01.07.2009 – 17.09.2013 as Lecturer in St. John’s College of Nursing
01.04.2015 – 30.09.2022 as Assistant Lecturer /Ass.Professor in Father Muller College of Nursing
01.10.2022 – till date as Associate Professor in Father Muller College of Nursing
Child Health Nursing
Nursing Education
Nursing Research
First rank in Pre-PhD examinations for the year 2021 under RGUHS.
Awarded best outgoing academic student at St. John’s College of Nursing in M.Sc Nursing for the year 2007-2009.
Emergency Nursing Life Support senior instructor.
AHA certified BLS instructor.
Advanced Certified Lactation Professional (ACLP) since 2020.
Member of Faculty of Nursing appointed by RGUHS, Bangalore.
Subject coordinator of Nursing Education for I MSc (N)
NAAC Criteria VII Committee Chairperson, FMCON
Research cell Chairperson, FMCON; Institutional Review Committee Chairperson, FMCON
HICC committee member, FMMCH
Anti microbial stewardship committee member, FMMCH
Library committee member, FMCI
Karnataka State Nursing Council; 2010;
Trained Nurses Association of India; 2005
National Research Society of India; 2015 Association of Lactation Professionals India; 2021
Association of Pediatric Nurses India; 2021
Member of Pedistars India; 2024
Sandra Jyothi Saldanha, Veena Gretta Tauro. Competency based performance of mothers on preterm neonatal care through Neonatal Integrative Developmental Care (NIDC) interventions: An interventional pilot project. Journal of Neonatal Nursing, April 2023. Available at https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jnn.2023.04.007
Riyana Salins, Rose Maria Sunny, Samantha Conrad, Sajiyamakandar, S Monica Sneha, Sandra Jyothi Saldanha. Knowledge regarding neuroprotective environment for neonates among health care professionals: RGUHS funded project. Journal of Neonatal Nursing, Nov 2022. Available at https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jnn.2022.11.011
Roseline Kallakavumkal Antony, Sandra Jyothi Saldanha. Knowledge and self-reported practice of postnatal mothers on sudden infant death syndrome prevention: A cross-sectional study. Journal of Health and Allied Sciences NU, Nov 2022. Available at https://doi.org/10.1055/s-0042-1757732.
Sandra Jyothi Saldanha, Veena Gretta Tauro. Family centered care in promoting neuroprotective environment for preterm neonates: Quality standards in Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (NICU). RGUHS Journal of Nursing Sciences, 2023; 13(1): 6-10.
Sandra Jyothi Saldanha, Veena Gretta Tauro. Family centered care in promoting neuroprotective environment for preterm neonates: Quality standards in Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (NICU). RGUHS Journal of Nursing Sciences, 2023; 13(1): 6-10.