Nursing comprises almost two-thirds of the healthcare workforce in India and the central role in healthcare delivery is in systems of promotion, prevention, treatment, care, and rehabilitation. These are highly significant. Their contributions towards the achievement of UN millennium development goals and sustainable development goals are very crucial but are not sufficient enough particularly in developing countries such as India for creating a major impact on health results. Achievement of universal coverage, increasing health financing, recruitment, training, and retention of the health workforce are two important goals that have direct relevance to India. Nursing today has been witnessing several changes, successes, and challenges through a lot of strides in the developing healthcare sector.

Nurses have increased their work scope, however, the roles and responsibilities have multiplied while concerns are still purging in the development of nursing, with regards to human individuals, selection and recruitment, placement according to specialization, pre-service, inservice training, and human resource issues for their career progression. The roles of nurses have been evolving and changing, while the nurses are gaining impeccable skills for health assessment for providing active support to patients and families. Enhancement of quality raises with lower cost and improves access to world-class healthcare the society.

In this issue of the Women Entrepreneur magazine, we present a list of ‘Top 10 Women Leaders In Nursing Colleges - 2022’ who too have affirmed their capabilities across diverse industries with undeterred determination and excellent professionalism. The consultants are top-notch names in the industry, who are selected by the industry veterans, CEOs and VCs, and the Women Entrepreneur editorial board.