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Research Interns & Live Projects

Research interns working on live projects

Interns learn by contributing to clearly defined questions connected to FidelFolio’s research platform

Research cohorts

Research interns

Students from leading institutes contributing to focused research questions.

Summer 2026

Abhay Prajapati

IIT Patna · BTech, Mechanical Engineering

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Anand Vardhan Shukla

BITS Pilani · MBA, Business Analytics

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Bishal Majumder

IIT Kharagpur · Industrial Engineering (Financial Engineering), 5-yr integrated

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Harsh Jain

BITS Pilani · MBA, Business Analytics

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Hrishikesh Sandip Deshpande

BITS Pilani · Electronics & Communication Engineering

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Jayasuriya P

BITS Pilani · MBA, Business Analytics

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Ravishek Kumar

IIT Kharagpur · Master’s, Financial Engineering (Minor: CSE)

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Summer 2025

Aman Yadav

IIT Roorkee · BTech

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Surya Kamesh Mantha

IIT Roorkee · BTech

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Mrityunjay Singh

IIT Roorkee

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Aadit Sule

IIT Bombay · BTech

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Shreyansh Vikas Mishra

UCLA · BTech, Computer Science

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Vedant Gupta

IIT Kharagpur · BTech

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Sridevi S

Trinity College Dublin · MSc Data Science

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Tharun A

MIT Bengaluru · Artificial Intelligence

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Winter 2025

Priyanshu Yadav

IIT Delhi · BTech+MTech, Maths & Computing

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Amardip Banerjee

IIT Kharagpur · BTech+MTech (5-yr)

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Summer 2024

Aditya Raj

IIT Delhi · BTech

Manan Choudhary

IIT BHU · BTech

Garvit Sharma

IIIT Kottayam · BTech

Autumn 2023

Ajith Kumar S

NIT Surathkal · MTech

Summer 2023

Karan Haidyal

IIIT Mohali · BTech

Ravindranath Yadav

NIT Surathkal · BTech

Priyanshi Mishra

NIT Trichy · Maths (Hons)

Winter 2023

Shreyanshi Agarwal

Nirma Institute of Management · MBA

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Advisors

Advisors who challenge and strengthen our work

Independent expertise adds perspective across machine learning, investment research, academia and investor education

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Machine Learning Advisor

Independent model validation, feature engineering and explainability.

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Investment Research Advisors

Capital-market perspective, fundamental validation and research challenge.

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Academic Research Network

Methods, peer review and collaboration with emerging researchers.

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Marketing & Investor Education Advisor

Clear communication of sophisticated research to long-term investors.

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Core Team

The core team behind FidelFolio

Research, technology, communication and investor relationships work together

Kislay Upadhyay
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Kislay Upadhyay

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Founder & CEO
  • An IIM alumnus
  • CFA Charter holder, Member, PAC, CFA Society India
  • 10+ years of Industry experience in rule-based investing
  • Co-authored ‘Coffee Can Investing’ (2018)
  • Worked @Marcellus with Saurabh Mukherjea
  • Worked @Abakkus with Sunil Singhania
  • AI in Financial market (NSE academy) contributor
IIM LucknowAmbitAbakkusCFA Institute
Gaurav Prakash
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Gaurav Prakash

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Marketing Head
  • An IIM alumnus
  • Lead product manager @ Microsoft
  • 8+ years of experience in building and launching enterprise products.
  • Leading AI strategy for enabling Co-pilot experience for HR business.
  • Managed 3M$ portfolio to transform Microsoft hiring using AI capabilities.
IIM LucknowMicrosoftFirst DataTata Consultancy Services
Vasant Lohiya
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Vasant Lohiya

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Sales Head
  • An Equity Research analyst
  • 15+ years of experience in Equity research.
  • Chartered Accountant
JM FinancialICICI Direct
Apurva Raj
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Apurva Raj

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CTO
  • An IIT post graduate
  • 12+ years of software engineering experience across enterprise systems, blockchain, public health and fintech
  • Led development of a blockchain-based insurance platform for a Fortune 500 insurer
  • Built apps for the Government of Bihar’s COVID-19 response, NHM and ICDS frontline workers
IITPHCLTechChainThatCARE
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