The Hospitality Industry in Indian is booming. According to Travel and Tourism Competitiveness
Report 2011, the Indian travel and tourism industry ranked fifth and is expected
to be the second largest employer in the world by 2020.
The students opting for hotel management career courses must have an affinity towards
socializing and understanding the needs of the people.
As hotels fall under the service industry, the motive of hotel management courses
in India is to prepare the students to face the challenges of this competitive world.
As far as tourism industry in India is concerned, it is attracting tourists from
across the world and this definitely calls for quality hospitality.
In India there are many hotel management institutes and colleges which provide hotel
management or hospitality courses. These hotel management courses make one aware
of the operating-sections of the hotel industry like sales and marketing, general
operations, front office, service keeping and catering, food and beverage.
Candidates seeking admission to the hotel management courses in India need to pass
their 12th standard examination with English as a subject. Students with a bachelor's
degree from any recognized university may also join some of the management training
schemes offered by various institutions. Admission depends on the performance of
the students in the written admission test, personal interview round and group discussion
session. The time duration of the courses offered by several institutes may vary
from six months to three years.
National Council for Hotel Management holds all India Joint Entrance Examination
for admission to 1st Year of 3-Year B.Sc. in Hospitality& Hotel Administration
in the affiliated Institute of Hotel Management.
Total No. of seats available on all India basis are 5700 (approx.)