Dr. Sandhya Ghai
National Institute of Nursing Education, Post-graduate Institute of Medical Education & Research, India
Biography
She completed Ph.D in 1998 from Punjab University Chandigarh, (Nsg. Service Administration), M.Sc. (Psych. Nsg., 1989), M.A. (Pub. Admn., 1980), Short-term course in Intensive Care, 1979. Total experience in PGI is more than 37 years. She is working on various posts simultaneously i.e. Director, WHOCC, NINE,PGI, Chandigarh, President, TNAI, UT Branch Chandigarh, Member Planning Board, BFUHS, Faridkot, President, IPHA, Member, Expert Advisory Committee, & Chairperson, Curricullum Development Committee, MOH&FW New Delhi,. Member & Convener, Board of Nursing Studies, Punjab University, Chandigarh. Technical Expert in selection committee: BMHRC, Bhopal, New Six AIIMS (Jodhpur, Patna, Rishikesh), PGIMER (CHD.), PGIMS Rohtak, GMCH-32,CHD, Institute of Dental Sciences and hospital, P.U, Member of committee for inspection of govt. / Pvt. Medical, Dental, Nursing and Physiotherapy colleges affiliated to BFUHS, Approved Inspector for Nursing Colleges by Indian Nursing Council, P.U, BFUHS, and PNRC. Dr. Ghai, Principal, National Institute of Nursing Education, PGIMER, Chandigarh, has been Dean, Faculty of Nursing Sciences, BFUHS, Member, Board of Nursing Studies, MMU, Mullana, Treasurer, I P H Assocation, Chandigarh Branch. She is the Principal Coordinator of INC project GFATM. Dr. Ghai has chaired more than thirty five scientific sessions. She has more than 50 publications and more than 35 paper presentations at National and International Conferences to her credit. She has contributed chapters in Books and is co-author of “Management of Hospitals: Hospital Administration in the 21st Century” & Clinical Neurosciences & Critical Care Nursing. Served as Paper setter in more than 10 Universities and have been Research Guide/ Co-guide for Ph.D., M.Sc. Nursing, B.Sc. Nursing, Masters in Hospital Administration students Principal Investigator/Co-Investigator in many research projects. She has bagged National Mahila Rattan Gold Medal Award, Best Educationist Award, Basanti Rai Award for Best Thesis. She is recipient of Best poster awards at International Conference on Nursing and Emergency Medicine held in Las Vegas, USA; and at National Conference on the theme " Today's Learner's Tomorrow's Leader-Transforming Nursing Education held at The North Eastern Indira Gandhi Regional Institute of Health & Medical Sciences, Shillong.