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