Soumya Panda

Soumya Panda is an accomplished portfolio manager with extensive experience at WorldQuant LLC since July 2013, where roles have included Director of Research (India), Vice President of Research, and Senior Quantitative Researcher. In these positions, Soumya has focused on researching financial literature and diverse data to uncover new alpha sources and develop algorithmic trading models with high Sharpe ratios. Expertise includes analyzing novel data sets to identify market inefficiencies and creating quantitative trading strategies for equities and FX across global markets. Prior experience includes a research internship at NEC in 2011, where Soumya modeled email communication dynamics and developed the Email Network Simulator. Soumya holds an M.Sc. in Mathematics and Scientific Computing from the Indian Institute of Technology, Kanpur.