Maj Gen Lisamma appointed as head of Military Nursing Service

Maj Gen Lisamma PV has been appointed as Additional Director General, Military Nursing Service (MNS), the senior most nursing officer in the Armed Forces who oversees the functioning of the organisation that forms a critical part of healthcare services.

She succeeds Maj Gen Sheena PD who superannuated on April 30 after serving for four decades.

Hailing from Kollam district of Kerala, Maj Gen Lisamma is an alumna of School of Nursing, Military Hospital, Jalandhar.

After her commissioning into MNS in 1986, she obtained a Bachelor’s degree in Arts and Law along with a Master’s degree in hospital administration. 

Alongside her nursing career, she has excelled as an administrator handling various appointments such as Principal, College of Nursing, Command Hospital Air Force (Bangalore); Principal Matron, Command Hospital, Eastern Command; Brigadier, MNS HQ Eastern Command; Brigadier MNS (Admin), Integrated HQ of Ministry of Defence, and the recent appointment at Army Research and Referral Hospital, New Delhi as Principal Matron.