Kolkata: For the first time in the country, the responsibility of the post of General Manager of Air Traffic Controller (ATC) has been entrusted to a woman and she is also a Bengali woman. Till now, men have been in the position of General Manager of ATC. Breaking this tradition, for the first time a woman named Shyamali Haldar has been given this charge. Shyamali Haldhar has also served as an air controller at Birsa Munda Airport in Ranchi, Jharkhand.
56-year-old Shyamali Haldhar was born in Nagpur, Maharashtra and she has also studied in Maharashtra. In the year 1990, she was appointed as Aerodrome officer in the Airport Authority of India. During his 30-year tenure, he has held positions such as Joint General Manager, Head of Air Traffic System. In addition, he has also trained junior officers.
Shyamali has worked as an air controller in Kolkata and Ranchi. At the same time, apart from training in-charge in Nagpur, he has also served as Shift Incharge in Kolkata and Air Traffic Service Incharge in Guwahati.
It is noteworthy that Shyamali Haldhar has been made General Manager of ATC of Eastern India. It is very difficult to control traffic in the wide sky of eastern India. At the same time, the airport official said that it has always been said that men can do air traffic work in a good way. Women are not suitable for this. But, for the first time, this assignment has been assigned to a woman, which is really historical. Today, the women of the country are not behind in any field, this statement has become a reflection today.
Explain that Shyamali Haldhar, who was trained in the Civil Aviation Training College in Allahabad, was involved in the first batch of women air traffic controllers. Before 1989, only 3 women were selected as air traffic controllers, but all three did not have much time.
