Finance & research
Two peer-reviewed papers, a 14-company stock-pitch internship and a bond-education project.
Research →
Grade 12 · Udgam School For Children · Ahmedabad
Aanay
Aanay
Gopan Shah
Practical knowledge of finance, economics and mathematics, backed up with my passion for karate and chess.
Scholastic1470SAT · 97th percentile
English8.0IELTS · CEFR C1
Research2Published papers
Analysis14+Companies analysed
Karate1st DanKarate black belt
Three arenas
Markets, the dojo and the chessboard.
Each one trains the same skill: staying calm, reading the position and deciding with discipline.
Karate, 1st Dan
Seven years of training, a national gold, a black belt in May 2026 and weekly coaching of juniors.
Karate record →Chess & sport
Chess coaching of younger students, plus swimming, badminton and pickleball, and volunteering with Prayas.
Sport & service →
Featured research
Does staying calm make investors better?
In a study of retail investors in Ahmedabad, the ability to rethink a stressful situation, not financial knowledge alone, was the clearest sign of disciplined money management.
IJFMR · 2026
.48correlation of cognitive reappraisal with disciplined behaviour
60valid survey responses analysed
Principle
Stay calm, think clearly, decide with discipline.
The same lesson from the dojo, the chessboard and my research on investor behaviour.
2026 so far
Full experience →
A year of building.
- Apr 2026Mini MBA 4.0 and Excel for BeginnersIMS Ahmedabad programme; Great Learning / Microsoft course.
- Apr – Jun 2026Analyst intern, Daily Dividend (Build Up)14+ companies analysed, one stock pitch every week.
- 7 May 2026Shodan: 1st Dan black beltDan certificate and Karate India Organisation recognition.
- 24 – 27 Jun 2026Young CEO Program: 1st Runner-Up, Best Idea PitchThinkStartup with TIDES Business Incubator, IIT Roorkee, at IIT Gandhinagar.
- Aug – Oct 2026Two research papers publishedIJCBM (Jul–Sep issue) and IJFMR (Sep–Oct issue).
Let's talk markets, startups or sport.
Open to internships, research collaboration and mentoring.