Manas Agarwal

Background

About Manas Agarwal

Working as a software developer in Mercari Inc.I am a Graduate student, major in Metallurgical and Materials Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology Roorkee, India.I have recently completed a project with the aim of one-step-ahead daily prediction of USD/INR Exchange Rates using Artifical Intelligence and Statistical techniques. I used ARIMA for linear modeling of time series and Backward Regression Analysis for variable selection and incorporated the results into a Feedforward back propagation Neural Network.I have attended Winter School 2.0 in IIM Ahmedabad aim of which was Policy Making in the field of Education. During the days of staying at IIM-A, I participated in various activities and in discussions and debates on current policies and about necessary amendments. This was followed by a practicum in which the same had to be implemented in real life situations.Besides I have enhanced my general managerial skills working as a member of a Student body named SIIRD (Students' Initiative for Integrated Rural Development) at IIT Roorkee which works on a collaborative model between Industry, Academia, Government and Society for Rural Development.My interest lies mainly in the field of Statistical Modelling, Image Processing, Analytics.