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Remember how good you felt on getting that warm, sincere compliment on your culinary skills from a colleague of your spouse? Or the first time you tried your hands at an exotic dish for those “special” guests and it turned out so deliciously well? Well, if you have a flair for cooking and serving, the world of hospitality management beckons you to an exciting career. Check in The field is fit for you if you can serve with a smile; and the sky is the limit if you have that innovative bent of mind to add a little style to substance. Hospitality management refers to the cluster of courses in which students are taught the business of running hotels, restaurants, besides travel agencies and other tourism-related businesses. These study programmes cover organising events, arranging lodging, meeting, and convention management, food, beverage and casino management. Hospitality industry, which is an integral part of the tourism sector, is growing at a fast pace across the globe. The forthcoming Commonwealth Games to be organised in India are also likely to contribute a great deal to the growth of our hospitality sector. Choices aplenty With the continuing upswing in the Indian economy, the hospitality sector is creating a wide range of career opportunities. It encompasses industries like hotels and restaurants, resorts, aviation, entertainment, catering, multiplexes, shopping malls, eating joints, food courts and so on. The hospitality industry is also directly proportionate to the inbound tourism to any particular country. Countries like India, China, Mexico and Iraq, which were the seats of ancient civilisations, continue to be among the favorite destinations of tourists from all parts of the world. In this era of globalisation, the hospitality industry or hotel management is assuming greater significance and is evolving as a lucrative career sector. Placement prospects An individual can start his/her career in this field either as a management trainee or at an entry-level position. In case of the former, a person has to undergo training for two years before graduating to the position. In the latter case, the person has to work his/her way up in the organisation. And while the experience-based promotions have gone out of fashion, some hotels do recruit personnel at the mid/supervisory level. The professionals can be absorbed into multifarious areas of hotel operations, including the front office, food and beverage services, food production or kitchens, housekeeping and marketing and sales. Coupled with this is the requirement for trained manpower in special areas such as airline and railway catering, industrial catering, institutional feeding, etc. This has warranted further augmentation of training capabilities and modernisation of existing facilities. Course clues The admission to various degree, diploma and certificate courses in hospitality management is made through entrance tests or on the basis of merit in the qualifying examinations. Kurukshetra University, Kurukshetra, Maharshi Dayanand University, Rohtak, and several other universities offer programmes in the discipline. The other premier institutions in the field include:
National Council for Hotel Management and Catering Technology, Library Avenue, Pusa Complex, New Delhi-110 012 administers admission to the hotel management programmes at the government-sponsored institutes of Hotel Management, Catering Technology and Applied Nutrition at Ahmedabad, Bangalore, Bhopal, Bhubaneswar, Calcutta, Chandigarh, Chennai, Delhi, Goa, Gurdaspur, Guwahati, Gwalior, Hyderabad, Jaipur, Lucknow, Mumbai, Patna, Shimla, Srinagar and Thiruvananthapuram. Indian Institute of Hotel Management (assisted by the Taj Group of Hotels), Rauza Bagh, Aurangabad 431 0001; Oberoi Centre for Learning and Development (Oberoi School of Hotel Management), 1 Sham Nath Marg, New Delhi 110 054; FHRAI Institute of Hospitality Management, Plot No 45, Knowledge Park III, Greater Noida-201306; Welcomgroup Graduate School of Hotel Administration, Valley View, Manipal- 576119; Srinivas College of Hotel Management (Under Mangalore University), G.H.S. Road, Mangalore- 575 001; K.L.E. Society, Nijalingappa College (Bangalore University), Rajaji Nagar, Bangalore-560 010; International Institute of Hotel Management, EC 37, Salt Lake, Calcutta-700064; Institute of Hotel Management & Catering Technology, Sector 8, CBD, New Bombay-400614; Shri Shakti College of Hotel Management, Venus Plaza, adjacent to Airport, Begumpet,
Hyderbad-500016; National Institute of Hotel & Tourism Management, Aurangabad-431005; R.N. Shetty College of Hotel Management & Catering Technology, No. 4 Kaviraja Marg, Bailappanavar Nagar,
Hubli-580029; Indian Institute of Science'& Management, IISM Campus, Pundag, Ranchi-834004; Army Institute of Hotel Management & Catering Technology, C/o ASC Centre, (South), P.O. Agram, Bangalore-560007 ; Oriental School of Hotel Management, Valley View, Lakkidi-673576 (Kerala).
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