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| name = Shakuntala Bhagat<br />
| image = ShakuntalaBhagat.png<br />
| alt = An older South Asian woman with grey hair cropped to chin length; she is wearing a sari.<br />
| caption = Shakuntala Bhagat, from a 2013 publication<br />
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| birth_name = Shakuntala Joshi<br />
| birth_date = 6 February 1933<br />
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| death_date = 14 October 2012<br />
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| occupation = Civil engineer<br />
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| known_for = Bridge design and construction<br />
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| spouse(s) = Anirudh Shivprasad Bhagat<br />
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'''Shakuntala A. Bhagat''' (6 February 1933 – 14 October 2012), born '''Shakuntala Joshi''', was the first woman civil engineer in India.<ref>{{Cite journal|last1=Shukla|first1=Palak J.|last2=Desai|first2=Atul K.|last3=Modhera|first3=Chetankumar D.|date=November 2018|title=Women in Civil Engineering in India|url=http://www.jetir.org/papers/JETIRK006156.pdf|journal=Journal of Emerging Technologies and Innovative Research (JETIR)|volume=5}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|date=27 May 2020|title=Meet Madhubanti Bhattacharyya|url=https://www.icevirtuallibrary.com/page/ice-news/102-meet-madhubanti|access-date=2020-10-09|website=ICE News}}</ref><br />
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== Early life ==<br />
Shakuntala Joshi was the daughter of bridge engineer S. B. Joshi (1906–1991).<br />
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In 1953, she became the first woman to earn a civil engineering degree at [[Veermata Jijabai Technological Institute]] in [[Mumbai]]. She earned a master's degree in civil and structural engineering at the [[University of Pennsylvania]].<ref name=":0">{{Cite book|last=Chattopadhyay, Anjana, 1950-|url=https://www.worldcat.org/oclc/1045373879|title=Women scientists in India : lives, struggles & achievements|year=2018|isbn=978-81-237-8144-0|edition=First|location=New Delhi|oclc=1045373879}}</ref><br />
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== Career ==<br />
Bhagat was assistant professor of civil engineering and head of the Heavy Structures Laboratory at the [[Indian Institute of Technology Bombay|Indian Institute of Technology]] in Mumbai for much of the 1960s. In 1970, she and her husband founded their own firm, Bhagat Engineering; they also founded Quadricon, a bridge construction firm specializing in a patented prefabricated modular design.<ref name=":1">{{Cite web|date=2013-07-04|title=Shakuntala A. Bhagat, First Woman Civil Engineer, Bridge Superstructure|url=https://www.projectsmonitor.com/pathfinders/shakuntala-a-bhagat-first-woman-civil-engineer-bridge-superstructure/|access-date=2020-10-09|website=Projects Monitor|language=en-US}}</ref><ref>{{Cite journal|last1=Bhagat|first1=S. A.|last2=Bhagat|first2=A. S.|date=December 1979|title=Quadricon Prefabricated System for Bridges|url=https://trid.trb.org/view/161522|journal=Journal of the Indian Roads Congress|volume=40|issue=3|issn=0258-0500}}</ref> She worked on design and construction of hundreds of bridges around the world, including projects in the United States, Germany, and the United Kingdom. She worked on concrete research for the Cement and Concrete Association of London.<ref name=":0" /> <br />
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Bhagat was a member of the Indian Road Congress and a fellow of India's Institute of Engineers. In 1972, the Bhagats received an award from the Invention Promotion Board, for their Unishear connectors. In 1993, she was recognized as the Woman Engineer of the Year.<ref name=":0" /><ref name=":1" /><br />
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== Personal life ==<br />
Shakuntala Joshi married fellow civil engineer Anirudha Shivprasad Bhagat. She died in 2012, aged 79.<ref name=":0" /><ref name=":1" /> <br />
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