Symbiosis College of Nursing (SCON)
The global population is rising but the number of health care workers is decreasing relatively. With more and more nurses migrating abroad, India is facing an acute shortage of faculty and clinical practitioners. This necessitates the initialization of more and more educational institutions to meet local, national and global demand for health care providers.
Keeping in view the World Health Organization's (WHO) theme of working together for health, Symbiosis trains and develops quality professionals to provide health care services at the grassroots and to meet the global demand. Through its pioneering efforts, the Symbiosis College of Nursing aims to create leaders in the nursing professionals by providing unique, innovative programmes that are responsive to the market need, keeping in mind the rapid advance in the health care sector in India as well as abroad.
The curriculum emphasizes on a holistic approach to nursing care, in order to ensure an all-round growth of the nursing students. Student nurses are trained to meet the international standards of professionalism and maintain the highest standard of clinical practice. The Programmes offered by SCON ensures numerous career avenues for a graduate nurse in the healthcare industry across the world.
The SCON has associated with major hospitals of Pune city to provide the necessary "hands on" clinical and para-clinical experience; necessary for the students pursuing this hospital based academic programmes. Symbiosis College of nursing thus aims to create a benchmark in nursing education in India. The overall aim of Nursing programme is to prepare a graduate Nurse to work as frontline worker in the clinical and community field and educational arena.
Director's Message
Dr. Sonopant G Joshi has Graduated from prestigious Institute of Nursing Education, J J Hospital, Mumbai, he has two Masters Degrees in Nursing and in disaster management and PhD in management. He is presently working as Professor & HoD Community Health Nursing at Symbiosis College of Nursing, Pune. He has vast teaching, Research and administrative experience. He has written chapters in book published by IGI global publication.
He has written book titled ‘Disaster Management for Health Care Professionals’, which is popular among Nursing and management students. He has published 35 research papers in various National and International Journals of High repute among these his 18 papers are in SCOPUS indexed journals and 3 papers in Web of sciences indexed journal.
Considering his research experience, he is nominated as member secretary of Institutional Ethics committee of SIU since 2017 under the chairmanship of Dr. Raman Gangakhedkar He has presented papers in International Conference at Dubai and London. He was invited speaker in International Conference at LONDON on topic ‘Challenges of Higher Education in India’ in Oct 2018. He has visited Kent State University, USA to attend workshop on Simulation Based Nursing Education in July 2019.
He has completed funded research project in 2019. His research contribution was well appreciated by Trained Nurses Association of India and honoured with Appreciation Award Nurses Researcher by Pune city branch in 2012. He is life member of various professional organizations. Presently he is Ph. D supervisor of Symbiosis International University under public Health domain, and 8 Ph. D scholars are guided him including 4 international students from Yemen, South Africa and UK.
Dr. Sonopant G Joshi, M Sc (N) M Sc (DM) Ph D Director & Professor - SCON, Pune
Programmes offered by SCON
M.Sc. Nursing
Course DetailsB.Sc. Nursing
Course DetailsPh.D.
Course DetailsPost Basic B.Sc. Nursing
Course Details
Research
Symbiosis International (Deemed University) offers research programs under UGC guidelines across various faculties. The Symbiosis Centre for Research and Innovation (SCRI), established in 2009, promotes research excellence.
Teaching Faculty
Empowering Educators, Empowering Change
Symbiosis has some of the most talented and dedicated thought leaders in the country who come from the best institutions around the world. Not only are they academically and professionally amongst the best, but have high standards of moral and ethical values, so that they can be true role models.
Faculty from recognized universities.
Most hold doctoral degrees.
Committed to research and development.
Initiatives of SIU
Symbiosis International (Deemed University) is committed to bring about sustainable and meaningful change in the society through its Health Promoting, Social and Quality Initiatives.
