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title: "Rishika Reddy Palakonda - Technical Associate in Hyderabad | Tal"
description: "Meet Rishika Reddy Palakonda, Calculus Carbon | Investment Banking based in Hyderabad."
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# Rishika Reddy Palakonda on Tal

## Headline

Calculus Carbon \| Investment Banking

## Location

Hyderabad

## Work experience

Technical Associate at Calculus Carbon, Jul 2025 \- Present · 1 yr 1 mo

Technical Associate at Calculus Carbon, May 2024 \- Present · 2 yrs 3 mos, Mumbai, Maharashtra, India, Calculus Carbon, a Temasek portfolio firm via IE Ventures II, engaging in institutional Market Making for Natural Capital funds and Nature based Solutions \(NbS\) projects\.

Parttime Consultant at WorldQuant, Nov 2022 \- Present · 3 yrs 9 mos, Remote, Quantitative investment management firm building AI powered products to tackle biggest business challenges\. • Alpha creation \(statistical Arbitrage\) : Created neutralized alphas for the U\.S\., European and Asian stock markets\. • Researched and optimized extensively to submit spectacular Alphas and super Alphas by incorporating different types of highly advanced data\-sets • Participated and secured a Global Rank 1165, Country Rank 200 in the Global Alphathon 2022 • Certified in recognition of ranking in top 5% of Stage 1 of the Global Alphathon 2022 • Certified in recognition for reaching Gold Level in the Worldquant Challenge 2022

ESG Consultant at EY, Mar 2024 \- May 2024 · 3 mos, Hyderabad, Telangana, India, • Assisted in developing a green procurement strategy for 15\+ suppliers based on 6 green certifications • Developed a 5\-step framework to Assess the Total Impact\-Environmental, Social, and Economical • Explored and created a knowledge deck on the TNFD tool kit emphasizing methodologies and uses

Research Intern at Indian Institute of Technology, Bombay, May 2022 \- Jun 2022 · 2 mos, Field monitoring campaign to identify issues and biases associated with low cost sensors ● Handled sophisticated real\-time sampling instruments such as Dustrak, OPC, Alphasensor etc ● Performed data analysis and interpretation of results and inter\-comparison of the instruments

## Education

Dual Degree, Environmental science and Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology, Bombay

FIITJEE

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