I am a computer science graduate with a huge interest in finance. What are the career options for me in India?

Because of the recent Flash Boys publication HFT systems development / maintenance is probably the hottest thing today. But that could be very systems and server development or network infrastructure heavy. If you're more into user data presentation and interface I personally would look into doing something new and innovative to represent and display 3, 4, 5, 6 dimensional financial data with color, composition, intensity, grouping, shape, position, etc.  IMHO existing price, time, IV, risk, etc tools are so limited and clumsy. So much more could be done.

If you are a mathematic man, you can try quantitative trading.

CMT if you like technical analysis

Digital currencies, as debt based fiat in the global economy can no longer be sustained.

Hi, So as someone building a portal to help graduates know more about each career profile, I can say that careers in Finance are often based on these categories: a- Core Finance (Investment Banking, Asset Management, etc.) b- Banking & Insurance (Retail Banker, Actuary, etc.) c- General Business Management (Planning & Budgeting, Strategy Consulting, etc.) Now given that your interests lie in Finance and you're from an Engineering background, I'm not sure about Banking or General Management for that matter which leaves us with Core Finance, where infact firms may prefer engineering undergrads because of the higher aptitude and technical skills. I've known a few friends who are pursuing CFA Level 1 after doing Engineering. So that's a good way to go if you want to shift to Core Finance. You will also be able to write queries or build Macros on large piles of data (largely on Access or Excel) and get a good mix of both sides. Large MNCs like JP Morgan, Bank of America or Morgan Stanley would really like somebody like you there.. But coming to macroeconomics, I believe a career in Research would be a very good fit where it's more about studying larger trends on Demand, Supply, Industry pressures and future movements based on broad economic changes. Again, you could fit enough opportunities there to work with numbers and use coding as a good background. PS: We've interviewed professionals in 20 Career Profiles that are available to graduates right after college. You could check out more here: http://gradopedia.com/detailed-info Hope this helps :)

Join any captive banking companies, there you can explore both domains finance as well as technical. Looking at details you may join as either business analyst or software developers. If you choose to be BA you will get great exposure to banking business and with developer you will get technical knowledge. It depends on your interests what you want to do. With captive you in future you may switch in between. So think about it and make right choice.