NCS CODE: 2142.0300 | E037
A Civil Engineer is a person who practices civil engineering – the application of planning, designing, constructing, maintaining, and operating infrastructure
Shakuntala A Bhagat
India's first female civil engineer, Shakuntala A Bhagat, pioneered many innovative designs and founded Quadricon — a Mumbai-based construction firm that has designed 200 bridges across the world, including UK, USA and Germany. She was the first Indian woman to obtain a civil engineering degree. In 1960, Bhagat earned her Master’s degree in Civil and Structural Engineering from the University of Pennsylvania and went on to teach as an Assistant Professor of Civil Engineering and Head of the Heavy Structures Laboratory at IIT Mumbai. She passed away in 2012.
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