Dr. J. Sri Nisha Elamaaran MDS, is the chairperson of the Sree Balaji Group of Hospitals & Educational Institutions that include :
Sree Balaji Medical College & Hospital, Dental College & Hospital, College of Nursing, College of Physiotherapy, College of Allied Health Sciences & College of Pharmacy.
With a masters in Dental Sciences, Dr. Sri Nisha is a medical professional whose entrepreneurship keeps her professionally engaged with the operations of the medical institutions started by her father Dr. Jagathrakshagan , a Thamizh scholar, entrepreneur , philanthropist and a political leader. With several terms in the TN Assembly and Indian parliaments Dr. Jagathrakshagan is a social visionary who dreamed and nurtured a mission to offer quality healthcare and education very early in his native Thamizhnadu. The Sree Balaji Hospital and colleges which he shaped with this vision, have successfully educated and imparted medical services to the needy for the past 4 decades. Dr Sri Nisha started to shoulder his responsibilities since her early youth and currently leads his missions with great calibre.
She is an achiever , who had taken her father’s philanthropical venture to a global platform with clear purpose and focussed goals despite challenges. With a silent strength and clarity to enhance the field of healthcare in India, she is a successful second generation educationist and woman entrepreneur, who efficiently balances business and philanthropy, like she does with her professional and personal avatars.
Today, as a leading Medical School in India, with a significant presence at every touch-point of the medical value chain, Sree Balaji Medical College & Hospitals are one of Asia’s largest healthcare groups and professional colleges offering quality Medical education. Dr. Sri Nisha played a key role in getting high value NAAC Accreditation & NIRF Rankings for her group and had initiated partnerships with various global pioneers to transform the healthcare delivery across India. Her vision for the next 10 years include Advanced Health Care for All, offering free , tertiary care & premium health care service to the economically challenged along with seeing her institutions being ranked in the Global Top 10 Medical Schools.
Dr Sri Nisha was ranked in the National list of ‘50 Most Powerful Women in Healthcare Service’, 2015 and 2017. She has been awarded ‘LifeTime Achievement Award’ for distinguished service in the field of Medicine from the Bharath Institute of Higher Education & Research, Deemed University. Her medical institutions have groomed great doctors and successful healthcare professionals from challenged socio economic statuses with her personal support through all stages of academic programs.