Roma Agrawal

Structural Engineer

Roma Agrawal MBE is an engineer, author and broadcaster who is best known for working on the design of The Shard, Western Europe's tallest tower. Roma has given talks to tens of thousands at universities, schools and organisations around the world, including TEDx. She has also presented numerous TV, radio and podcast shows for the BBC, Channel 4 and Discovery. 

Her first book, BUILT (2018) has won multiple awards, and she published an extremely successful children's version, HOW WAS THAT BUILT? in 2021. Her third book, NUTS & BOLTS was out in early 2023, and was shortlisted for the prestigious Royal Society Trivedi Science Book Prize.

Roma has been learning various dance forms since she was six, practices yoga and pilates, is an avid knitter and crocheter, and has even dabbled in stand-up comedy.