Arjun Maneesh Agarwal

See, my CV

ABOUT ME

I am Arjun Maneesh Agarwal, currently pursuing a BSc in Mathematics and Computer Science at Chennai Mathematical Institute, expected graduation: 2027.

Research Interests: Decision Theory, Game Theory, Social Choice Theory, Haskell and FP, Probability Theory

My interest basically lies in using techniques in Math and CS to model, predict and understand social and behavioral dynamics; and use it to make better mechanisms and better choices.

"It is better to live your own destiny imperfectly than to live an imitation of somebody else's life with perfection." — Bhagavad Gita 3:35

Academic Yapping (aka seminars/talks)

Upcoming: CMI Student Seminar — Oct 29, 2025
Friendship Finder: An Introduction to Matching Theory

CMI Student Seminar, Oct 10, 2025
Manipulation, Control, Bribery and Barriers : Why rigging an election is too hard?
[Slides]
[Slides, Formalized]

CMI Literature, Sep 9, 2025
Why 'The Last Question' is Asimov's magnum opus?
[Slides]

CMI Student Seminar, Oct 11, 2024 + STEMS 2025, Feb 9, 2025
Rational Roots of Irrational Markets: An introduction to game theory through financial bubbles
[Slides]
[YouTube Video]

TEACHING

This semester (Aug–Nov 2025), I am a TA for:

English under Prof. Usha Mahadevan
Haskell under Prof. S.P. Suresh

Courses

Click here for notes, assignments, quizzes, exams and potpourri from courses I've taken at CMI.
Including extra material by your's truly.

HANDOUTS

Probably Correct Probability

CONNECT

FOR FUN

I love organizing things and seeing other people have fun — here are a few things I helped do:

Tesselate 2025 Integration Bee
CMI's annual fest has an integration bee. I co-managed 2025 edition with Piyush Kumar Jha. We made the website, questions, slides and the format in a single week.
Integration Bee Website

Don't Just Take CS(E)
I did a bunch of panal interviews to convince people to not just take CS and go for their interests and passions by talking to people who took branch x in place of CS. Because the world needs engineers and researchers in every field; not python zombies in one.
YouTube Channel | Announcement Post