28 engineers, one team.
MaRS pulls undergrads from mechanical, electronics, computer science, and the basic sciences. Year-round, we design, fabricate, debug, and field rovers as Team Shunya.
Leadership
Team Shunya 2026.
Team Lead, Technical Lead, and Manager for the current season.

01 · Lead

02 · Co-Lead

03 · Manager
5 sub-teams
Built across disciplines.
7
Software
Autonomy, perception, path-planning, ground-station
7
Electronics
Custom PCBs, power, motor control, comms, telemetry
7
Mechanical
Chassis, suspension, end-effectors, fabrication
2
Science
Geology, sample analysis, mission experiments
2
Management
Strategy, ops, sponsorship, outreach
07 members
Software
Autonomy, perception, path-planning, ground-station.
Software LeadArpit Srivastava
Architecture brain. Code reviews land like surgical strikes.
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Fida Saifudheen
Tooling + DX. If it should be a script, she's already written it.
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Namitha Sai Kolli
Autonomy stack contributor. Async/await is her love language.
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Path-planning enthusiast. ROS topics flow like rivers.
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Sanat
Ground-station tooling. Builds the dashboards everyone forgets to thank him for.
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Satyajit S
Vision + perception. Sees patterns in pixels nobody else does.
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Vihaan Gupta
Newest to the stack, fastest at the unit tests.
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07 members
Electronics
Custom PCBs, power, motor control, comms, telemetry.
Electronics LeadVaitheeswaran M V
Solder fume connoisseur. Every PCB has a story.
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Adarsh Giri
Picks up the iron at midnight and doesn't put it down till the rail reads clean.

Archith G
Power delivery + motor drivers. Quiet hands, loud rovers.
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Parvathi R
Communications + telemetry — keeps the link alive on the field.
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Rohan Deshmukh
Sensor stacks. If it has an I2C address, it's already mapped in his head.
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Rohith T N
The one debugging the harness while everyone else celebrates the run.
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Ujjwala Lekhi
Embedded firmware. Treats microcontrollers gently, then pushes them hard.
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07 members
Mechanical
Chassis, suspension, end-effectors, fabrication.
Mechanical LeadBibek Kumar Malik
Chassis whisperer. If it bends, he wants to know why.
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Dhriti J N Kashyap
CAD by day, machining drawings by night. Tolerances always tight.
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Manas Singh
Lives inside Fusion 360 and emerges only for chai.
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Praneeth Bollu
Lathe operator turned design contributor. Makes parts that just fit.
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R Lakshay Vardhan
Thinks in bolt patterns. Optimises everything.
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Raghul U
Mechanism design specialist. The one who turns sketches into parts that actually move.
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End-effector specialist. Loves a good gripper.
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02 members
Science
Geology, sample analysis, mission experiments.
Science LeadKunal Garag
Sample analysis + experimental design. Turns red dirt into data.
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Venkata Shruthi Pullela
Geology + spectroscopy. Reads soil like a novel.
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Management
Strategy, ops, sponsorship, outreach.
Depa Varshith Reddy
Logistics, ops, the entire travel spreadsheet — keeps the squad moving.
LinkedIn ↗Shreya Jha
Outreach + design crossover. Makes the club look as good as it builds.
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