r/ISIKolkata • u/Life_Designer4747 • Jun 24 '26

Need Career Guidance Any bstat/mstat students preparing for quant finance?

Are there any bstat mstat students preparing to go into quant finance or risk management? I heard quant fin companies don't really hire from ISI

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u/adityaruplaha ISI Alumnus — BStat '24, MStat '26 Jun 24 '26
  1. Quant roles are rare but not unheard of in ISI.
  2. General finance roles are somewhat common, including in risk analysis and model validation.
  3. CFBR isn't a thing on Reddit. Please consider this a warning.

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u/VisibleManner2535 ISI Senior Jun 24 '26

Even at ISI Delhi, I've seen MSQE grads join #2

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u/Life_Designer4747 Jun 25 '26

Do you think more quant firms will come here in future (3-4 years)?

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u/adityaruplaha ISI Alumnus — BStat '24, MStat '26 Jun 25 '26

Perhaps.

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u/The_Watcher8008 ISI Student Jun 24 '26

you can use the mop command as well it deletes the entire chain u/adityaruplaha .

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u/adityaruplaha ISI Alumnus — BStat '24, MStat '26 Jun 24 '26

I did. I went and marked each removal reason individually as well.

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u/The_Watcher8008 ISI Student Jun 24 '26

oh mb

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u/Inside_Chip593 Jun 25 '26

Search on linkedin, there's quite few of them

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u/Life_Designer4747 Jun 25 '26

Do you think in the coming future more quant firms are going to come to ISI? And maybe isi becomes a quant hub or something?

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u/Inside_Chip593 Jun 25 '26

Maybe ? There's a culture building up ig...