Hospitality & Travel

The Institute of Hotel Management (IHM), Gangtok, offers one of the major course programs at the institute, and that is the B.Sc. in Hospitality and Hotel Administration. The IHM Gangtok B.Sc. program in Hospitality and Hotel Administration is of three years duration and allows students to acquire practical exposure in all the aspects concerning the hospitality industry, such as management, food production, and service operations. Courses offered by the institute are mainly to meet and maintain industry standards and are approved by the NCHMCT. The strong placements support by IHM Gangtok has tied it up with leading hotel chains. Its graduates have better prospects in their careers.

The School of Hotel Management (SIHM) in Siddhpur has made its position feel of the Bachelor of Hotel Management and Catering Technology (BHMCT) program but the rank may feel from year to year or by the type of ranking used. In general parlance, SIHM Siddhpur is well known among the growing universities of India offering hotel management and catering technology education, the institution falling within the rankings of the twenty to thirty universities in the surveys relating to hospitality management education. Though it may not be as famous as some other institutes like the Institutes of Hotel Management (IHM), the sprawling campus of SIHM Siddhpur boasts of its well rounded curriculum having competent faculty and expanding industry links. The authors wrote the paper to show that there are other factors apart from rankings that prospective students should keep in mind when selecting the institution at which they want to study hospitality.

When comparing both an Institute of School of Hotel Management Medak and Institute of Hotel Management RIG in Greater Noida in particular focusing on doing B.Sc. in Hospitality and Hotel Administration we need to understand that both institutions provide good platform for this study, however they can be different in some ways. IHM RIG is regarded as one of the best institutions in India due to available faculty, more number of connections with the industries and updated infrastructure which in turn provide good placement to the candidates. On the other hand SIHM Medak is little hard of financial burdens and offers good education and may have a good reputation locally. Lastly, the decision as to which course to take is best informed by location, personal pocket and planned career path, though IHM RIG is considered to hold more prestige.

The industrerial grade package offered to the BSc in Hospitality and Hotel Administration students at SIHM Udaipur is usually between INR 2.5 lacs to INR 4.5 lacs per annum. But again, the actual numbers depend on the class grade, internships, and the employers who turn up for the campus placement. Compared to the more established IHMs across India, SIHM Udaipur is relatively young as an institute and as a result many of the employers that target the institute’s graduates are affiliated to regional hotel chains and the tourism industry. The placements are on an upward trend, and the better and higher packaged placements may be offered to the students with better skills and work experience as at present the placement opportunities are still in the process of development.