Dr Ajani has been a long-time, valued member of the Aga Khan University, starting from her studentship at SONAM Pakistan, followed by a rich and extensive professional career in academia and leadership at AKU-SONAM, including her 6-year term as Assistant Dean, Teaching, Learning and Undergraduate at SONAM which she has recently concluded.

In 2021, she became Pakistan’s first graduate of PhD in Nursing through AKU’s PhD in Health Sciences programme. She is one of the inaugural members of the Haile. T. Debas Teacher’s Academy, AKU; and a Senior Fellow of the Higher Education Academy, UK (SFHEA).

Dr Ajani's main interest is in strengthening teaching-learning practices and conducting quality assurance reviews in academia. She is a regular facilitator of various Teaching and Learning workshops that have benefitted faculty across our global campuses including the Teaching Learning Enhancement Workshop, TLEW, Online Teaching for Higher Education, OTHE, Re-Thinking Teaching, RTT, and numerous other certificate courses for nurse educators across the country. Dr Ajani is a recipient of various University-level awards at AKU including the most recent Award of Excellence in Teaching and Teaching Leadership which she received on the occasion of the University’s 40th anniversary celebrations.

She now holds a joint appointment between QTL_Net and the School of Nursing and Midwifery, Pakistan where she will continue her teaching assignments as Assistant Professor. Khairulnisa’s areas of interest and work are around enhancing self-care practices in NCDs, curriculum development and engaging student as partners in the curriculum. She closely works with Pakistan Nursing Council and HEC to bring about changes and innovation in the Nursing curriculum at the national level and supervise master’s students for the last 10 years. She has several publications in National and International Journals and has been invited as a speaker to various national forums.

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