Dr. JAYA R SHINGANMAKKI

Dr. Jaya R. Shinganmakki is a Civil Engineer by profession, and specialises in Highway Engineering. Presently serving as Associate Professor at RASTA Center for Road Technology under the aegis of “VOLVO” Construction Equipment, Bangalore, she actively involves in Academics, Research, Consultancy and Training activities in the field of Highway Engineering. Having secured Third rank for the University at her Masters level, she has done her Ph.D. in Highway Engineering under Visvesvaraya Technological University, Belgaum. Her thesis was titled “Evaluation of Effective Binder Film Thickness on Aggregate mixes for durable Roads”. She also has more than 20 research papers to her credit. She fosters innovative research in the field of Highway Materials. She has guided several innovative projects with a key focus on “sustainability” in Road Building, which includes use of alternate materials such as construction & demolition waste, waste plastic, steel slag, paper sludge and fly ash, in the different layers of the pavement, and reducing the use of natural material in road construction. She is presently working on a Central Govt. funded research project of National Rural Infrastructure Development agency on, assessment of the performance of Pradhan Mantri Gram Sadak Yojana (PMGSY) roads built using Waste Plastic. She is actively involved in many Consultancy works of quality assessment for Govt. agencies such as KIADB, KRRDA, BBMP, BMRCL, etc. and has worked as Technical Partner, with Public Affairs Center (PAC) in their project on “Citizen Monitoring of Rural Roads”, which enabled her to work at the grass root level and train local citizens of various states of India to become aware of the quality of roads in their villages.

Her recent achievements include a Technical Paper presentation during September 15–18, 2019, at Montana, USA, at the 12th TRB International Conference on Low Volume Roads. Her work titled “Use of Recycled Concrete Aggregates in Mechanical Stabilization for Low Volume Roads” was well-appreciated at this International forum. It is worth mentioning that she received an “Award of Appreciation” on behalf of her organization RASTA under the category “Women Building India” at the 10th Edition of EXCON 2019, Bengaluru, which she received from the Hon. Minister for Road Transport & Highways of India, Shri Nithin Gadkari and Hon. Chief Minister of Karnataka Shri B.S. Yediyuruppa.

On the personal front, she is the daughter of Smt. Kusuma Bai & Shri D.R.Shetti and daughter-in-law of Smt. Ramabai & Shri Narayan S.Shinganmakki. Her husband, Shri Raghuveer Shinganmakki, is an IT professional who is managing the Technology Development Division at Arrow Electronics India Pvt. Ltd., Bangalore. They are blessed with two adorable daughters, Sucheta (grade 9) & Suprita (grade 7), who are also pursuing their interests in classical dance and music.