Current
Ayush Shankaram
Divyansh Barodiya
Divyansh Barodiya
QUANTITATIVE STRATEGIST
Beyond his work at Longshanks Capital, Ayush founded GRDNT, a fashion accessories manufacturing firm, and served as an Equity Research Analyst at A. Stotz Investment Research. During his undergraduate studies, he gained experience in software engineering, the culinary arts, and project information management. Ayush holds a Bachelor of Technology in Electrical Engineering from IIT Roorkee, where he ranked 1893 in the JEE Advanced. Ayush’s diverse background,spans equity research, founding a manufacturing venture, and hands-on experience in engineering and systems design at IIT Roorkee.
Divyansh Barodiya
Divyansh Barodiya
Divyansh Barodiya
QUANTITATIVE STRATEGIST
Passionate about emerging technologies and quantitative finance, Divyansh earned top placements in AI and blockchain hackathons, contributed to open-source projects in security and cryptography, and actively researches and builds innovative decentralized and AI-driven solutions. Divyansh brings a breadth of professional experience. Before joining the firm, he was a Blockchain Developer at Wristkey Global Solutions and the University of Albany, a Data Scientist at Medino's and York University. Divyansh holds a Bachelor of Technology in Computer Science from IIT Ropar.
Kavya Gupta
Divyansh Barodiya
Kavya Gupta
QUANTITATIVE STRATEGIST
Kavya holds a Bachelor of Technology in Computer Science from IIT Bombay, where he ranked 25 in the JEE Advanced and achieved a 9.7/10.0 GPA. Before Longshanks Capital, Kavya was a Software Engineer and Data Analyst at Franklin Templeton, a global investment firm in addition to having been a Teaching Assistant at IIT Bombay covering five Computer Science courses to IIT Bombay Computer Science undergraduate students, spanning two years. Most notably and recently, he was a Quantitative Developer at the proprietary algorithmic trading firm Quadeye.
Nagi Reddy
Varun Kulkarni
Kavya Gupta
QUANTITATIVE STRATEGIST
Nagi holds a Bachelor of Technology in Computer Science from IIT Bhubaneswar, where he ranked 3271 in the JEE Advanced. He has worked as a Data Scientist at Turing, one of the world’s fastest-growing AI companies, driving the advancement and deployment of cutting-edge AI systems. Before joining Longshanks Capital, Nagi was a Cybersecurity Analyst at the Bhubaneswar–Cuttack Police Commissionerate and an Analyst at the Arts and Humanities Research Council, an independent public body sponsored by the UK Department for Business, Innovation and Skills.
Pallav Kamad
Varun Kulkarni
Varun Kulkarni
QUANTITATIVE STRATEGIST
Pallav holds a Bachelor of Technology and Master of Technology in Computer Science from IIT Delhi, where he ranked 475 in the JEE Advanced. Among various other roles, he was the Executive of the Official the ACM Student Chapter and CS Departmental Society of IIT Delhi. Pallav has implemented projects ranging from a full interpreter in OCaml to a congestion-controlled UDP protocol, cache coherence simulators, probabilistic models, and terminal-based tools in addition to quant side projects, such as stochastic modeling and market microstructure strategies.
Varun Kulkarni
Varun Kulkarni
Varun Kulkarni
QUANTITATIVE STRATEGIST
Varun holds a Bachelor of Technology in Mechanical Engineering (Major) and Computer Science (Minor) from IIT Bombay and ranked 1644 in the JEE Advanced. Before joining Longshanks Capital, he was a Data Scientist at Microsoft, where he explored the causal relationships and feature analysis of Developers. Before joining Longshanks Capital, Varun also gained valuable experience in business development at Olive Gaea, a venture leveraging artificial intelligence to create sustainability-driven solutions.
Alumni
Arvind Kumar Sharma
Arvind Kumar Sharma
Arvind Kumar Sharma
QUANTITATIVE STRATEGIST
Arvind is currently a Teaching Associate at IIT Bombay, where he teaches financial mathematics. Prior, he worked at WinZO, India's leading interactive entertainment platform. Additionally, he has worked in France as a Researcher at INRIA, France's research institute for digital science and technology. Arvind holds a Bachelor of Technology in Mathematics and Computing from IIT Delhi, where he ranked 288 in the JEE Advanced.
Kshitij Jha
Arvind Kumar Sharma
Arvind Kumar Sharma
QUANTITATIVE STRATEGIST
Kshitij is currently a Quantitative Developer at the research-first quantitative trading firm Tesseract Capital, which specializes in high-frequency trading. He has worked as a Software Engineer at various entities, including Dappunk, Nutanix, Nethermind, and the École de technologie supérieure. Kshitij holds a Bachelor and Master of Technology in Mathematics and Computing from IIT Delhi, where he ranked 385 in the JEE Advanced.
Priyansh Agrawal
Arvind Kumar Sharma
Kush "LNU" Grover
QUANTITATIVE STRATEGIST
Priyansh is currently a Quantitative Researcher at QiCap.AI, building ultra-low latency execution systems for synthetic futures arbitrage. Previously, he was a Derivatives Trader at Axella, where he traded EURIBOR STIR futures with various systematic macroeconomic trading strategies. Priyansh holds a Bachelor of Technology and a Master of Technology in Electrical Engineering from IIT Kharagpur, where he ranked 1510 in the JEE Advanced.
Kush "LNU" Grover
Kush "LNU" Grover
Kush "LNU" Grover
QUANTITATIVE STRATEGIST
Kush is currently an Analyst—in a revenue-generating role—at Goldman Sachs, where he received a return offer from the summer prior as a Summer Analyst. He holds a Bachelor of Technology in Electrical Engineering from IIT Roorkee, where he ranked 1752 in the JEE Advanced. While at IIT Roorkee, Kush served as Secretary of the Electrical Engineering Students' Society, a role that played a pivotal part in his undergraduate studies for two years.
Shubhanshu Sahu
Kush "LNU" Grover
Shubhanshu Sahu
QUANTITATIVE STRATEGIST
Shubhanshu is currently a Quantitative Analyst at the global investment firm Squarepoint, leveraging the skills taught by his mentors at Longshanks Capital. Before entering investment management, Shubhanshu was a Product Engineer at Sprinklr, providing enterprise software for customer experience management. Shubhanshu holds a Bachelor of Technology in Bioengineering from IIT Guwahati, where he ranked 3603 in the JEE Advanced.
Tript Sudhakar
Kush "LNU" Grover
Shubhanshu Sahu
QUANTITATIVE STRATEGIST
Tript is currently a Teaching Associate at IIT Delhi's Department of Computer Science, where he is involved in courses related to data structures and algorithms. He previously worked as a Software Engineer at WinZO, India's leading interactive entertainment platform, and before that, conducted research at Zuse Institute Berlin. Tript holds a Bachelor of Technology in Computer Science from IIT Delhi, where he ranked 242 in the JEE Advanced.