Hotel Management

Hotels are amongst the most discernible and imperative aspects of our country's infrastructure. With the close connection between the hotel and tourism industry, growth of one sector perfunctorily affects the other. Now a days, promotion of tourism and rapid industrial progress have given a boost to hoteliering. Further with the worldwide trade, business in the hotel management sector has proves to be lucrative. 

For an efficient functioning of any hotel, work is divided among key departments. These include, Catering Department, Accounting Department, Marketing Department, Front Office Department, Housekeeping Department, Personnel Department and so on.

Due to the colossal demand of talented people, the hospitality sector offers great careers in top-notch hotels. Various diploma and degree courses are being offered by universities across India.

Students with interest in hospitality, catering and serving can definitely opt for a course and a career in Hotel Management. Being quite a lucrative option, one can make a mark and excel professionally in this sector. Further this also enables students travel around the world coupled with better remuneration and opportunities for travel as well as prospects of professional and personal growth.

A hotel management course prepares one to deal with the challenges and make them appropriate for getting employed with some of the renowned hotels, clubs and cruise ships etc. Courses in Hotel Management often referred to as Hospitality Management, is offered in many renowned institutes. Hotel Management Course include varied aspects of learning, both practical and theoretical. The candidates taking admission in hotel management course are adapt themselves to some of the most important avenues that make an integral part of hotel or hospitality industry. Organizational skills, tourism planning, strategic management, business skills, environment management, and many more such alluring subjects. 

Eligibility: 

One can enter this field through hotel management institutes. Most of the institutes have prescribed a minimum qualification of 50% for perusing this course. But The duration of training varies between 6 months and 3 years, depending upon the type of course.

Job Prospect:

There are lots of rewarding options for hotel management graduates. The assortment of fields includes:

    * Hotel & Restaurant management

    * Hospital administration and catering

    * Hotel and Tourism Associations

    * Hotel and catering institutes

    * Guest Houses

    * Club management

    * Cruise Ship Hotel Management

    * Institutional Management (which involves supervising canteens in college, schools, in factories, company guest houses etc.)

    * Catering departments of railways, banks, armed forces, shipping companies etc.

    * Self employment

With increasing globalization, career opportunities in this field are increasing day by day. These a large chain of hotels operate internationally providing scope of a career abroad.

National Council for Hotel Management & Catering Technology, New Delhi is an autonomous body under Ministry of Tourism, Government of India. The Council centrally regulates academics for hospitality and hotel administration and other eleven structured courses of studies that are imparted at the existing 26 Institutes of Hotel Management and 10 Food Craft Institutes located in different parts of the country. All Institutes uniformly follow standardized course curricula prescribed by the Council for the different professional programmes. 

Some of the constituent Colleges under National Council of Hotel Management and Catering Technology, New Delhi are as follows:

    * Institute of Hotel Management,New Delhi

    * Institute of Hotel Management,Chennai

    * Dr. Ambedkar Institute of Hotel Management,Chandigarh

    * Institute of Hotel Management,Bangalore

    * Institute of Hotel Management,Gwalior

    * Institute of Hotel Management,Kolkata

    * Institute of Hotel Management,Lucknow

    * Institute of Hotel Management,Mumbai

Admission for 3 year B.Sc. in Hospitality and Hotel Administration Program is carried out on All India basis by National Council for Hotel Management & Catering Technology, Pusa, New Delhi. The eligible candidates are required to resister themselves for an All India Written Joint Entrance examination (JEE) held at various Centers throughout the Country. The examination is normally held in April/May each year. An objective type written examination in English and Hindi to test the candidates in:

    * Reasoning and Logical deductions

    * Numerical ability & Scientific aptitude

    * General Knowledge and

    * English language

The final selection is on the basis of the overall performance in Written Entrance Examination and the options of IHM, which the candidate wants to take.

The Institute of Hotel Management Catering Technology and Applied Nutrition also provide with certain other course which includes:

Craftsmanship Courses for 10th Std Passed students:

    * Food Production (1-1/2 Years)

    * Food and Beverage Services (24 weeks)

Diploma Courses for Plus 2/HSC Passed Students (1-1/2 Years ) in

    * Food Production

    * Bakery & Confectionery

    * Front office Operation

    * Food & Beverage Service

Certificate Course for 10th Passed students with 2 years hotel experience /

Graduates / 10th Passed with a Craft Certificate from IHM /FCI.

    * Hotel & Catering Management ( 6 months)

Some other institutes providing Hotel Management course include:

    * Oberoi Centre of Learning and Development, New Delhi

    * Welcomgroup Graduate School of Hotel Administration, Manipal

    * Christ College, Bangalore.