Indus Institute of Hospitality and Culinary Arts

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June 25, 2020: Admission to IIHCA Chennai courses are open and candidates can apply through the official website of the institute.

Established in 1998, Indus Institute of Hospitality & Culinary Arts (IIHCA Chennai) is India’s first and only hospitality training institute catering to training for potential cruise line employment. The institute has a placement record of 99 per cent. IIHCA was initially founded in Gurugram as India’s first culinary training institute for continental cuisine and then moved to Bengaluru in 2003. After this, it finally established itself in Chennai in 2010.

There are internationally experienced faculty members on-campus to teach the students. IIHCA also has a job placement cell that works for the campus recruitment process. The institute is managed by the senior cruise line and hotel professionals, who represent the expert cruise line courses faculty and impart their specialised job knowledge and skills.

The institute offers total five courses under the streams of Culinary Arts, Hotel/ Hospitality Management and Catering. These courses include BSc in Culinary Arts & Chef Management, Diploma in Professional Cookery and Craftsmanship Courses in Bakery & Confectionery, Food & Beverage Service and Housekeeping. IIHCA is the right place for those, who are aspiring to become professional chefs.

IIHCA Chennai Highlights

IIHCA Chennai Admission Process

To apply for any of the courses offered by IIHCA, candidates need to register online by filling a simple form, which is available on the official website of the institute and submit it. Candidates need not take an exam or test for admissions.

For all courses

• Fill in the registration form through the institute's website
• Once registered, a unique registration ID is sent to the candidates over e-mail
• After reviewing the application details, if candidates' details are found suitable for a cruise line course, they are contacted by the institute for further process
• In case the candidates do not get any call or response from IIHCA, it might mean that they do not meet the requested cruise line criteria and hence the application is not considered or accepted for admission

IIHCA Chennai Courses

The institute offers five courses at UG level. The minimum and maximum age criteria of a candidate while applying for a course is different. Also, the courses have different collaborations and affiliations associated with them. Here are some course-wise highlights tabulated below:

• BSc course is in collaboration with Alagappa University and to apply to this course, the age limit is 17-26 years
• Diploma Course in Professional Cookery is affiliated to Bharat Sevak Samaj (BSS) and the age limit to apply to this course is 17-26 years
• For Craftsmanship Course in Bakery & Confectionery, the age limit is 17-28 years
• And for Craftsmanship Course in Food & Beverage Service and Housekeeping, the age limit is 18-28 years

The minimum eligibility criteria for these courses is mentioned below:

IIHCA Chennai Short Term Courses

The institute also offers short term courses, which are of five to 12-week duration and are cruise oriented. The batches run throughout the year for those with prior hospitality qualifications or experience.

• Freshers are also accepted for admission in exceptional cases
• The common communication language on the cruise is English only and hence all the courses are conducted in English medium
• Candidates must ensure that they have good command over English and can understand and speak well in this language

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IIHCA Chennai Scholarships

Institute believes in helping the meritorious and the deserving students by offering financial aid. There are two ‘Capt. DC Mitter Merit Awards’ of Rs 50,000 (each) is awarded to two top students. These awards are purely performance-based.

• By giving a higher combined weightage to progress and potential, IIHCA gives an even chance for everybody to win these awards
• In addition, merit awards of Rs 3,000 to Rs 5,000 are given to one student in each batch, who shows the most effort and progress in the final exams

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