AKHILESH VARMA
Mumbai, Maharashtra, India | 9326833664 | akhverm@gmail.com | GitHub | LinkedIn | SSRN
PROFESSIONAL SUMMARY

Quantitative researcher and AI systems engineer focused on cross-asset forecasting, financial time series, and machine-learning infrastructure. Built a C++ event-driven prediction engine with reported 36.5× cumulative growth and a 2.96 Sharpe ratio over an 11-year backtest. Developed Python/PyTorch/TensorFlow forecasting workflows, real-time market-data pipelines, and multi-agent research systems. Brings strong foundations in statistical experimentation, algorithms, data structures, and financial research software.

TECHNICAL SKILLS
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
Chief Technology Officer | Stealth Startup · Full-time | Sep 2026–Present
Mumbai Metropolitan Region · Remote
Intern | SYNK · Internship | Sep 2026
Mumbai, Maharashtra, India · Remote · Skills: Infrastructure Technologies, Graphics
Founder | Nerravia · Full-time | Jul 2026–Sep 2026
Mumbai, Maharashtra, India · Remote · Skills: Early Stage Ventures, AI Inferencing
Founder | Medusa Securities · Full-time | Apr 2026–Jul 2026
Mumbai, Maharashtra, India · Remote · Skills: Early Stage Ventures, Start-up Leadership
Founder | Independent Quantitative Research Initiative | May 2024–Sep 2025
  • Built event-driven C++ forecasting systems and predictive models; used statistical experiments, algorithms, and custom data structures to improve strategy-forecast reliability.
  • Developed Ouroboros, a cross-asset prediction engine reporting 36.5× growth and a 2.96 Sharpe ratio over an 11-year backtest.
  • Built Athena, a multi-agent framework for automated scientific discovery and distributed reasoning.
Machine Learning Researcher | Independent AI & ML Researcher | Sep 2023–Mar 2024
  • Built Oron, a Python/TensorFlow cognitive architecture for stateless LLMs with local inference, speech, authentication, and three-store memory (ChromaDB, NetworkX, SQLite); added time decay, confidence-weighted retrieval, MMR, asynchronous consolidation, prompt-injection safeguards, and FastAPI/LangChain integrations.
  • Created TensorFlow/PyTorch cross-asset forecasting workflows and the Daimon-results pipeline to automate preprocessing and model training, reducing development time and improving forecast accuracy.
  • Built an event-driven Python news aggregator parsing live feeds from dozens of sources for downstream models.
SELECTED RESEARCH
Relational Asset Network (RAN): Temporal Graph Model for Cross-Sectional Asset Ranking
Unpublished GitHub research | 56 instruments / 7 asset classes | 57 causal features | 60-session lookback | GitHub

Pairs causal temporal convolutions with a dynamic correlation graph for cross-sectional ranking; the portfolio goes long the top decile and short the bottom decile with a one-day execution lag and transaction costs. Walk-forward development Rank IC / Net Sharpe: 10D 0.0923 / 0.556; 20D 0.1159 / 0.521; 60D 0.0807 / 0.156. The post-2023 holdout is not included.

Collective Entropy-synchronization Phases in Financial Markets: An Independent Econophysics Model for Cross-asset Risk Allocation
7 pages | Posted 12 Sep 2026 | 198 downloads | https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=7421259

Uses cross-sectional entropy and return-sign synchronization to derive a defensive portfolio-allocation signal.

The Public-Signal Alpha Half-Life Hypothesis
5 pages | Posted 05 Sep 2026 | 51 downloads | https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=7395678

Studies how disclosure, crowding, arbitrage, execution costs, and regime change affect implementable alpha persistence.

HPT–DTE: A Code-Grounded Dual-Domain Architecture for Cross-Asset Financial Direction Prediction
8 pages | Posted 03 Sep 2026 | 17 downloads | https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=7389258

Combines time- and frequency-domain prediction with regime conditioning, probability calibration, and selective cross-asset evaluation.

SELECTED PROJECTS
ADDITIONAL GITHUB RESEARCH PROJECTS
PUBLICATIONS
EDUCATION & CONTINUING STUDY
Alpha Junior College | Higher Secondary Education | Mumbai, India