Carnegie Mellon University

Meghana Verma

Meghana Verma

Class of 2024

Bio

Meghana graduated from the Indian Institute of Technology, Bombay with majors in chemical engineering and a minor degree in artificial intelligence and data science. Post her undergraduate studies, she worked as a quantitative strategist in the resource allocation team at Goldman Sachs, where she was responsible for building out optimization and forecasting models for balance sheet items. During her undergraduate studies, she completed numerous internships in analytics and machine learning space. She also has significant quantitative research experience building high frequency trading strategies for a crypto hedge fund in India. She has demonstrated strong research acumen by publishing two research papers in leading machine learning conferences in collaboration with University College London. Through her internship and full time experience along with her strong background in mathematics and machine learning, she joined the MSCF program to further hone her skills in quantitative finance. Post graduation, she plans to pursue a career in quantitative research, portfolio analytics or asset management.