Nitesh Kumar Shah

Nitesh Kumar Shah

M.Tech researcher in Data Science & AI at IIT Madras. I work on generative models, computer vision, and applied machine learning.

Human-Following Bot for the Indian Army

Deep Learning · Generative Adversarial Networks · Sept 2023 – May 2024 · Ladakh, India

A vision-guided robot designed to follow a person reliably even in heavy rain and at night — conditions where standard perception pipelines fail.

  • Built GAN-based data augmentation and feature-preservation pipelines so the robot can “see” in rainy, low-light conditions.
  • Implemented a synthetic rain generator (RainGAN) and CycleGAN for cross-domain image translation.
  • Achieved an FID score of 31.4 on generated scenes.
  • Selected and funded under NewGenIEDC-IIITA and chosen by the Indian Army.

Related publications: RainGAN-Kathmandu (IEEE TENCON 2025) and ADAS Framework Utilizing CycleGAN (CONFLUENCE 2025).