Dr. Sailaxmi Gandhi
Previously she worked as Head of Department, Department of Nursing, NIMHANS (INI), Bengaluru, worked as an Expert Committee member of National Emergency Life Support for Nurses (NELSN Project) of the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare, GOI, 2018, Consultation service to National Commission for Women as co-investigator of the project on rehabilitation of women with mental illness in Psychiatry hospitals in India, 2016
She holds an M.Sc. Nursing (Psychiatric Nursing), NIMHANS (INI), Bengaluru, & Ph.D. in Nursing, NIMHANS (INI), Bengaluru
She has won several prestigious awards the Mental Health Leader award from the World Health & Wellness Congress, in 2020, the Florence Nightingale National Award from the President of India for Best Nurse Educator, Fellowship of the Dr.Ramachandra N Moorthy Foundation for Mental Health & Neurological Sciences, Florence Nightingale Award for The Best Nursing Tutor in Karnataka State by the Governor, Karnataka State & President’s gold medal in B.Sc. Nursing, 1984
Research: 10 Extra mural research projects funded by WHO-India, ICMR, NCW, Bihar and Karnataka states, etc.
Publications: A. Authored 15 books some of which are:
Basic and Applied Psychology for Nurses. India: Wolters Kluwer (I) Pvt. Ltd.; 2023.
Textbook of Mental Health & Psychiatric Nursing - Principles and Practice. ELSEVIER RELX India Pvt. Ltd. ISBN: 978-81-312-5485-1, e-Book ISBN: 978-81-312-5486-8, 2022.
Mental Health Self-care - A step-by-step training package for nurses. Part A: Facilitator Guide and Part B: Trainee Manual. Printed by WHO-India for MoH&FW, GoI, 2022
- Published 140 articles (most in pub med indexed journals’)
- Published 28 monographs, developed 25 IEC materials & 5 video-assisted teaching modules