Mamta Singhal

Mamta Singhal BEng MSc MBA CEng MIET FWES is a design engineer and an active campaigner on diversity in engineering. In 2007, she was awarded the Women's Engineering Society Prize for engaging and inspiring young people's interest in STEM.[1]

Mamta Singhal
Born
Mamta Singhal

Massachusetts
EducationBEng in Product Design Engineering, University of Glasgow 2001

MSc in Integrated Product Development, University of Strathclyde 2002

MBA, Strathclyde International Business School
OccupationDesign engineer
Known forCampaigner for diversity in engineering

Early life and education

Singhal was born in Massachusetts and grew up in South Lanarkshire, Scotland.[2]

Career

Singhal joined Dyson on a graduate engineering program in 2003 and later moved to Hasbro as a Global Design Engineer from 2003–2006. She spent 4 years working on international projects for Hasbro including Playdoh, Monopoly and Action Man. She joined Mars as a Senior Scientist and Project Packaging Manager in 2009, working on brands such as Galaxy, Twix, Bounty and M&Ms. Between 2011 and 2013, Singhal worked as a Senior Innovation Executive at Scottish Enterprise, before joining Mattel as a Project Quality Engineer in 2013. She is Commercialisation Manager at Coca-Cola European Partners.[3]

Singhal is a regular speaker on diversity in engineering and encouraging young people consider STEM careers. In 2016 and 2019 she was a speaker and mentor at Management Today's Inspiring Woman in Business Conference for STEM[4][5] and in 2018 she chaired the panel for the IET Young Woman Engineer of the Year awards. She also appeared in the IET's 'Portrait of an Engineer' campaign in 2017.[3]

Singhal was appointed as a member of the IET Council for 2019–2022.[6]

In 2020 Singhal became an Engineering Visiting Professor at Middlesex University and was elected as a Fellow of the Women's Engineering Society.[7] She was elected to the Board of the Women's Engineering Society in October 2021.[8]

Awards
  • 2007: WES Prize[1]
  • 2007: Supernova – Greenest New Product Idea Winner[9]
  • 2008: UK Woman of the Future – Woman in Science and Technology (finalist)[10]
  • 2008: AMBA MBA Student of the Year (finalist)[11]
  • 2014: UK Women of the Future – Professional, contribution to engineering (finalist)[12]
  • 2015: ToyNews Women of the Year (finalist)[13]
  • 2015: BDO's British Indian Awards Best in Science & Engineering[14]
  • 2020: Visiting Professorship at Middlesex University
  • 2020: Fellowship of the Women's Engineering Society[7]

References
  1. "Previous WES Prize winners". Women's Engineering Society. Retrieved 9 August 2019.
  2. "Women Engineers Win". British Asian News. 1 March 2019. Retrieved 9 August 2019.
  3. "Portrait of an engineer campaign biographies". Retrieved 9 August 2019.
  4. "Susie Wolff helps inspire women to get into STEM subjects". The Scotsman. 16 March 2016. Retrieved 9 August 2019.
  5. "Inspiring Women in Business Conference 2019: speaker biographies". Inspiring Women in Business Conference 2019. Retrieved 3 September 2019.
  6. "IET Council". Institution of Engineering and Technology. 3 October 2019. Retrieved 3 October 2019.
  7. "Mamta Singhal". Women's Engineering Society. 20 December 2020. Retrieved 10 March 2021.
  8. ""Trustees and Members of Directors' Committees"". Board pf the Women's Engineering Society. Women's Engineering Society. Retrieved 25 October 2021.
  9. "The Woman Engineer" (PDF). 2008. Retrieved 9 August 2019.
  10. "Women of the Future Awards winners and shortlist". Women of the Future Awards. 2008. Retrieved 9 August 2019.
  11. "Mamta aims for top of her world". Daily Record. 21 May 2008. Retrieved 9 August 2019.
  12. "Women of the Future Awards winners and shortlist". Women of the Future Awards. 2014. Retrieved 9 August 2019.
  13. "Women of the Year 2015". Toy News. 8 June 2015. Retrieved 9 August 2019.
  14. "The British Indian Awards". The Asian Today. 28 April 2015. Retrieved 9 August 2019.

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