Air India Pilot Zoya Agarwal helps Dharavi girl in realizing her dream of becoming pilot
Nadrat's parents had encouraged her to pursue a career in aeronautical engineering, but she discovered that flying was more her style.
Mumbai: Pilot Captain Zoya Agarwal of Air India assisted Nadrat, a young woman from the Dharavi slum of Mumbai, in realizing her dream of becoming a pilot.
Nadrat's parents had encouraged her to pursue a career in aeronautical engineering, but she discovered that flying was more her style.
She even passed the admission exam for the flying school after applying to Indira Gandhi Rashtriya Uran Akademi in order to pursue her ambition, but her family lacked the funds to pay for her education.
At that moment, she asked 'Bharat ki Beti' Zoya Agarwal for assistance.
On helping a slum girl fulfil her dream to become a pilot, Air India's pilot Captain Zoya Agarwal told ANI, “This just the beginning... I want to make this from a dream to reality, for every girl who's got fire in her soul... The aviation sector is rapidly growing, it is going to double in the next 14-15 years. We need our girls... We cannot let our girls be discouraged just because they lack resources... This is my bit in PM Modi's dream of India shining at 75...”
On Captain Zoya Agarwal helping her fulfil her aviation dreams, Nadrat (slum girl from Dharavi) says, "...My mother wanted me to pursue engineering but I realised I wanted to become a pilot. But we had no resources to fund my training. Even though I cleared the flying school entrance test, I was rejected because of my financial background...Ever since Zoya Agarwal received the 'Bharat ki Beti' award from PM Modi, I felt she would be the one to help me complete my story..." (With inputs from ANI).
Published By : Nishtha Narayan
Published On: 5 January 2024 at 22:22 IST