Jammu, May 03: The 43rd Meeting of Governing Body (GB) of Shri Mata Vaishno Devi College of Nursing was held today at Kalika Dham Jammu under the Chairmanship of Suresh Kumar Sharma, Judge (Retd.), Hon’ble Member SMVDSB. The Meeting was attended by Anshul Garg, Chief Executive Officer, SMVDSB; Dr. Shakti Gupta, Director, AIIMS, Jammu; Dr. Sunil Sharma, Joint CEO; Dr. Gopal Sharma, Asstt. CEO, SMVDSB; Sharda M. Potukuchi, Associate Prof. Dean, Faculty of Biotechnology, SMVDU; Dr. J.P Singh, Neuro Surgeon & Clinical Director, SMVDNSH and Dr. Shailla Cannie, Principal, SMVDCoN.
Besides reviewing the progress of its earlier decisions, the GB had exhaustive deliberations on various forward-looking proposals for the excellence of the Nursing College. The GB also finalized on the contours of admission to 1st Batch of the “Post-graduate Program in Healthcare Quality and Patient Safety Management” being shortly rolled out by the College. Issues connected with the admission of students to the Academic Session 2022-23 of B.Sc Nursing Course were discussed and decisions aimed at future corrections were taken.
The GB appreciated the steps taken by SMVDCoN towards acquiring NAAC Accreditation and emphasized expediting the process to achieve Autonomous Status at an early date. In the same context, the impediments towards early execution of infrastructure additions/upgradation were deliberated by the GB and appropriate decisions were taken. The GB also approved a futuristic budget of the College for FY 2023-24.
In addition, several faculty/student-centric decisions were taken at the Meeting to ensure skill development & overall growth of faculty and students, besides amplification in the ambit of the support structure for attending various Conferences/Workshops/TNAI activities etc. in furtherance of impeccable track record and enhancing exposure levels of faculty and students. The GB desired hosting a National Level Conference on “Recent Advances and Future Trends in Nursing and Healthcare Sciences”, towards the end of the year.
The Governing Body also desired a broader association with reputed institutions such as SMVDU / AIIMS, Jammu etc. for mutual benefit of institutions and offering viz-a-viz better learning platform to students of the College.