Ministry of Information & Broadcasting
Performing Arts Required to be Introduced in Schools in WB Opines Renowned Sitarist Sahana Banerjee
Ace Mountaineer Tusi Anit Sah  States, Adventure Sports should be Introduced in School Syllabus
Lt. Col. Sophia Qureshi Opines Students should follow 13 Rules of life to be Successful
Capability to Adapt with Changing Circumstances is Required to Achieve the Target States ZSI Director
Kolkata, March 07, 2022
The capability to adapt with the changing circumstances and to head towards achieving the target should be adhered to get through stagnation and peers with hard resistance is the only way to achieve the target, stated Dr. Dhriti Banerjee, Director, Zoological Survey Of India  today while speaking in a Webinar on ‘Women Who Broke The Glass Ceiling’. She said, the empowerment of women should be earned, nobody will give it and for this, one should move ahead with the aim of breaking the glass ceiling.
In his welcome message, Director General , Ministry of Information and Broadcasting, Government of India, Kolkata said, more and more women should attempt to break the glass ceiling and the Union Government has come up with so many opportunities to open up the wings. Shri V.S.Ramchandran, Director, BITM, recalled the initiatives taken by the women luminaries of the past for the empowerment of women from the days of Gargi and Maitrayee. The Additional Director General , Press Information Bureau, Ministry of Information and Broadcasting, Government of India, Kolkata also spoke on the occasion.
The Webinar organised in association with Birla Industrial and Technological Museum , Kolkata today was attended by several school students and journalists of the city. Among the participants were, Lt. Col. Sophia Qureshi of the Indian Army, Smt. Sudipta Sengupta, the eminent Geologist and one of the first ladies to put foot on Antarctica, the first lady aviation fire fighter of the country, Ms. Taniya Sanyal, Mount Everest climber, Smt. Tusi Anit Shah , Nature India Awardee, Education Officer of BITM Kolkata, Smt. Aditi Ghosh and eminent Sitarist of Rampur Senia Gharana, Smt. Sahana Banerjee.
According to Lt. Col. Sophia Qureshi of Indian Army who is the Corps of Signal Officer serving with the Provost Unit of North East, stated that, the children of the next generation should always remember the 13 rules of life to achieve success. She also added that the target should be pursued relentlessly with courage and conviction, with positivity and a dream to create one’s own destiny.
It is to be mentioned here that Lt. Col. Sophia Qureshi had been to other countries as part of the United Nations training team where she achieved several accolades at the international arena. She had also the privilege to be a part of the United Nations training team of DPKO, UN Women and CUNPK at international platforms in South Africa, Cambodia and Bangladesh. She also conducted workshops for uplifting and motivating youths especially girls in insurgency areas of Kashmir, West Bengal, Minority Girls and recently for Miranda NCC Girls to join elite Indian Army.
Professor Sudipta Sengupta, of Structural Geology, Jadavpur University spoke about her adventure while on an expedition to Antarctica in the 1980s. She said, it is the will power, mental courage, physical stamina and stringent training on mountaineering that helped her to achieve success in life. After the expedition, she wrote her adventure series in the name ‘Antarctica’ which is still a best seller.
Ms. Taniya Sanyal, the first aviation fire fighter of the country spoke about how she dealt with the stringent physical training along with the male bastion when she got inducted in the fire fighting unit of Airport Authority of India and completed all the feats with flying colours.
The Mount Everest winner Smt. Tusi Anit Sah  spoke about her feats and the struggles of her life due to dire poverty  and narrated her accident while coming down Mount Kanchenjunga from the Nepal side. She said adventure sports should be encouraged in schools, so as to increase mental strength and fight the abnormalities of life.
The Nature India Awardee, Education Officer of BITM Kolkata, Smt. Aditi Ghosh encouraged the students to pursue science to know the unknown and to be courageous enough to conquer the world.
Smt. Sahana Banerjee, the reputed Sitarist of Rampur Senia Gharana also encouraged the children to opt for any kind of performing arts from the school levels, which she said, not only increases concentration but also opens up employment avenues and helps in earning confidence and developing love for arts.