In over 100 years history of the Zoological Survey of India (ZSI), Dhriti Banerjee has been appointed as the director of organisation.
- She has been an eminent scientist conducting research in zoogeography, taxonomy, morphology among others. Since 2012, Dhriti has been engaged with ZSI’s digital sequence information project.
- Started in July 1916, the ZSI is headquartered in Kolkata with 16 regional centres under the ministry of environment and forests and climate change.
- The ZSI started recruiting women scientists in 1949 after over three decades of its inception.
