The Hospitality Industry

    Hotels are the oldest commercial Endeavour known to man. The beginning of hotels or Inns have been traced to the sixth century B.C;
   The urge to travel has been the greatest impetus to the hotel industry. When people travelled, they needed a place to rest and eat.
   The invention of the wheel gave a big push to the hotel industry, as people could travel faster and more comfortably.
   Today a hotel caters to every need of a guest. Hence a hotel needs the services of trained staff to provide professional services for international clientele.
   The hotel industry, which is an integral part of the tourism sector, provides a large percentage of the total employment in the tourism industry.
   There is a need for trained manpower in hotels which need to cope with the arrival of 2.5 million tourists per year.
   Tourism has been the fastest growing industry in the world for the past 50 years, and today it is the world's largest industry. Domestic tourism is as old as Indian society.
   It increased to167 million in 1998 from just 64 million in 1990, thus registering a compound annual growth of 12.28%. It is India's third largest export industry after readymade            garments and gems & jewellery. Tourism is a global phenomenon, an expression of man's natural instincts to move from one place to another.
   Our tourist attractions warrant more tourists than we are getting now. No other country can match India as a tourist draw.
   The potential is so high that foreigners visiting India are convinced that so much more can be done to promote Indian tourism in foreign destinations.
   The Tourism industry earns about 14,000 crore per annum in foreign exchange. 50 percent of it is accounted for by hotels and restaurants.
   The foreign exchange earned by the Tourism sector is of high quality for many reasons.
   Our Import content is less than 10 percent of the earnings.
   Most of the payments to hotels and restaurant are mad by cash or credit card and overseas receipts are realized quickly.
   There are no 'tainted exports' of any kind. Tourism has emerged as an investment in employment generation, poverty, alleviation and sustainable human development. The fastest growing industry in India and abroad presently employs over three million people in India and is growing at an average of over ten percent.
   Impetus to the hotel and related hospitality industry has been provided by the arrival of international majors, this has become a favored profession because of a high salary and emoluments, exceptional growth opportunities, excellent working environment, opportunity to work abroad, etc.
   A recent survey of ATEC included hospitality as one of the best possible careers for Indians.
   Presently Hospitality personnel are in demand not only in the traditional hotel and restaurant business but also in other industries including resorts, airlines, restaurants, contract and transport catering, tourism, fast food operations, school meals, hospitals, halls of residence, shipping and the armed forces.

A breif insight in the Courses

I.H.M.C.T In the making of Hospitality Manager

   The medium of instruction provided is English, to enable the student to relate at the international level.
   We aim out to provide high quality, value-based, career-oriented education to students, to facilitate students in understanding, developing, integrating and applying both core and specialized concepts and practices.
   Comprehensive coursewares are supplied to all students for making the learning process and the related activities far easier. And suggested reading.
   In addition, students are encouraged to refer to recommended books, wherever necessary.
   The students are provided with a stimulating and learning-friendly atmosphere to utilize their intellectual capacity and to specialize in their respective areas of study to produce energetic, effective, efficient and ethical graduates to meet the desired needs of the dynamic world and serve the society.
ASSIGNMENTS
   It serves the purpose of valuation of student performance.
PRACTIVAL TRAINING
   Depending upon the subject, a required amount of practical training is imparted to students in learning centers.
PROJECT/REPORT
   In certain specialized subjects, intensive counseling is also resorted to. Project/Report. The student is also required to complete projects wherever necessary, which are then evaluated by the counselors.

Institution Rules & Regulations

   The Management deserves the right to discipline the students as and when required during the academic period.
   The students have to take the responsibility for endeavoring the Institution's for its valuable service to the society.
   The students have to be co-operative to the Management plans towards growth and abide by the policies mad thereof.
   The hardworking students ready for working within the hotel scenarios, specifications and the performance standard are expected to join the courses of the Hotel Management.
   The students are expected not to misuse the benefits offered by the Institution.
   During the academic period, total discipline should be observed by the students, any kind of filthy and indecency activities would not be tolerated, those found to do so are subject to be suspended, dismissed without further excuses and explanation.
   The students are requested to be punctual in their attendance during their academic period.
   Students should report to the Institution in complete neat & tidy uniforms along with the identity cards.
   The students have to maintain and help in creating a better environment in the hotel premises.
   The students must carry out all the assignments and projects provided to them by the department Heads.
   The students are expected to be through professionals during their academic period.
   Any kind of leave or late coming, uniformed to the Management or its authorities, would invite all actions and decisions by the Institutional Management, which would be the final and interference in this regard is sought.
   The students should agree with all the disciplinary action taken by the Institutional Management of the Hotel.
   The Institutional Management would not accept any kind of flimsy excuses for the academically weak students as the Mgmt carries out all actions for the up gradation of the weak students.
   Any Complaints, grievances or issues arising out from the students during the academic period should be addressed to the institutional management.
   The Institutional Management would not be responsible for any lass of goods, property, during the academic period.
   Any Violation of the disciplinary rules on behalf of the student will earn a suspension from the training.
   The enrolling student has to undersign, committing to abide by the rules & regulations of the Institution.

Placement

OUR EX-STUDENT CAN BE LOCATED AT THE FOLLOWING HOTELS.

Admission Criteria

To be considered for a place in the program, the candidates must be able to demonstrate the following, through the various levels of testing, the candidates must be able to demonstrate the following, through the various levels of testing.
INTELLECTUAL CAPACITY
A good undergraduate with a specified cut offs as prescribed by the University from time to time. Standards are relaxed for candidates falling in the special categories (as per the University rules). Technical diploma is not considered as eligibility criteria. Proven records of academic success is a must for candidates hopeful for admission. POTENTIAL TO SUCCEED IN A SERVICE INDUSTRY students are expected to have potential to work hard and survive to achieve success in a service industry.
PERSONAL MOTIVATION & MATURITY
The HM courses are of demanding experiences, which can change your life. As such we look for students who are reflective, mature, realistic as well as ambitious and highly motivated to make to guests experience the entrance examination is designed accordingly to well balanced format that helps in selecting candidates of the right intellectual type. Intelligent, ethical, articulate and active individuals with a will to upgrade their skills are encouraged to pursue the University programs
The applicant has to submit the completed application along with relevant enclosures to the Institution well before the due date. If the application is complete in all respects and the University is satisfied with the applicant's eligibility and suitability for admission into the program applied for, the student will be granted admission to the program. No candidate is permitted to pursue more than one course at a time. He right to accept or reject any application is reserved by the Institution. If the applications received from the students are not complete is all respects, those students may be given provisional enrollment as per University discretion. Such students will have to submit the required certificates/mark sheets to the University within three months, upon receipt of which their enrollment will be3 confirmed. Provisionally enrolled students will be allowed to appear for the examinations only after their enrollment is confirmed.
TEAM SKILLS
We place particular emphasis on working in multi-disciplinary, multi-cultural groups. Typically 10% of every bath comprises international candidates, in addition to the students that arrive through the international students exchange programs. We need to be certain that candidates will share in the development of their fellow team member and contribute to the learning environment of the institute./ Smart, Confident and Ability to Communicate
The institute looks out for candidates who can work smart/ The modern business environment requires creative and out of the box thinking. This requires confidence in once ability as well as ability to involve other. It focuses on clarity of thought as well as ability to convey ones ideas objective ely, briefly and cogently.

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S. KRISHNA KUMAR
OFFICER IN-CHARGE