Represented India · WCWS'26 · Chiang Mai, Thailand

Educating minds. Empowering women. Transforming generations.

I'm Preshna Chettri — PhD scholar, educator, and columnist from the Darjeeling hills. In May 2026 I carried my research to the world stage, presenting "Empowering Women through Education: A Path to Equality and Growth" at the 12^th World Conference on Women's Studies.

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WCWS'2612th World Conference on Women's Studies

May 28–30, 2026Chiang Mai, Thailand

IndiaRepresented on the global stage

Preshna Chettri · PhD Scholar, SRIHER Chennai

🇮🇳 Represented India

International conference

WCWS'26 — Chiang Mai, Thailand

At the 12^th World Conference on Women's Studies, I presented poster research on how education drives women's empowerment, equality, and growth — bringing the voices of hill women to an international audience.

Poster titleEmpowering Women through Education: A Path to Equality and Growth
Conference12th World Conference on Women's Studies (WCWS'26)
Organised byThe International Institute of Knowledge Management (TIIKM), Sri Lanka
Dates & venueMay 28–30, 2026 · Chiang Mai, Thailand
Presented asResearch Fellow, Faculty of Nursing, SRIHER, Chennai — representing India

Conference poster: Empowering Women through Education — A Path to Equality and Growth, WCWS'26 — The poster presented at WCWS'26 — click to view in full.

Preshna Chettri at the WCWS'26 conference in Chiang Mai — In Chiang Mai, Thailand · May 2026.

Published newspaper articles

4 ^yrs

Teaching experience

Qualifications, incl. 2 in progress

1^st

In my family to pursue a PhD

Preshna Chettri in Chiang Mai, Thailand, during WCWS'26 — **Preshna Chettri** · In Chiang Mai, Thailand, for WCWS'26 · Columnist, Himalaya Darpan

About me

From the hills of Sittong to the world stage

I grew up in Sittong, in the Darjeeling hills, in a humble family where higher education was a distant dream. I became the first in my family — and the first from my village — to pursue higher education, and today the first to pursue a doctorate.

That journey shaped everything I do. After my GNM, B.Sc. and M.Sc. in Nursing, I added a Master's in Psychology to understand the minds behind the patients, and spent four years teaching the next generation. I'm now a full-time PhD scholar at Sri Ramachandra Institute of Higher Education and Research (SRIHER), Chennai, pursuing an MBA alongside.

Because education changed my life, I research it, speak about it internationally, and write about it — every fortnight — in Himalaya Darpan, India's first Nepali daily.

"When a woman is educated, she does not just change her own life — she changes the future of generations to come." — From my column in Himalaya Darpan

Education

Academic journey

In progress · Part-time
MBA

Building the management perspective to lead in healthcare and education.
In progress · Full-time
PhD in Nursing

Sri Ramachandra Institute of Higher Education and Research (SRIHER), Chennai · Founder-Chancellor Shri N.P.V. Ramasamy Udayar Research Fellow.
Completed
M.A. Psychology

Deepening the understanding of mental health that runs through my work and writing.
Completed
M.Sc. Nursing

Specialisation in Paediatric Nursing.
Completed
B.Sc. Nursing

Professional degree in nursing science and clinical practice.
Completed
GNM — General Nursing & Midwifery

Where the journey began.

Experience

Teaching & practice

4 years

Educator

Teaching nursing students across foundational and clinical subjects — guiding aspirants through the same journey I once navigated, with a strong focus on academic integrity, accreditation awareness, and informed career decisions.

1 year

Clinical Practice

Hands-on patient care that grounds my teaching, research, and writing in the day-to-day realities of Indian healthcare.

Ongoing

Columnist — Himalaya Darpan (Nari Darpan)

Regular published columns in Nepali and English on women's health, education, maternal nutrition, mental health, and the lives of women in the Eastern Himalayas.

Research & publications

Published research

Peer-reviewed papers and international presentations spanning nursing education, women's health, and empowerment.

International poster presentation

Empowering Women through Education: A Path to Equality and Growth

12th World Conference on Women's Studies (WCWS'26) · TIIKM · Chiang Mai, Thailand · May 2026

Presented as Research Fellow, Faculty of Nursing, SRIHER — representing India.

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Writing

From the pages of Himalaya Darpan

Fourteen published articles and counting — on women's education, health, and empowerment in the hills. Click any clipping to read the full page.