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Dr. Dhriti Banerjee - new director of ZSI
August 8 , 2021
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- Indian government approved the appointment of Dr. Dhriti Banerjee as new director of Zoological Survey of India (ZSI).
- Hence, ZSI gets 1st female director in 100 years.
- ZSI was founded in July 1916.
- It is headquartered in Kolkata.
- It comprises of 16 regional centres.
- It works under the ministry of environment, forests and climate change.
- ZSI started hiring women scientists in 1949.
- Mira Mansukhani was the first women employee of ZSI.
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