Shlok Mehndiratta

Experience

Education

August 2023 – Present

Indian Institute of Science Education and Research Bhopal (IISER Bhopal)

Bachelor of Science in Electrical Engineering & Computer Science (EECS) (Expected: May 2027)

Department of Electrical Engineering & Computer Science • Bhopal, Madhya Pradesh, India

August 2023 – Present
Cumulative CPI: 8.87 / 10.0 (3.55 / 4.0)
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Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE)

• Roorkee, Uttarakhand, India

Pre-University Schooling

Class XII (Senior Secondary) (2023): 95.8%
Class X (Secondary School) (2021): 96.8%

• House Captain • Active in student leadership, inter-house debates, and sports

Research Experience

2024 – Present
April 2026 – Present

Robotics Research Center (RRC), IIIT Hyderabad

Advisor: Dr. Spandan Roy

Research Intern

Synthetic Data & Grasp Estimation for Dexterous Robot Hands

Working on synthetic simulation and vision-based grasp estimation for the 16-DoF LEAP Hand. Because physical robot hand experiments are slow to collect, we generate synthetic training data with camera images and contact maps to train grasping policies.

Python PyTorch Robot Manipulation 16-DoF LEAP Hand Simulation HDF5
May 2026 – Present

MOON Lab, IISER Bhopal

Advisor: Dr. P. B. Sujit

Undergraduate Research Student

Autonomous Drone Navigation & Multi-Agent Swarms

Working on autonomous navigation and coordination for small drone teams, testing algorithms in simulation and on physical Crazyflie quadrotors in a motion capture arena.

ROS 2 Crazyflie Swarms OptiTrack Mocap Trajectory Planning C++ Python
Sept 2025 – July 2026

MuSic Lab, IISER Bhopal

Advisor: Dr. Arijit Sen

Undergraduate Research Student

COAST: Perception-Aware Aerial-Ground Tracking

In GPS-denied environments where a drone’s camera acts as the eyes for a ground robot, flying higher gives a wider view of the track but makes camera measurements noisier. We analyzed this trade-off and derived an optimal flight altitude policy to keep the ground robot tracking smoothly.

ROS 2 Gazebo Model Predictive Control Kalman Filter Computer Vision Python
Dec 2024 – Jan 2025

GeoAI4Cities Lab

Advisor: Dr. Vaibhav Kumar

Student Research Intern

3D Point Cloud Segmentation with Graph Neural Networks

Built a machine learning pipeline using graph neural networks to classify 3D LiDAR point cloud scans of urban areas into categories like buildings, roads, and trees.

PyTorch Open3D RANSAC Python 3D Point Clouds

Open Source

ros2_control • Contributor

ros2_control: Robot Operating System 2 Control Framework

Real-Time Determinism, Controller Chaining & Fault Injection

Active contributor to the standard robotics control framework in ROS 2, focusing on eliminating non-deterministic lock contention in high-frequency hardware loops, resolving controller chaining topology, and engineering communication fault-injection testbeds.

C++20 POSIX RT Mutex Priority Inheritance Controller Chaining Fault Injection

Leadership & Academic Service

IISER Bhopal

Student Placement Representative

EECS Department, IISER Bhopal

Aug 2026 – Present

Connecting technology companies and research organizations with graduating EECS students for campus placements and internships.

Vice Secretary

Computing and Networking Council (CNC), IISER Bhopal

Aug 2024 – Sept 2025

Led a 90-member council team managing computing facilities, coordinating 10+ technical workshops, and driving campus tech initiatives.

Vice Secretary (Aug 2024 – Sept 2025) • Student Advisor (Oct 2025 – Present)

Technical Head

Aarohan (Annual Techno-Cultural Fest), IISER Bhopal

Nov 2024 – Mar 2025

Directed the technical team building event platforms and managed technical operations and sponsorship outreach for flagship competitions.

Web-Dev Lead

Google Developer Group (GDG On Campus), IISER Bhopal

Aug 2024 – Aug 2025

Led the development of campus tech projects and web platforms while mentoring students in collaborative software development.