Manoj Thulasidas

Current

• Associate Director at Standard Chartered Bank

Past

• Vice President at OCBC Bank
• Lead Scientist at Institute for Infocomm Research
• Research Scientist at CERN

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Education

• Syracuse University
• Indian Institute of Technology, Madras

Connections

62 connections

Industry

Investment Banking

Websites

• Blog
• Book
• And me

Manoj Thulasidas’s Summary

I am a scientist turned quantitative finance professional. I lead a team of quantitative professionals who develop and deploy pricing models and tools for exotic products across all asset classes. My first finance job involved leading a team of quantitative analytists for market risk management.

In my free time, I write columns and articles for newspapers, magazines and professional journals. I am a regular columnist for the Today paper in Singapore and the Wilmott Magazine. My articles are blogged on my website: http://www.Thulasidas.com.

Currently, I'm working on my next book, "Principles of Quantitative Development," to be published by Wiley-Finance, due to hit the bookstores in early 2010.

Manoj Thulasidas’s Specialties:

Quantitative development - exotic products, pricing models and systems.
Physics and philosophy - foundational concepts, epistemology.
Neuroscience - perception and cognition.
Writing - columns, books.

Manoj Thulasidas’s Experience

• Associate Director

  Standard Chartered Bank

  (Public Company; 10,001 or more employees; STAN.L; Banking industry)

  October 2007 — Present (2 years 2 months)

  Develop, implement and deploy pricing models and tools for exotic products across all asset classes.

• Vice President

  OCBC Bank

  (Public Company; 5001-10,000 employees; Banking industry)

  October 2005 — September 2007 (2 years )

  Heading the Quantitative Analytics team for market risk management

• Lead Scientist

  Institute for Infocomm Research

  (Government Agency; 201-500 employees; Information Technology and Services industry)

  September 1998 — September 2005 (7 years 1 month)

  Research on brain signals, interfacing them to computers, sensors, actuators, body-based signals and authentication.

• Research Scientist

  CERN

  (Privately Held; 1001-5000 employees; Research industry)

  September 1993 — August 1998 (5 years )

  Employed as an "ingénieur de recherche" with CNRS France, I worked at the ALEPH collaboration at CERN, Geneva during my five years in Europe. I concentrated on a high precision vertex detector and studied branching ratios of the b quark.

Manoj Thulasidas’s Education

• Syracuse University

  PhD , Experimental Particle Physics , 1987 — 1993

• Indian Institute of Technology, Madras

  B.Tech , EE , 1983 — 1987

Additional Information

Manoj Thulasidas’s Websites:

• Blog
• Book
• And me

Manoj Thulasidas’s Interests:

Writing, Physics, Philosophy, Badminton, Gadgets

Manoj Thulasidas’s Groups:

IIT Alumni, IEEEE

•    Quant Finance
•    Global Quants (Quant Analysts, Developers, Risk - Systematic, Electronic, Algo Trading)

Manoj Thulasidas’s Honors:

Book contract with Wiley-Finance.
Columnist for the Wilmott Magazine, Today paper (a Singaporean newspaper).
Numerous TV appearances and media coverage.
French "concours" for the coveted CNRS job.
High JEE rank (63rd in India out of about 100k) 1983.
High state rank (3rd in Kerala out of about 10k) 1982.

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