Dr. Rajathi Sakthivel earned her undergraduate, postgraduate, and doctoral
studies at The Tamil Nadu Dr. M.G.R. Medical University in Chennai, Tamil Nadu,
India. She also holds an M.A. in Psychology, a P.G Diploma in Hospital Management
from Annamalai University, an M.Phil. in Guidance and Counseling from Mother
Theresa Women’s University, and a P.G Diploma in Yoga Education from Alagappa
University. With over 21 years of professional experience, she has worked for 2.2
years as an ICU staff nurse at Apollo Hospitals and spent 19 years in academia,
progressing through roles from lecturer to professor. Her achievements have been
acknowledged through several awards, including the Women Researcher Award from
the International Scientist Forum in 2021 and the Service with Humanity Award from
Thaangum Vizhuthugal and the Lions Club Association in 2019
She is also a member of a professional organization like
the Trained Nurses Association of India. (TNAI)Member of the Nursing Research
Society of India (NRSI), Member of the Indian Association of Neonatal Nurses
(IANN). Additionally, she has been recognized for her contributions as a peer
reviewer from 2018 to 2023 by interdisciplinary international journals with high
impact factors and has completed 64 articles as a peer reviewer. Dr. Sakthivel is an
editorial board member for Texila International Nursing Journal and two national
nursing journals from Red Flower Publication, New Delhi, and she authored a
chapter in the 2023 Textbook of Pediatric Nursing published by CBS Publishers.
She has organized a national conference on adolescent health and a state-level
workshop, WONDER-2023, focused on maternal and child health promotion,
funded by the Tamil Nadu Nurses and Midwives Council. To date, she has nearly
70 publications in Scopus, PubMed, Web of Science, and Google Scholar indexed
journals, presented 14 scientific papers and 18 concept papers at various
conferences in the state, national, and international levels, and has also received
three awards for best paper presentations at National and International conferences.
