SIGNAL Group

Members

Following are the current members of SIGNAL Group, who are working in different capacities.

Principal Investigator

Soudeep Deb

Soudeep Deb

Associate Professor, IIM Bangalore

Statistical inference · Time series · Spatio-temporal modelling · Analytics · Learning

Postdoctoral fellows

Madhab Barman

Madhab Barman

Working since 2025

Machine learning · Extreme value theory · Environmental research · Applied mathematics

Shamriddha De

Shamriddha De

Working since 2026

Real estate · Bayesian methods · Mixture model · Forecasting

PhD students

Kunal Rai

Kunal Rai

PhD student, IIM Bangalore (thesis submitted)

Time series · Nonparametrics · Financial data · Physics-informed neural network

SIGNAL Group publications

A nonparametric approach to understand multivariate quantile dynamics in financial time series

Rai, K., Roy, A., Dattner, I., Deb, S. · 2026

arXiv

Pre-print

Multiperiod volatility forecasting with optimization-based model selection: Evidence from NIFTY-50 Banks

Rai, K., Anand, A., Deb, S. · 2026

SSRN

Working paper
Amrutha Seshagiri

Amrutha Seshagiri

PhD student, IIM Bangalore (exp 2028)

Econometrics · Tourism analytics · Bayesian methods · Time series

Lizan Meryl Pereira

Lizan Meryl Pereira

PhD student, IIM Bangalore (exp 2029)

Spatio-temporal modeling · Environmental research · Bayesian methods · Extreme value

SIGNAL Group publications

Mapping Nitrate Risk in Drinking Water: A Scalable Bayesian Framework for Spatial Hotspots and Exceedance Assessment

Pereira, L.M., Nishant, Shrinivas, A., Deb, S. · 2026

IIMB Working Paper No. 747/2026

Working paper
Shagun Srivastava

Shagun Srivastava

PhD student, IIM Bangalore (exp 2029)

Spatio-temporal modeling · Real estate · Bayesian methods

SIGNAL Group publications

CPRI-Office: A new commercial property rental index for Indian cities using spatio-temporal modeling techniques

Gupta, K., Srivastava, S., Deb, S., Panchapagesan, V. · 2025

IIMB Working Paper No. 727/2025

Working paper
Shobhit Gupta

Shobhit Gupta

PhD student, IIM Bangalore (exp 2030)

Machine learning · Sports analytics · Ensemble learning

Other members

Thaha Uwaise

Thaha Uwaise

PhD student, VIT, working since 2026

Bayesian methods · Machine learning · Sports analytics

Anitha Pathlavath

Anitha Pathlavath

Research Associate, working since 2025

Financial data · Deep learning · Time series

Muskan Kumari

Muskan Kumari

BS-MS Student, IISER Thiruvananthapuram, working since 2026

Financial data · Deep learning · Time series

Ashish Yadav

Ashish Yadav

MS Student, IISER Mohali, working since 2026

Financial data · Deep learning · Time series