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Mrigank Bhargava

I'm a student-researcher working across economics and quantitative finance — currently a UN Youth Fellow, research assistant at MIT Sloan, and data science intern at NYU Stern. World Rank 2 at the International Economics Olympiad 2025.

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Mrigank Bhargava speaking at the Mission of Senegal to the United Nations — At the Mission of Senegal to the UN — New York, 2025

Selected work

2025

UN Youth Fellow & NGO Representative
New York & Geneva
Only Indian delegate under 18 to address the presidential committee at the UN ECOSOC Youth Forum. Represented India at the HLPF 2025 and spoke at the Mission of Senegal to the UN.
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2025

Research Assistant, MIT Sloan
Cambridge, MA
Working with a PhD fellow on reworking the linearity assumption in Fama-French multi-factor asset pricing, with empirical stress tests under stochastic volatility.
2025—

Data Science Intern, NYU Stern
New York, NY
Assisting a PhD researcher with econometric methods — cleaning, inspecting, and modeling complex market data structures.
2025

World Rank 2, International Economics Olympiad
Baku, Azerbaijan
Silver medal overall at IEO 2025, scoring 191.38/200 in the economics round — macro, micro, corporate finance, and business strategy.
2024—

Founder, Project Janseva
New Delhi
A social-impact organization digitizing access to public services — electoral literacy drives for blue-collar workers and support campaigns during extreme weather.
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2024

Senior Writer, IEFP
Melbourne
Authored policy reviews of the EU's COVID-19 Macro-Financial Assistance evaluations with the European Commission.
2020—26

Head Boy & Scholar, DPS Noida
Noida
Led national-title debate and MUN delegations; Principal's Gold Medal for academic excellence six years running. Also: Cambridge & Oxford summer sessions, MIT LaunchX and Harvard Venture Tech scholarships.