M.Tech, Educational Technology — IIT Bombay

Sarthak Tiwad

Computer engineer building games, backends, and the web — from a physics engine to a dozen client sites, plus the pipeline behind an SIH-winning smart irrigation system.

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SIH 2024

National hackathon winner

10k+

App downloads shipped

6

Client sites launched

12+

Games built

About

I'm a computer engineer who moves between two worlds: shipping games and client products end-to-end, and building the backend and data systems behind them. I've led a small freelance team through a mobile cricket simulator with real ball physics, built the backend for an IIT Bombay fintech dashboard tracking mutual fund flows, and shipped production websites for agency clients across healthcare, wellness, and retail. Along the way I won the Smart India Hackathon 2024 for an irrigation planner built for farmers. I'm currently pursuing an M.Tech in Educational Technology at IIT Bombay — India's most prestigious technical institute — looking at how the same systems thinking applies to how people learn.

Experience
Jun 2024 – Dec 2024

Research Intern & Backend Developer

Machine Intelligence Program, IIT Bombay
  • Built the backend for Strato, a dashboard tracking mutual fund flows for HNIs — data pipeline, analytics, and serving.
  • Built an AI-driven prediction system for mineral exploration (Dhatuveda): data ingestion, model integration, and APIs for geological visualization.

Dec 2023 – Present

Team Lead & Gameplay Programmer

Freelance Game Development
  • Lead a team of two developers — code review, task assignment, and architectural consistency across projects.
  • Shipped a mobile cricket simulation from scratch, with full ball physics, batting mechanics, and opponent AI.
  • Built "Grow Garden," a space-farming strategy game, and an OCR-based gamified lottery system.

Aug 2023 – Dec 2023

Full-Stack Web Developer (Freelance)

Social Crumble
  • Delivered 3+ production websites for agency clients, from requirements gathering to server deployment.

Feb 2023 – Jul 2023

Junior Game Developer

Origami Games
  • Engineered multiplayer networking for "Floors of Fear," a horror game, using Photon/Mirror.
  • Optimized memory usage and frame rates for hyper-casual mobile titles.
Client Websites

Six production sites built and shipped for clients, end to end — design, build, and deploy.

Raretto screenshot

Raretto

E-commerce

A rare chocolate house — handcrafted, small-batch chocolates composed in Mumbai.

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Tvaacha screenshot

Tvaacha

E-commerce

Natural skincare, dermatologically tested and formulated for Indian skin and climate.

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Everbloom screenshot

Everbloom

Healthcare

A holistic wellness and healthy-ageing platform, with multispeciality care booking.

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Animal Care India screenshot

Animal Care India

NGO

An adoption-first animal welfare NGO site — "Adopt, Don't Shop."

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RozgaarSethu screenshot

RozgaarSethu

Jobs Platform

A bridge connecting job seekers with employment opportunities.

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Social Crumble screenshot

Social Crumble

Agency

A Mumbai digital agency's site — brand, content, and web, built for the team I freelanced with.

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Games

A selection from 12+ titles shipped or led as a game programmer.

Cricket Game footage

Cricket Game

Mobile cricket simulator built from scratch — full ball physics, batting mechanics, and opponent AI.

UnityC#Physics
Grow Garden footage

Grow Garden

A "space farming" strategy game — economy, inventory, and save/load systems designed from the ground up.

UnityGame Design
Floors of Fear footage

Floors of Fear

A multiplayer horror game built with Origami Games — engineered the networking layer end-to-end.

UnityPhoton/Mirror
Hacktuah footage

Hacktuah

A blockchain-based tapper game, riffing on a viral meme coin.

Web3Blockchain
Key Projects
Droplet photo

Droplet: Smart Irrigation System

SIH 2024 Winner

An irrigation planner for farmers that recommends water schedules from soil data — relevant to the Ministry of Water's conservation goals.

IoTAIMobile App
Drone photo

Custom Thermal Drone

A search-and-rescue drone built from scratch — flight controller logic in C++, PID-tuned for stability, with thermal camera integration.

C++Embedded SystemsPhysics

Vigi Car

An AI-integrated OBD diagnostics device paired with a chatbot that explains car problems in plain language.

AIIoTChatbot

PrepAI

An exam-prep tool with a speech-to-speech AI tutor and auto-generated YouTube study playlists.

GenAISpeech-to-Speech

Blockchain Lottery System

A transparent, provably-fair lottery built on Solana, with immutable transaction records.

SolanaWeb3Rust
Education
In Progress

M.Tech, Educational Technology

Indian Institute of Technology Bombay — India's most prestigious technical institute

2026

B.E., Computer Engineering

Shivajirao S Jondhale College of Engineering, Dombivli
Winner, Smart India Hackathon 2024

2023

Diploma, Computer Engineering

VPM Polytechnic, Thane — 89.31%
Skills
Languages
C#C++PythonJavaJavaScript/TypeScriptSQL
Game Dev
Unity 3D/2DPhysics SimulationMultiplayer NetworkingFlight Controllers
Backend & Web
Node.jsPHPLaravelAWSFirebaseREST APIs
AI & Data
ML PipelinesComputer Vision (OpenCV)LLM Integration

Let's build something.

Open to freelance work, collaborations, and full-time roles.

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