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 2024-2025
Intern at PNT Robotics


Ritwik Sharma

Sub Coordinator 2024-2025
Intern at CSIR-CEERI, Pilani


Ajinkya Deshpande

PR & Projects Coordinator 2024-2025
Intern at CSIR-CEERI, Pilani


Vimarsh Shah

Research Head 2024-2025
Intern at CSIR-CEERI, Pilani


Ansh Parmeshwar

Mechanical Head 2024-2025
Intern at Aditya Birla Group


Batch of 2021


Arjun Puthli

Chief Coordinator 2023-2024
Intern at Robotics Research Center, IIIT-H


Shantanu Deshmukh

Sub Coordinator 2023-2024
Intern at CSIR-CEERI, Pilani


Aditya Kurande

Research Head 2023-2024
Intern at Robotics Research Center, IIIT-H


Aasim Sayyed

Mechanical Head 2023-2024
Intern at IGCAR


Ishan Gokhale

Electronics Head 2023-2024
Intern at Texas Instruments


Akshat Tubki

Project Lead: Spiderbot
Intern at AMD Technologies


Adarsh Gopalakrishnan

Project Lead: Spiderbot


Ninaad Kotasthane

Project Lead: Robotic Arm


Priyanshu Kumar

Project Lead: Gennav ROS2

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Batch of 2020


Atharva Ghotavadekar

Chief Coordinator 2022-2023
Thesis at CTU, Prague


Dhruv Potdar

Sub Coordinator 2022-2023
Intern at CSIR-CEERI, Pilani


Aditya Parandekar

Technical Head 2022-2023
Thesis 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


Sahil Shingote

Core Member


Rohan Divekar

Core Member


Tanay Patni

Core Member


Batch of 2019


Ashutosh Gupta

Chief Coordinator 2021-22
PhD Robotics and AI, Oregon State University


Archit Rungta

Technical Head 2021-22
Thesis at Biorobotics Lab, CMU


Pranav Goyal

Teaching Head 2021-22
Thesis at Biorobotics Lab, CMU


Yash Jangir

Inventory Head 2020-2021
RISS and Thesis at AirLab, CMU


Cheriyan Homey

Inventory Head
2020-2021


Srujan Deolasee

MS Robotics, CMU
RISS 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 RoboComp


Batch of 2018


Atharv Sonwane

Chief Coordinator 2020-2021
Summer Research Intern, University of Toronto


Tanmay Bhonsale

Research Head 2020-2021
Research Collaborator, University of Sheffield


Vedant Shah

Teaching Head 2020-2021
Summer Research Intern, Mila - Quebec AI Institute


Advait Kulkarni

Media Head 2019-2020
Research Intern Bm Birla Science Center


Eash Vrudhula

Media Head 2019-2020
Software Engineering Intern, Draup


Mohit Chaudhari

Inventory Head
2019-2020


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


Batch of 2017


Tejas Rane

Chief Coordinator 2019-2020
Research Scholar at Biorobotics Lab


Rishikesh Vanarse

Sub Coordinator 2019-2020
Research Associate, Carnegie Mellon University


Harshal Deshpande

Teaching Head 2019-2020
Senior Robotics Engineer, Peppermint Robots


Prathmesh Thorwe

Technical Head 2019-2020
Graduate Researcher at Silence Laboratories


Aditya Phopale

Mechanical Head 2019-2020
MS Computational Science, TUM


Mohit Gupta

Research Head 2019-2020
Research Assitant, IISc Bangalore


Ojit Mehta

Software Designer, Hyperloop India


Sanket Yannuwar

Graduate student at North Carolina state university


Batch of 2016


Amogh Dabholkar

Chief Coordinator 2018-2019
Machine Learning Engineer, DeepEdge


Mihir Kulkarni

Sub Coordinator 2018-2019
PhD Student at University Of Nevada, Reno


G V S S Jaideep Ram

Technical Head 2018-2019
Research Intern at University of Lisbon.


Kapi Ketan Mehta

Mechanical Head 2018-2019
MS Student at Johns Hopkins


Mihir Dharmadhikari

Research Head 2018-2019
PhD Student at University of Nevada, Reno.


Yash Pandit

Software Engineer,Samsung India


Batch of 2015


Abhimanyu

Chief Coordinator 2017-2018
Research Assistant, Carnegie Mellon University


Shubham Chavan

Sub Coordinator 2017-2018
System Engineer,Neocis


Abhishek Moitra

Teaching Head 2017-2018
Research Scholar, SRC


Rohan Godiyal

Research Head 2017-2018
Undergraduate Research Intern, IST Lisbon


Smit Rajguru

Interned at IBM
Silicon Valley Startup


Nikhil Khedekar

PhD Student in Autonomous Robots Lab
University of Nevada, Reno


Utkarsh Sarawgi

MS Student and Researcher at MIT
AI/ML Rotational Engineer, Apple


Shubham Kumar

Software Developer at Publicis Sapient
Grad Student at UC San Diego


Batch of 2014


Anand Dugad

Chief Coordinator 2016-2017
Senior Datapath Design Engineer, WD


Harsh Mavani

Sub Coordinator 2016-2017
Software Developer Engineer, Flipkart


Sanjeev Murthy

Teaching Head 2016-2017
FPGA 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, BurnCal


Batch of 2013


Pranav Pal Lekhi

Chief Coordinator 2015-2016
Systems Engineer, Qualcomm, Colorado


Tanvi Jadhav

Sub Coordinator 2015-2016
Systems Eng, Kumu Networks, San Francisco


Shubham Sarwate

Teaching Head 2015-2016
Software Engineer, Appleo


Apurv Hajare

Robocon Team Captain 2015-2016
Co-founder at Dcodecare


Aayush Attri

Robocon Coordinator 2015-2016
Fund Manager, Attri Brothers Capital


Shubham Maheshwari

Co-founder, PingoLearn
Co-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 BurnCal


Batch of 2012


Maitreya Naik

Chief Coordinator 2014-2015
Software Engineer, Aurora


Rahul Bhola

Sub Coordinator 2014-2015
Software Development Engineer, Lenskart


Souryendu Das

Teaching Head 2014-2015
PhD Student, Texas A&M University


Sharad Maheshwari

Robocon Team Captain 2014-2015
MS Robotics, EIT Digital (Trento and TU Berlin)


Aum Jadhav

Robocon Coordinator 2014-2015
Senior Software Engineer, Aurora


Soham Patkar

Robotics Autonomy Engineer
SkySpecs, Ann Arbor, Michigan


Madhura Gandhi

Software Engineer, Waymo


Batch of 2011


Shikhar Sharma

Chief Coordinator 2013-2014
Founder and COO, Sheru


Neisarg Dave

PhD Student at Penn State University
Research Scientist, NEC Labs America Inc.


Sneha Bajaj

Software Engineer
o9 Solutions, Inc.


Shridevi Muthkhod

EE Grad student, Stanford University


Niharika Gupta

Systems Engineer, AMD


Batch of 2010


Ronak Gupta

Chief Coordinator 2012-2013
MS, Jawaharlal Nehru Centre (JNCASR)


Nikhilesh Behera

Sub Coordinator 2012-2013
Software Development Engineer, Amazon


Apurva Ankleshwaria

Inventory Manager 2012-2013
Founding Member, Bert Labs


Kushagra Nigam

Lecture Series Manager 2012-2013
Scientific Officer, CPP-IPR


Vishal Pathak

Project Manager 2012-2013
CTO, QLS Academy


Arihant Lunawat

Robotics Software Engineer
Energy Robotics


Arnav Goel

Principal Software Engineer, Stealth-mode


Rohit Sant

Robotics & Perception Software, Zipline


Chintak Sheth

Software Engineer, Facebook


Batch of 2009


Jinal Shah

Chief Coordinator 2011-2012
Circuit Design Engineer, NVIDIA


Akshay Barapatre

Design Engineer
Texas Instruments


Saksham Bhatla

Software Development Engineer
Amazon, Seattle


Kartik Mankad

Senior Verification Engineer, NVIDIA


Deepak Chandra

Firmware Engineer, Apple


Batch of 2008


Avinash Kumar

Chief Coordinator 2010-2011
Software Engineer, Marvell Semiconductor


Shatruddha Kushwaha

Entrepreneur
SUN Mobility, Bengaluru, Karnataka


Nitant Gupta

Graduate Student (PhD in Materials Science)
Rice University, Houston, Texas


Nishant Singh

Design Engineer, Analog Devices


Batch of 2007


Ajusal Sugathan

Chief Coordinator 2009-2010
Head of Quant Research, Altitude Trading


Kinshuk Kar

Senior Director, Product Management
Engati Chatbot Platform


Priti Sahay

Associate Vice President
Investment Banking, Edelweiss


Shraddha Mehta

Director, Product Management, Simpl


Batch of 2006


Arjun Bidesi

Co-Founder, ERC
Growth and Marketing Analytics, Thumbtack


Jayanth Varanasi

Co-Founder, ERC
Director of Product, Sugarbox

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