Kasturba Gandhi Nursing College, a constituent unit of Sri Balaji Vidyapeeth, has signed a Memorandum of Understanding with IMC University of Applied Sciences Krems, Austria, on education, research, and patient care in nursing sciences.
The vidyapeeth chancellor M.K. Rajagopalan said the institution was keen on striking partnerships with international institutions for sharing of knowledge in academics, research and patient care.
Vice-chancellor K.R. Sethuraman, Gerhard Tucek, director of Institute of Therapeutic Sciences KREMS, Austria, Europe; Sumathy Sundar, director, Centre for Music Therapy, Education and Research; Nirmal Coumare, medical Superintendent, MGMCRI; and K. Renuka, Dean, Faculty of Nursing Sciences, participated.
Concurrently, the college hosted the second international conference in collaboration with the Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR) on the topic “Voice of midwives — revitalising reproductive health.”
Holistic overview
The two-day conference aims at providing holistic overview of high standards of quality nursing services and research to tackle existing and new challenges in reproductive health by bringing experts from various parts of the globe on a single platform. The conference was deliberating on all aspects of driving a global and national strategy for high impact health care services in reproductive health by expert speakers from Europe, Nepal, Sri Lanka, Punjab, Kerala, Bengaluru, Chennai, and Puducherry.
In her key-note address, Nandhini K. Kumar, former Deputy Director-General, Senior Grade (ICMR), New Delhi, highlighted on National Ethical Guidelines for Biomedical and Health Research on Human Participants (2017).
The set of guidelines includes salient principles of non-exploitation, social responsibility, privacy and confidentiality, risk minimisation, professional competence, transparency and accountability and environmental protection.
