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APARNA RAJGOPAL
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| 1404 C, Spartan Village |
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(H): 517-355-0770
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| East Lansing, MI 48823 |
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(W): 517-432-5585
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OBJECTIVE |
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To obtain a position in the industry that utilizes my
communication and analytical skills. Equipped with a strong mathematics
and statistics background, seeking a position that offers challenge
and interest.
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EDUCATION |
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Michigan State University |
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Masters of Science, Industrial Mathematics
Certificate Program in Business Management and Communication Skills
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Expected Date of Degree: May, 2004
September, 2002 – April, 2003
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Michigan State University |
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Masters of Arts, Economics
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Date of Graduation: May, 2001
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St. Xavier’s College, University
of Mumbai, India |
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Bachelors of Arts, Economics
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Date of Degree: July, 1998
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COMPUTER SKILLS |
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Proficient in Microsoft Office (Word, Excel, Power Point),
MATLAB, STATA. Basic knowledge in MS Access.
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PROFESSIONAL PROFILE |
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Marketing and Program Development,
Michigan State University (Institute of Water Research), May 2002 |
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- Designing strategies to market virtual university courses.
- Structuring pricing policies to sell IWR products such
as soil mapping and GIS software.
- Updating Access Database.
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Graduate Assistant, Michigan
State University (Dept. of American Thought & Learning), Jan 2001-May 2001
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- Designed the brochure for the American Indian Studies
Program using graphic software tools such as Adobe PhotoShop and PageMaker.
- Researched topics and abstracted information to be
used in the content of the brochure
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Teaching Assistant, Michigan
State University (Dept. of Economics), September 1999-May 2000 |
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- Held tutorial sessions for the courses EC 201 (Microeconomics),
EC 301 (Intermediate Microeconomics) and EC 360 (Public Policy).
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Support Executive, Infomatics
Share Processing Pvt Ltd., (Capital Market Operations Group), Mumbai, India,
Aug 1998-Aug 1999 |
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- Performed research and analysis on key performance
indicators for clients like Morgan Stanley and Industrial Credit and
Investment Corporation of India.
- Generated corporate action initiation routines for
the collection of dividends, bonus issues, rights issues etc. by generating
the necessary documents through the computer system.
- Prepared status reports of transactions. Extracted
information from the database and organized it using Microsoft Word
and Excel.
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PROJECTS/RESEARCH |
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Modeling the U.S. Population
Growth, MTH 843, Survey of Industrial Mathematics, Fall 2002 |
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This focuses on modeling the growth of U.S. population
from 1790 to 2000, using data from the U.S. Census Bureau. The Best-fitting
polynomial, the Exponential function and the Logistics Equation models
were developed using MATLAB to determine the most accurate fit for the
data.
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Currency Crisis-The Asian Saga, EC 841,
International Finance, Fall 2000. |
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This focuses on the currency crisis that hit East Asia
in 1997. It describes the causes that led to the crisis, the remedial
measures and the role of the IMF in the reform strategies as well as
lessons that can be learnt in order to avoid the future breakout of
such a crisis.
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CEO Compensation, EC 823, Applied Econometrics,
Fall 2000. |
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This focuses on the determination of CEO compensation
for a sample of 48 US companies ranked in accordance of Sales for the
years 1997 and 1999. The control variables include percentage of stock
owned by the CEO, profits of the company, sales etc. The results were
obtained using the regression software, STATA, Version 6.
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Company Analysis-The Kellogg Corporation,
FI 862, Advanced Managerial Finance, Fall 2000. |
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This is a valuation of the Kellogg Corporation by developing
a detailed forecast period and a continuing value period using balance
sheet and income statement items. It further estimates value drivers,
revenue growth and ROIC, using Excel spreadsheets.
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ACTIVITIES |
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- Honors Program in Economics (1995-1998): Participated
in the Economics Honors Program. This involved working on and presenting
well-researched papers and attending lecture series.
- Academic Merit: Earned an academic credit for securing
first class and a rank in the top 10% in Economics in 1996-1997.
- Economics Circle: Member of the College Economics Circle.
Organized seminars, conferences and lecture series. On the Editorial
Board of the college Economics Magazine.
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