About Us
The Electronics and Robotics Club (ERC) of BITS Goa is a diverse group of students with interests ranging from electronics to machine learning to mechanical design. Founded in 2008, it is one of the oldest clubs on campus and has evolved into a platform to learn and experiment with various aspects of science and engineering and to apply them in robotics.
This Club is a great place not only for electronics engineers but also mechanical enthusiasts and dynamic coders. We are organised into multiple teams working on a wide range of projects including hardware design, open source libraries and even full robots from scratch! Members are also encouraged to exchange experiences and expertise and we hold weekly discussion sessions, demonstrations and presentations for exactly that.
Over the years, the Club has shifted its focus from competing in robotics competitions to taking on more research oriented projects and problem statements with real world applications. With robotics being a rapidly changing field, we strive to keep up with the latest developments in both research and industry while also learning about various subfields in detail. Apart from this, we frequently work on exhibition projects to display during the annual technical fest on the campus and other events throughout the year.
We are open to anyone with a general interest in engineering and who wants to explore robotics, so feel free to get in touch with us.
Meet the family ^_^
2023-2024
Current Team
Parth Shah
Chief Coordinator 2024-2025Intern at PNT Robotics
Ritwik Sharma
Sub Coordinator 2024-2025Intern at CSIR-CEERI, Pilani
Ajinkya Deshpande
PR & Projects Coordinator 2024-2025Intern at CSIR-CEERI, Pilani
Vimarsh Shah
Research Head 2024-2025Intern at CSIR-CEERI, Pilani
Ansh Parmeshwar
Mechanical Head 2024-2025Intern at Aditya Birla Group
Batch of 2021
Arjun Puthli
Chief Coordinator 2023-2024Intern at Robotics Research Center, IIIT-H
Shantanu Deshmukh
Sub Coordinator 2023-2024Intern at CSIR-CEERI, Pilani
Aditya Kurande
Research Head 2023-2024Intern at Robotics Research Center, IIIT-H
Aasim Sayyed
Mechanical Head 2023-2024Intern at IGCAR
Ishan Gokhale
Electronics Head 2023-2024Intern at Texas Instruments
Akshat Tubki
Project Lead: SpiderbotIntern at AMD Technologies
Adarsh Gopalakrishnan
Project Lead: Spiderbot
Ninaad Kotasthane
Project Lead: Robotic Arm
Priyanshu Kumar
Project Lead: Gennav ROS2Batch of 2020
Atharva Ghotavadekar
Chief Coordinator 2022-2023Thesis at CTU, Prague
Dhruv Potdar
Sub Coordinator 2022-2023Intern at CSIR-CEERI, Pilani
Aditya Parandekar
Technical Head 2022-2023Thesis at AirLab, CMU
Siddh Gosar
Project Lead: Trotbot
Laukik Nakhwa
Project Lead: Spiderbot
Ishan Tandon
Project Lead: Robotic Arm
Yash Chavan
Project Lead: Robotic Arm
K Sai Akshit
Core Member
Manan Arora
Project Lead: SwarmBots 2.0
Yash Yelmame
Core Member
Divith Mahajan
Core Member
Ajay Krishna Gurubaran
Core Member
Sahil Shingote
Core Member
Rohan Divekar
Core Member
Tanay Patni
Core MemberBatch of 2019
Ashutosh Gupta
Chief Coordinator 2021-22PhD Robotics and AI, Oregon State University
Archit Rungta
Technical Head 2021-22Thesis at Biorobotics Lab, CMU
Pranav Goyal
Teaching Head 2021-22Thesis at Biorobotics Lab, CMU
Yash Jangir
Inventory Head 2020-2021RISS and Thesis at AirLab, CMU
Cheriyan Homey
Inventory Head2020-2021
Srujan Deolasee
MS Robotics, CMURISS and Thesis Argo AI Centre, CMU
Abdul Jawad Khan
Core Member
Avinandan Nag
Core Member
Paurush Punyasheel
Core Member
Sanskar Jain
Core Member
Suhrudh S
Research Intern at RBCCPS, IISc
Sushant S
GSoC '22 at RoboCompBatch of 2018
Atharv Sonwane
Chief Coordinator 2020-2021Summer Research Intern, University of Toronto
Tanmay Bhonsale
Research Head 2020-2021Research Collaborator, University of Sheffield
Vedant Shah
Teaching Head 2020-2021Summer Research Intern, Mila - Quebec AI Institute
Advait Kulkarni
Media Head 2019-2020Research Intern Bm Birla Science Center
Eash Vrudhula
Media Head 2019-2020Software Engineering Intern, Draup
Mohit Chaudhari
Inventory Head2019-2020
Aditya Bidwai
President for Life and Chief Sponsor
Anirudha Shrinivas
Summer Intern, CDAC
Shivangi Gupta
Software Development Intern, Walmart
Vishal Singh
Core Member
Aadhar Sharma
Core Member
Abhishek Dixit
Summer Intern, Peppermint Robotics
Shambhavi Singh
Embedded System Developer, RMJ Automation
Rohan Kunjir
Summer Intern, Nihon Communication Solutions
Shaktivelan Kartikeyan
Core MemberBatch of 2017
Tejas Rane
Chief Coordinator 2019-2020Research Scholar at Biorobotics Lab
Rishikesh Vanarse
Sub Coordinator 2019-2020Research Associate, Carnegie Mellon University
Harshal Deshpande
Teaching Head 2019-2020Senior Robotics Engineer, Peppermint Robots
Prathmesh Thorwe
Technical Head 2019-2020Graduate Researcher at Silence Laboratories
Aditya Phopale
Mechanical Head 2019-2020MS Computational Science, TUM
Mohit Gupta
Research Head 2019-2020Research Assitant, IISc Bangalore
Ojit Mehta
Software Designer, Hyperloop India
Sanket Yannuwar
Graduate student at North Carolina state universityBatch of 2016
Amogh Dabholkar
Chief Coordinator 2018-2019Machine Learning Engineer, DeepEdge
Mihir Kulkarni
Sub Coordinator 2018-2019PhD Student at University Of Nevada, Reno
G V S S Jaideep Ram
Technical Head 2018-2019Research Intern at University of Lisbon.
Kapi Ketan Mehta
Mechanical Head 2018-2019MS Student at Johns Hopkins
Mihir Dharmadhikari
Research Head 2018-2019PhD Student at University of Nevada, Reno.
Yash Pandit
Software Engineer,Samsung IndiaBatch of 2015
Abhimanyu
Chief Coordinator 2017-2018Research Assistant, Carnegie Mellon University
Shubham Chavan
Sub Coordinator 2017-2018System Engineer,Neocis
Abhishek Moitra
Teaching Head 2017-2018Research Scholar, SRC
Rohan Godiyal
Research Head 2017-2018Undergraduate Research Intern, IST Lisbon
Smit Rajguru
Interned at IBMSilicon Valley Startup
Nikhil Khedekar
PhD Student in Autonomous Robots LabUniversity of Nevada, Reno
Utkarsh Sarawgi
MS Student and Researcher at MITAI/ML Rotational Engineer, Apple
Shubham Kumar
Software Developer at Publicis SapientGrad Student at UC San Diego
Batch of 2014
Anand Dugad
Chief Coordinator 2016-2017Senior Datapath Design Engineer, WD
Harsh Mavani
Sub Coordinator 2016-2017Software Developer Engineer, Flipkart
Sanjeev Murthy
Teaching Head 2016-2017FPGA Engineer, Apple
Shubhan Patni
PhD at Humanoid Robotics Lab, CTU Prague
Parva Patel
Founder EzQuant
Tejas Zodage
Masters in Robotics and Research, CMU
Akshay Sancheti
Co-Founder, Manastik
Ananyo Rao
Senior Computer Vision Engineer, BurnCalBatch of 2013
Pranav Pal Lekhi
Chief Coordinator 2015-2016Systems Engineer, Qualcomm, Colorado
Tanvi Jadhav
Sub Coordinator 2015-2016Systems Eng, Kumu Networks, San Francisco
Shubham Sarwate
Teaching Head 2015-2016Software Engineer, Appleo
Apurv Hajare
Robocon Team Captain 2015-2016Co-founder at Dcodecare
Aayush Attri
Robocon Coordinator 2015-2016Fund Manager, Attri Brothers Capital
Shubham Maheshwari
Co-founder, PingoLearnCo-founder, Winterbite
Vedangi Pathak
PHD Student, University of British Columbia
Mandar Pradhan
ML Engineer, Atlassian
Edwin Mascarenhas
Graduate student at UCSD
Sudeep Mishra
Design Engineer at Silicon Labs
Vichar Shroff
Co-founder at BurnCalBatch of 2012
Maitreya Naik
Chief Coordinator 2014-2015Software Engineer, Aurora
Rahul Bhola
Sub Coordinator 2014-2015Software Development Engineer, Lenskart
Souryendu Das
Teaching Head 2014-2015PhD Student, Texas A&M University
Sharad Maheshwari
Robocon Team Captain 2014-2015MS Robotics, EIT Digital (Trento and TU Berlin)
Aum Jadhav
Robocon Coordinator 2014-2015Senior Software Engineer, Aurora
Soham Patkar
Robotics Autonomy EngineerSkySpecs, Ann Arbor, Michigan
Madhura Gandhi
Software Engineer, WaymoBatch of 2011
Shikhar Sharma
Chief Coordinator 2013-2014Founder and COO, Sheru
Neisarg Dave
PhD Student at Penn State UniversityResearch Scientist, NEC Labs America Inc.
Sneha Bajaj
Software Engineero9 Solutions, Inc.
Shridevi Muthkhod
EE Grad student, Stanford University
Niharika Gupta
Systems Engineer, AMDBatch of 2010
Ronak Gupta
Chief Coordinator 2012-2013MS, Jawaharlal Nehru Centre (JNCASR)
Nikhilesh Behera
Sub Coordinator 2012-2013Software Development Engineer, Amazon
Apurva Ankleshwaria
Inventory Manager 2012-2013Founding Member, Bert Labs
Kushagra Nigam
Lecture Series Manager 2012-2013Scientific Officer, CPP-IPR
Vishal Pathak
Project Manager 2012-2013CTO, QLS Academy
Arihant Lunawat
Robotics Software EngineerEnergy Robotics
Arnav Goel
Principal Software Engineer, Stealth-mode
Rohit Sant
Robotics & Perception Software, Zipline
Chintak Sheth
Software Engineer, FacebookBatch of 2009
Jinal Shah
Chief Coordinator 2011-2012Circuit Design Engineer, NVIDIA
Akshay Barapatre
Design EngineerTexas Instruments
Saksham Bhatla
Software Development EngineerAmazon, Seattle
Kartik Mankad
Senior Verification Engineer, NVIDIA
Deepak Chandra
Firmware Engineer, AppleBatch of 2008
Avinash Kumar
Chief Coordinator 2010-2011Software Engineer, Marvell Semiconductor
Shatruddha Kushwaha
EntrepreneurSUN Mobility, Bengaluru, Karnataka
Nitant Gupta
Graduate Student (PhD in Materials Science)Rice University, Houston, Texas
Nishant Singh
Design Engineer, Analog DevicesBatch of 2007
Ajusal Sugathan
Chief Coordinator 2009-2010Head of Quant Research, Altitude Trading
Kinshuk Kar
Senior Director, Product ManagementEngati Chatbot Platform
Priti Sahay
Associate Vice PresidentInvestment Banking, Edelweiss
Shraddha Mehta
Director, Product Management, SimplBatch of 2006
Arjun Bidesi
Co-Founder, ERCGrowth and Marketing Analytics, Thumbtack
Jayanth Varanasi
Co-Founder, ERCDirector of Product, Sugarbox