Capt (Dr) Usha Banerjee holds diverse qualifications of BSc Nursing from College of Nursing – Armed Forces Medical College- First ranker – Gold Medallist and Best all-round cadet bestowed with many laurels and awards from Army including President’s medal, Gaurav Pathak from Mayor of Maharashtra and General Cariappa trophy for the Best All-round Cadet, (Masters Diploma in Personnel Management and Industrial Relations /Training & Development/ Hospital Administration/ Six Sigma/ PhD in Management) thus bringing bigger and richer value to nursing leadership and my position as a Group Director of Nursing for one of the largest Healthcare providers in the country.
Experience and exposure at the helm of affairs in top-notch corporate organizations such as Manipal Hospitals, Max Healthcare, and now Apollo Hospitals group for the last 18 years.
Positioned in important industry task forces engaging in reforms for nursing in the country (FICCI – Federation of Indian Chambers of Commerce & Industry/CII – Confederation of Indian Industry)
Nominated as a member of the technical committee of the NABH and recently in the accreditation committee thus bringing larger value to healthcare quality
Member of several prestigious associations – TNAI /ANEI- founder executive member / CAHO- Consortium of Accredited Hospital Organization/ AHPI – Association of Healthcare Providers India / HISI – Hospital Infection Society India//Healthcare Skills Council of India
Member of the Indian Nursing Council – nominated by the Ministry of Health & Family Welfare Government of India
A face to represent nursing in national media both print and electronic – The Economic Times, Business Standard, Business Insider India, Daiji World, Indian Narrative, IANS Live, Social News XYZ, prokerala, Malayala Manorama news, etc.
Speaker on National Television, NDTV, CNBC TV, Healthwire media, Times Now, BBC, India Today, etc with the highlights of speaking to top journalists and celebrities including Sri Amitabh Bachchan Ji.
Bagged several prestigious awards for Apollo hospitals with several turnkey projects – Healthcare Management Asia, AHPI, CAHO, FICCI, AIQA, DL-Shah, etc.
Received several individual awards for innovation and leadership. Conferred with the Best Leader of Apollo award and awards for special achievements.
Received several awards for philanthropic and community initiatives for personal contributions / financial support etc (“Winner of Life – Cancer Award from DNA India for significant contribution in the field of Oncology as Nurse Leader and visionary ), National Women’s Excellence award for contributions to Women’s empowerment, Healthcare Leadership Icon by Healthwire Media, Impact Guru Excellence in Healthcare award for outstanding achievement in the field of Nursing, Angel Thank A Nurse Excellence award for supporting Angel Thank A Nurse initiative which supports nurses for upskilling and certificate programs free of cost by raising funds and donations, Significant Contribution Award from AIIMS in collaboration with JRN Rajasthan Vidyapeeth University, Udaipur.
Positioned at the helm of affairs in the Apollo enterprise thus enabling me to contribute to the larger vision of the Father of Corporate Healthcare Padma Vibhushan Dr Prathap C Reddy – the Greatest visionary who has transformed healthcare – thus having me featured in his biography –Healer which is a great achievement for a nursing professional in this country.
