Nivedita Creche

PGIMER Campus, Sector-12, Chandigarh.

As a part of its welfare function, PGI authorities aim to provide quality care to the children of its employees. Today the need for fulltime day care services is felt more than ever with  increasing  number of working parents and nuclear families .Therefore dedicated crèche services are  provided by PGI in 14000 sqft area . ( Breakup of the covered area is  1500sqft, crèche is 675 sqft, Kitchen 60 sqft, Toilet 490 sqft ,Office 65sq ft .)

 

 

 

 

Historical perspective of the Nivedita Creche

Creche was opened for the welfare of the children’s of nurses on 14.11.1980 by Dr.P.L Wahi DPGI at that time. Actually, it was started by ICCW on 15.08.1980 (Indian Council of Child Welfare- inaugurated by Mrs.Neki), but later closed because of administrative difficulties and reopened under Department of Nurses Services in the above date. It was started under one project with the objective of developing good mental health of the children of whose mother’s were working.  Mannu was the first child registered in this crèche later the strength increased to 10 at the end of that month and 72 at 1st year. Mrs. Prem Mehra  (CNS-Chief Nursing Superintendent) was the first project officer. The building for crèche was first allotted in Anatomy wing then shifted to nurses hostel wing. It is different from traditional crèche because it is a need based crèche. At that time 5 Sahaikas trained by PGI nurses and they worked 7 hours at a stretch in day time and 10½ hours in night. Age groups between 3 months to 3 years were admitted during that time. Then the age criteria changed from 3 years to 8 years in the upper side and again to till 10 years of age.

It provides services from 8am to 8pm round the year. List of project officers and Chair person were given below.

 

 List of Project officers and Chair-person

Chair person

Project officer

Period

Prof. Babita Ghai

Mrs. Rita Rai

(Crèche incharge)

Rekha Semni

(Creche teacher)

February 2022 till date

Prof. Meenu Singh

Mrs. Rita Rai

(Crèche incharge)

Rekha Semni

(Creche teacher)

December 2020 to January 2022

Dr. Bhavneet Bharti

Mrs. Minz

Mrs. Manjeet

Mrs. Punita Kansal/Rita Rai

(Creche Manager)

Rekha semni

(crèche teacher)

14/9/2011 to November

2020

 

 

Management committee

Creche committee comprises of the following members w.e.f 2022

Name

Designation

 

Prof. Babita Ghai

Prof Anaesthesia

Chairperson

Ms. Ameena

Law officer

 

Member

 

Mr. Randeep Sood

Account officer

 

Member

 

Ms. Ambika Soni

Labour officer

Member

 

Ms.Rita Rai

Incharge/Project officer

Convener

Dr. Harshal

Parent Representative

 

Member

 

Ms. Priyanka

(PHN)

Member