Shyamala D Manivannan

Shyamala D Manivannan, PhD (N), MSc (N), RM, RN, is the Former Professor and Director (Faculty of Nursing) at Dr M G R Educational and Research Institute (Deemed University), Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India. Formerly, she has been Principal, MA Chidambaram College of Nursing, Chennai; Vice Dean, Academics: Kingdom of Saudi Arabia; Principal, Dr M G R Educational and Research Institute (Deemed University), Chennai. She started her nursing career as a Military Nursing Officer from Command Hospital, Central Command, Lucknow in the year 1981. After that she pursued Post Basic BSc Nursing from College of Nursing [Christian Medical College & Hospital (CMCH), Vellore] and continued to work in the Department of Community Health Nursing as Tutor and Nurse Administrator for RUHSA. She pursued Masters in Community Health Nursing from CMCH, Vellore. She received her Doctorate in Community Health Nursing from “The Tamil Nadu Dr M G R Medical University”, Chennai, Tamil Nadu in the year 2007. She served as a Resource Person in National and International Workshops and Conferences, inland and abroad. She has the credit of various National and International publications.