Another woman from Bengal has achieved a rare feat to become the first in her trade in the country. Shyamli Haldar has become the first woman to head the air traffic control (ATC) not only in Kolkata but entire India.
Among the first batch of women air traffic controllers joining the servicer 31 years ago Haldar was promoted as the General Manager of Kolkata ATC.
She is the second Bengali woman to achieve a similar feat in aviation industry. Durba Banerjee was incidentally the first Indian woman to fly.
Joining the service in 1989 Haldar was trained at Civil Aviation Training College in Allahabad. As the ATC top officer managing more than 300 controllers she would mind the skies as far as Hyderabad, sources said.
The job is extremely tedious and a controller not only has to be skill full but also sincere and attentive and confident… and she combines all these qualities,” an official at the Netaji Subhas International Airport said.
A good cook of biryani Haldar a single mother, had efficiently managed her professional and personal requirements quite smoothly. “I have been working for the past 30 years and have tried to give my best to my job and to whatever I do … Till now things have been smooth for me” she said adding she “never take office to my home and home to my office” making both the works equally comfortable.
