Biography | Vipul Naik

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#### Key life events

- 1986: Born in Delhi, India

#### Formal education

- [School](https://vipulnaik.com/school) (1990-2004): Received school education at [Delhi Public School, Noida](http://www.dpsnoida.in/). Successfully completed schooling.
- [Undergraduate studies](https://vipulnaik.com/undergraduate) (2004-2007): Received undergraduate education at [Chennai Mathematical Institute](http://www.cmi.ac.in/) in Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India. At the end of it, received a B. Sc. (Hons) degree in mathematics and computer science.
- [Graduate studies](https://vipulnaik.com/graduate) (2007-2013): Received graduate education at [The University of Chicago](http://www.uchicago.edu/) ( [mathematics department](http://www.math.uchicago.edu/)). Received a M. S. degree in August 2009 and a Ph.D. degree in December 2013.

#### Current job

My [current job](https://vipulnaik.com/job) is as a data scientist-cum-software engineer at [The Arena Group](https://vipulnaik.com/maven-experience/), a media/tech company that acquired LiftIgniter.

#### Other notable accomplishments

In my last two years of high school, I was active in the [mathematics olympiad](https://vipulnaik.com/olympiads). I represented India at the International Mathematical Olympiad in 2003 and 2004, winning Silver Medals both times.

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