Ananya Banerjee is a social worker, politician, a change agent of the society, lobbyist for under privileged women, critical thinker, advocators for activists, a planner, writer and orator on socio economic issues. She has worked in the urban areas for the justice system, in the local and federal government and many corporations, undertakings and societies run and affiliated by the government. In her early career she had chosen to fly as Air hostess and served in a reputed airlines for a brief stint but the glamour world failed to attract her long and she had decided to do something for the backward and poverty stricken women folk of her country.
Having completed her graduation in English literature from Calcutta University she had taken interest on women empowerment. She had been working silently for the cause of women and participated in various seminars, lectures and workshops all over the country. She had delivered a series of lectures to sensitize the social activitists and common people for upliftment of downtrodden girls. Her known face as Miss Calcutta helped her being recognized by young girls who under her leadership reached out to the uneducated girls and assisted them to earn by themselves through various governments flagship programs.Having completed her graduation in English literature from Calcutta University she had taken interest on women empowerment. She had been working silently for the cause of women and participated in various seminars, lectures and workshops all over the country. She had delivered a series of lectures to sensitize the social activitists and common people for upliftment of downtrodden girls. Her known face as Miss Calcutta helped her being recognized by young girls who under her leadership reached out to the uneducated girls and assisted them to earn by themselves through various governments flagship programs.
Her perseverance, determination, hard working nature and love for the society finally found a meaningful orientation when Hon’ble Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee entrusted her officially to serve for the women. She had been appointed as the Chairperson of West Bengal Women Developing Undertaking and since then she ran from district to district, block to block for redressing problems of women. In her tenure with the help of Department of Women and Child Development, Government of West Bengal, she had set up a new state of the art, smart office at Nirman Bhavan, Salt Lake which is now functioning on her road map. She had visited almost all Homes of the state when she was a member of the State Commission for Protection of Child Rights and tried to make those homes habitable for the inmates. In her tenure she caused to set up district committees for strict vigilance of the POCSO Act.
Then came the clarion call from her ideological leader and mentor- the President of AITMC, Mamata Banerjee. She resigned from all offices of profit and renunciated the life of a poster girl to carry the order of her party supremo to oust the left rule from the ward 109 by contesting as a candidate in KMC election 2015.The rest is history. She bagged a convincing victory by defeating her nearest competitor by margin of 2934 votes .From day one she religiously started her work for providing municipal services to the people of her ward 109.The journey is still on…