Nimesh Khandelwal
PhD Graduate Student
Jaipur, Rajasthan, India
Summary
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Top SchoolNimesh Khandelwal is a PhD candidate in Mechanical Engineering at IIT Kanpur and a robotics enthusiast with nine years of hands-on experience spanning embedded systems, UAVs, web development, and machine learning. He focuses on reinforcement learning–based control for quadrupedal robots and has applied legged locomotion research during a stint as an assistant research scientist at NYU Tandon. As co-founder and CTO-SW of xTerra Robotics, he blends academic rigor with startup execution, shipping practical robotics software and control stacks. He has prior experience developing UAV control and survivor-detection algorithms at IISc and has built full-stack web projects early in his career, demonstrating breadth across simulation, ROS/Gazebo, and production engineering. Fast-learning and action-oriented, Nimesh actively seeks projects that turn research into deployable systems and strengthen multidisciplinary teams.
9 years of coding experience
1 year of employment as a software developer
Bachelor of Technology - BTech, Mechanical Engineering, Bachelor of Technology - BTech, Mechanical Engineering at Malaviya National Insitute of Technology JaipurIndian Institute of Technology Kanpur
Github Skills (18)
robotics9
mujoco9
mechanics8
robot-simulator8
physics8
dynamics8
deterministic8
simulation8
simulator7
bullet-physics7
robotics-simulation7
physics-engine7
ros5
code-generation3
reinforcement-learning2
Programming languages (4)
Github contributions (5)
nimesh00/nimesh00.github.io
Dec 2018 - Mar 2026
Contributions:21 pushes, 1 branch in 7 years 4 months
nimesh00/DRX_CA
May 2021 - May 2026
Contributions:1 push in 5 years
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