SIGNAL Lab

Alumni

This page lists former doctoral students, postdoctoral fellows, and other research associates who have worked in this group and have coauthored at least one research paper or case study.

The alumni directory is intended to document the academic and professional journeys of people associated with the SIGNAL Lab and to help future students, collaborators, and alumni understand the range of research areas connected with the group.

If you are an alumnus of this group and want your information to be added/modified, please send an email to soudeeps.research.group@gmail.com.

PhD students

Anchal Soni

Anchal Soni

PhD, IIM Bangalore

Graduated February 2023

Current Senior Consultant, WNS Global Services, India

Time series · Dimension reduction · Financial data · Multivariate data

Siddharth Rawat

Siddharth Rawat

PhD, IIM Bangalore

Graduated March 2023

Current Postdoctoral Fellow, NIEHS, USA

Spatio-temporal modelling · Public health · Environmental research · Bayesian methods

Kapil Gupta

Kapil Gupta

PhD, IIM Bangalore

Graduated March 2025

Current Assistant Professor, IIM Kozhikode, India

Spatio-temporal modelling · Real estate · Sports analytics · Bayesian methods

Archi Roy

Archi Roy

PhD, IISER Pune (co-supervised)

Graduated August 2025

Current Assistant Professor, IIM Kozhikode, India

Time series · Nonparametrics · Financial data · Applied probability

Postdoctoral fellows

Reetha Thomas

Reetha Thomas

Postdoctoral Fellow

During 2024 -- 2025

Current Assistant Professor, IIIT Kottayam, India

Deep learning · Quantile regression · Environmental research

Key research fellows

Souvik Bag

Souvik Bag

Predoctoral Fellow

During 2021 -- 2022

Current PhD Student, University of Missouri, USA

Variable selection · Binary data · Machine learning

Shreyash S Deshmukh

Shreyash S Deshmukh

Predoctoral Fellow

During 2023 -- 2024

Current PhD Student, IIM Kozhikode, India

Public health · Quantile regression · Time series

Satyaki Basu Sarbadhikary

Satyaki Basu Sarbadhikary

Research associate

During 2024 -- 2025

Current PhD Student, National University of Singapore

Network · Sports analytics · Real estate · Policy evaluation

Snehil Maurya

Snehil Maurya

MS Thesis, IISER Mohali

During 2025 -- 2026

Current Data Analyst, Deloitte (to join), India

Financial data · Optimization · Machine learning

Other notable research assistants

  • Mareeswaran M: Former PhD student in the Finance & Accounting area at Indian Institute of Management Bangalore. Later joined Queens University Belfast, Gift City, as a faculty.
  • Meghana Krishna: Worked during 2024-25 as a research assistant.
  • Sreeranjini TM: Worked during 2023-25, later joined doctoral program at Indian Institute of Technology Bombay.
  • Anagh Chattopadhyay: Worked during 2021-23, later joined doctoral program at Johns Hopkins University.
  • Manit Paul: Worked during 2021-22, later joined doctoral program at University of Pennsylvania.
  • Anirban Nath: Worked during 2021-22, later joined doctoral program at Columbia University.
  • Shubhajit Sen: Worked during 2020-23, later joined doctoral program at North Carolina State University.
  • Divya Chakarwarti: Worked during 2021-22, later joined Google as Software Engineer.
  • Siddhant Nahata: Worked during 2020-21, later joined McKinsey & Co as Business Analyst.