Bengaluru/Mangaluru: On account of National Teachers Day (5 September) at the Rajiv Gandhi University of Health Sciences (RGUHS), Bengaluru, Sr Jacintha Dsouza, Principal of the Father Muller School and College of Nursing Sciences was honoured by the Vice Chancellor Dr M K Ramesh, RGUHS in the presence of an august gathering of eminent personalities.
Sr Jacintha completed her B.Sc. (Basic) Nursing from Bangalore University with a first Rank in 1989 and went on to complete her M.Sc. Nursing at Father Muller College of Nursing under Mangalore University in 1994. She has an M.Phil in Nursing from MAHE, Manipal Deemed University in the year 2001, where she achieved the first rank in the first year.
The citation read as follows ‘Sr Jacintha DSouza has an illustrious blend of contributions to nursing services and education as a teacher, clinician, administrator, and researcher for around three decades. A simple and unassuming leader, she has defined discipline as the central theme of mentoring a legion of nursing professionals who are spread far and wide across the globe, carrying the quality of RGUHS academics
Starting her teaching career as a Clinical Instructor at Father Muller School of Nursing, Mangaluru, in 1990, she climbed the ladder of academic hierarchy to be a Professor and Principal at the Father Muller College of Nursing till 2011. She helped to build other institutions such as St. Ann’s College of Nursing, and Athena College of Nursing, both at Mangaluru, only to return to her destiny as Principal. Father Muller College of Nursing in the year 2017, where she continues to date.
Sr Jacintha has presented many papers in national and international journals. The topics range from nursing care to the utilization of information and communication technology to augment nursing care. She has organized many conferences and seminars for nursing professionals. The workshops that she organized for uplifting nursing education are noteworthy. She has published many reference resources for nursing students in the form of books and dictionaries by reputed publishers in India.
In recognition of her academic acumen, she has been nominated as a member of the Board of Studies in Nursing at both UG and PG levels at the RGUHS, Yenepoya, and NITTE Universities, and an Academic Committee Member of RGUHS, She was Assistant Editor of the RGUHS Journal of Nursing Sciences. She has been on the Inspection Committees of INC. NAAC, and UGC, apart from the RGUHS
She was honoured with the prestigious National Teachers Award 2022 by the National Press Council of India.
This recognition has brought many a congratulatory message. Rev. Fr Richard Aloysius Coelho Director of Father Muller Charitable Institutions was pleased to know of the honour to Sr Jacintha and blessed her and wished her many more years of health and academic strength. Her selfless service and dedication to her colleagues and students is noteworthy. He appreciated the Vice Chancellor of RGUHS whose foresight and astuteness have made the university a beacon in healthcare around the globe. Congratulations poured from the members of the Governing Board, Management Committee, Advisory Committee and the faculty, staff and students of FMCI.
