Indian Nursing Council Invites Applications For National Florence Nightingale Nurses Award 2025

New Delhi: The Indian Council of Nursing Invites applications for the National Florence Nightingale Nurses Awards 2025. 

As you are aware, the National Florence Nightingale Nurses Awards are given as a mark of recognition for the meritorious services rendered by Nursing Professionals in the country. This award is presented on the I2th of May every year on the occasion of the birth anniversary of Florence Nightingale. The next award ceremony is proposed on 12th May 2025.  

The award is given to outstanding Nursing personnel employed in Central, State/UTs, Private, Missionary and Voluntary Organizations. The award consists of Cash Award of Rs. 100,000/- a certificate and a Medal.

You are requested to send at least five selected candidates in each category, i.e Auxiliary Nurses & Midwife. Registered Nurses and Midwife & Registered Lady Health Visitors from Your State.

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Selection criteria, applications form, guidelines for preparing the resume of the nominee, composition of the State Level Selection Committee and procedure for selection of nominees for the award is enclosed at Annexure I to V.

Further, please ensure to enclose the Minutes of Meeting of the Selection Committee constituted as per the approved Guidelines alone with signatures of all the Members of the committee as per the quorum of State / UT Selection Committee. In case any Member in the committee is not present the recommendations will not be considered. Nomination in any case should not be sent without the recommendation of the State Selection Committee. If the nomination is received without the recommendation that will not be considered by the Central Selection Committee.

On completion of the selection process outlined above, the names of the nominees along with their resume and documentary proof in support of claim for the award may be forwarded to the PRESIDENT Indian Nursing Council, fifth floor, NBCC Centre, Plot No. 2, Community Centre, Okhla Phase-I New Delhi -110020 latest by 31st January 2025 (Tel. No.011-66616801).

I would request you to keep the following important aspects in view, while forwarding the nominations.

1. Wide publicity may be given in the State to all the concerned Stakeholders by issuing necessary circulars and up-loading the enclosed documents on the official website of the State Government.

2. It may please be ensured that applications for the nominations are received from Private and Missionary institution also apart from government institutions.

3. Representatives of the Trained Nurses Association of India (THAI) at the State Level or Associations should be included in the Selection Committee.

4. It should be ensured that the panel of names should include nominations from each of the three categories i.e. Nurses, Auxiliary Nurse Midwives and Lady Health Visitors.

5. It should be ensured that only such candidates are nominated who fulfill the criteria and proven evidence of outstanding work in their field and all the nominations are to be placed before the State Selection Committee meeting.

Receipt of this letter may kindly be acknowledged.

NOTE:- I. It is requested to write "Confidential- NFNA-2025" on the top of the envelope.

2. Please note that incomplete application shall not be considered.

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