ARJUN SHANKER GUPTA

SUMMARY
 Analytical, patient, and prudent finance professional with over 5 years of experience in publicly traded businesses.
 Focus on long term value creation in companies having sustainable competitive advantages operated by honest and
Competent management, priced very attractively.
ACADEMIC QUALIFICATIONS
Examination Year Board/University %/CGPA
Bachelor of Engineering 2008 DCET Panjab University, Chandigarh 66.5%
Class XII CBSE 2003 DAV Public School, Kurukshetra 77.4%
Class X ICSE 2001 St. George’s College, Mussoorie 86.2%
PROFESSIONAL CERTIFICATIONS
 CHARTERED FINANCIAL ANALYST (CFA) Level 1 cleared
WORK HISTORY

 Helping the fund manager build up a fund, currently investing proprietary funds
Prasum Capital  Finding companies in mid cap universe, focus on long term value creation
Analyst  Attending conference calls & meeting with industry experts
Jun’15 - Jun’18  Using screening software to generate new ideas
 Helping the management with day to day working, completing tasks assigned to me

 Responsible for performing bottom-up fundamental research and generating new investment ideas
 Finding companies in Midcap & Small Cap universe having moats/competitive advantages
 Finding companies trading below their intrinsic value
 Focus on special situations mergers, demergers, open offer, delisting
Escorts Securities
 Finding turnaround companies, asset plays, net bargains & contrarian stocks
Analyst
Jan’12 – Apr’15  Assisting the fund manager in stock ideas for PMS funds and portfolio management
 Knowledge about various industries by frequently interacting with analyst & Conference Calls
 Using screening software to generate new ideas
 Reviewing macroeconomic variables on a daily basis with the PMS team
 Valuation of Different Sectors for the Listed Companies on BSE/NSE

Infosys Ltd.
 Worked in the Business Intelligence team, handling data using Data Extraction & Data Mining Tools
System Engineer
Jun’08 – Jun’10  Received two awards for exceptional performance (Rookie of the Quarter & Star of the Unit)

INTERNSHIP
IOCL  Industrial Training for 6 weeks at Indian Oil Corporation Limited, Panipat
Toyo Engg.  Process Training for 4 weeks at Toyo Engineering India Limited, Mumbai
IIT Roorkee  Project Training on Relief Valves & CNG, C++ code for their implementation at IIT Roorkee
COMPUTER SKILLS
Languages  VBA, SQL, Unix Scripting
Other Software  Microsoft Excel, Ace Equity, Bloomberg
EXTRA CURRICULAR ACHIEVEMENTS
 Elected as the Outdoor Games Secretary of my hostel for the year 2006 – 07
 3rd Prize in Panjab University’s Annual Debate Competition-‘Polemic’- 2006
 German Language certificate course in 1st Division from Arts & Language Department, Panjab University
PERSONAL DETAILS
Date of Birth 09 July 1985
Email asharfi@gmail.com
Contact 09992970786

15-Jul-18 Arjun Shanker Gupta