Dhriti Banerjee has become the first woman to be appointed as the director

Dhriti Banerjee has become the first woman to be appointed as the director of the 105-year old Zoological Survey of India (ZSI).
Dhriti Banerjee believes ZSI’s 100-year legacy would help her catapult the organisation to greener and futuristic heights,
in biodiversity conservation and sustainable development.
The 51 year-old has had an illustrious career as a scientist,
conducting research in taxonomy,
zoogeography, morphology and molecular systematics.
She has been coordinator of ZSI’s Digital Sequence Information Project since 2012.
Banerjee says that even though there are more women in STEM fields today
around the world and in India,
maybe women were not encouraged enough to think that they would be able to compete for such posts.
She added that competing for such posts requires training the psyche, which involves training to believe in yourself.
Banerjee's area of focus is Diptera or true flies.
Diptera helps farmers by enriching soil and controlling pests.
They act as signals of climate change,
they can even assist (albeit unknowingly) in forensic investigations.