on the impact of AI tools in academia, interviewing 10+ faculty and surveyed 1K students

Conducted IIT Kanpur's first journalism conclave, Fleet Street, with a footfall of over 1,000 participants

Impact

Achieved 130% increase in Accounts-Engaged-Per-Post by introducing Instagram slides to widen readership ii

Published and distributed our annual newsletter to 3000+ students with external funding of over INR 25,000