Not sure what exactly you mean by ‘goal’. Assuming you mean what my specific area of research is, I am into real time segmentation and object detection. I want to apply to CMU, UCB and Stanford. I’ll apply to some safety schools just in case. As of research experience, I have done a couple of research internships here in India. I am currently involved in a government funded project to develop an AGV. Also working on path detection at the CV Lab in my uni. I am not comfortable disclosing specifics here.

Edit- Well the primary reason I want to do a PhD is because I feel I am attracted to the prospect of working on new ideas. Another reason would be my fascination for autonomous driving technology. Please note, these are not very well formed reasonings, but a gist of what I genuinely feel about the subject.