Varsha Ashok Aglawe Becomes GSI's First Woman Director General

# Varsha Ashok Aglawe Becomes GSI's First Woman Director General ### Why in News? **Varsha Ashok Aglawe** took charge as the **54th** **Director General** of the **Geological Survey of India** (**GSI**), becoming the first woman to head the organisation in its 176-year history. ### Why is the appointment notable? - Aglawe is a palaeontologist with more than three decades of experience in geoscience and joined **GSI** in **1992**. - Before becoming **Director General**, she headed **GSI**'s Eastern Region as Additional Director General. - **GSI** is India's major geoscientific survey organisation, involved in geological mapping and exploration of mineral resources. ### Exam Connect - **Geological Survey of India** → attached office of **Ministry of Mines** - **GSI** → established in 1851; headquarters Kolkata