Madhucchand Darbha obtained a B.Tech from Jawaharlal Nehru Technological University, (Hyderabad, India, 2003) in Control Engineering. He worked as a Financial software consultant for implementing Front, Middle and Back office trading applications at Citigroup (London), Barclays Global Investors (Tokyo), Shinsei Bank (Tokyo) in Fixed Income and Foreign exchange divisions. He also worked as a Quantitative analyst at Royal Bank of Scotland, India, where he set up the high frequency databases and back testing environment for algorithmic trading strategies. He is currently pursuing PhD under the supervision of Dr Alfonso Dufour in the area of Market microstructure.