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PREFACE

I
n this E-Book, Careers360 presents overall information on Hotel Manage-
ment in India to help aspirants develop a broad idea about different aspects
of making a career in the Hospitality and Tourism sector.

‘All About Hotel Management’ E-Book covers important aspects of the


National, State, University level and Hotel specific entrance exams, list of top
Institutes of Hotel Management (IHMs) and courses offered by them in India.

The aspirants will also find it useful in knowing what opportunities they
have in this field after pursuing a hotel management programme, who
top recruiters are and what starting package is available in the market.

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CONTENTS
Hotel Management: An Introduction 4
Facts & Figures 5
Top Colleges 6
Eligibility Criteria 8
Top Entrance Exams and Courses 9
What after Hotel Management Course 12
Recommended Products 13

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HOTEL MANAGEMENT: AN INTRODUCTION

W
ith hospitality sector in India figuring Chicken, McDonald’s, Pizza Hut and Domino’s are
amongst the best performing sectors, a increasingly contributing to the organized food busi-
career in hotel management opens up a ness in the country and thus recruiting professional
plethora of opportunities for young genera- hotel management graduates to run their outlets. Thus,
tion today. from luxury hotels to fast-food chains; and tourist hot
spots to domestic and international airlines, career
According to industry experts, Indian hospitality sec- opportunities in this high-growth hospitality sector are
tor, which is growing at Cumulative Annual Growth enormous.
Rate (CAGR) of 14%, is just behind booming Informa-
tion Technology (IT) sector. According to Planning As per industry estimates, the gap between demand
Commission data, Hospitality sector is the second and supply of manpower may get wider in coming
largest employer in the country after Information Tech- future and quality of manpower would be utmost
nology sector, and is capable of offering employment importance to sustain high growth in this sector. In the
opportunities to a varied range of unskilled workers to wake of apparent shortage of trained manpower in the
professional executives in the country. industry, some corporate groups have also entered
into training and started their own Institutes of Hotel
No wonder, India’s major luxury hotels like Leela, Management (IHMs).
Oberoi and Taj figure amongst world’s top hospitality
groups. Besides this, investments by major foreign Careers360 presents here a detailed overview of
players like Starwood, Marriot in collaborations with the Hotel Management courses, top colleges, related
domestic companies has further added to the career entrance exams and other important aspects that
opportunity in this sector. The growing volume and help you broaden your knowledge towards exploring
business of fast-food chains like Kentucky Fried a career opportunity in Hospitality sector.

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FACTS AND FIGURES


l Tourism and Hospitality industry in India has been 850,000 crores to India’s GDP – World Travel and
growing at a Cumulative Annual Growth Rate Tourism Council (WTTC)
(CAGR) of 14% every year – As per Overseas Indian l The market size of the tourism and hospitality
Facilitation Centre (OIFC), set up by the Ministry of industry in India stood at US$ 117.7 billion in 2011
Overseas Indian Affairs and CII and is anticipated to touch US$ 418.9 billion by
l The sector’s direct contribution to gross domestic 2022 – Industry Estimates
product (GDP) is expected to grow at 7.8 percent l The amount of FDI inflow in Indian hospitality and
per annum during the period 2013-2023 – India tourism industry during the last couple of years
Brand Equity Foundation was more than US$6000 million – Department of
l By the year 2020, tourism could add another Rs Industrial Policy and Promotion (DIPP)

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Central Hotel Management Colleges


TOP COLLEGES Colleges Location
IHM Delhi Pusa Delhi

W
e list out popular Hotel Management col- IHM Mumbai Mumbai
leges of India where candidates can find
IHM Kolkata Kolkata
the 52 colleges for Hotel Management
IHM Chennai Chennai
courses which accept the NCHM JEE
scores for their admission. IHM Thiruvanathapuram Thiruvanathapuram
IHM Hyderabad Hyderabad
Among these popular Hotel Management Institutes, IHM Bangalore Bangalore
there are 16 National Level Colleges, 21 State level and IHM Goa Goa
other 15 Private institutes which use NCHM JEE score IHM Gandhinagar Gandhinagar
cards and offer admissions in these prestigious col-
IHM Jaipur Jaipur
leges for undergraduate Hotel Management courses.
AIHM Chandigarh Chandigarh
IHM Guwahati Guwahati
Below is provided separate lists of Hotel Management
Institutes classified as top institutions set up by central IHM Lucknow Lucknow
government, state government and private bodies. IHM Shimla Shimla
IHM Bhopal Bhopal
IHM Hajipur Hajipur
IHM Gwalior Gwalior
IHM Srinagar Srinagar
IHM Gurdaspur Gurdaspur
IHM Bhubaneswar Bhubaneswar
IHM Shillong Shillong

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State Hotel Management Colleges Private Hotel Management Colleges:

Colleges Location Colleges Location


DIHM Lajpat Nagar Delhi K C College of Hotel Punjab
CIHM Chandigarh Chandigarh Management
SIHM Dehradun Dehradun Munnar Catering College Ernakulam
SIHM Rohtak Rohtak IHM, Meerut Meerut
SIHM Faridabad Faridabad SRM Institute of Hotel Chennai
SIHM Silvassa Silvassa Management
SIHM Kurukshetra Kurukshetra CCHM, Landran, Mohali Mohali
SIHM Gangtok Gangtok Shri Shakti College of Hyderabad
Hotel Management
Dr. YSR NITHM Hyderabad
Oriental School of Hotel Wayanad
SIHM Kozhikode Kozhikode
Management
SIHM Panipat Panipat
Gurunanak Institute of Kolkata
SIHM Hamirpur Hamirpur
Hotel Management
SIHM Pondicherry Pondicherry
Chitkara School of Chandigarh
SIHM Jodhpur Jodhpur Hospitality
SIHM Tiruchirapalli Tiruchirapalli VELS College of Hotel Chennai
SIHM Bathinda Bathinda Management
Desh Bhagat IHMCT Punjab
Rayat & Bahra Institute of Punjab
Hotel Management
C T Institute of Hotel Punjab
Management
Ranjita Institute of Hotel Odisha
Management & Catering
St. Soldier Institute of Punjab
Hotel Management

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ELIGIBILITY CRITERIA

M
ost of the Hotel Management institutes
accept National Council of Hotel Manage-
ment Joint Entrance Examination (NCHM
JEE) scores for admission to their respec-
tive courses. Candidates can find below NCHM JEE
eligibility criteria:

l NCHM JEE applicants must have passed


intermediate or equivalent examination with English
as one of its subject
l Applicants, whose intermediate results are awaited,
can also apply for the exam but such candidates will
be granted admission on provisional basis
l Upper age limit of applicants belonging from
Unreserved and OBC categories is 22 years as on
July 1 of the application year
l Age relaxation is provided to candidates belonging
from SC/ST categories. For such candidates,
the Upper age limit is 25 years as on July 1 of
application year

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TOP ENTRANCE EXAMS AND COURSES

N
ational Council of Hotel Management Joint conducted jointly by National Council of Hotel Man-
Entrance Examination (NCHM JEE), a Nation- agement and Catering Technology, which is an auton-
al level examination is the most coveted Hotel omous body under Ministry of Tourism, Government
Management entrance exam. It is conducted of India, and Indira Gandhi National Open University
by National Council of Hotel Management and Cater- (IGNOU).
ing Technology, which is an autonomous body under
Ministry of Tourism, Government of India. The national level entrance exam is conducted
to offer admission for three years duration B.Sc
Candidates, however, can also apply for a few other hotel in Hospitality and Hotel Administration course, for
management entrance exams. Careers360 here brings which nearly 20,000 candidates appear every year.
you different hotel management entrance exam in India
along with the courses offered at respective colleges. NCHM JEE scores are accepted by 52 institutes,
including 21 Central Institutes, 16 State Govern-
National-level entrance ment Institutes and 15 Private Institutes of Hotel
examinations Management, comprising around 8,000 seats.
Course offered: B.Sc in Bachelor of Hotel Manage-
1. National Council of Hotel ment and Catering Technology
Management Joint Entrance Duration of the course: 3 years
Examination (NCHM JEE):
National Council of Hotel Management Joint Entrance 2. International Institute of
Examination (NCHM JEE) is a National level examination Hotel Management Electronic

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Common Hospitality Admission State level hotel management


Test (e-CHAT): entrance examinations
IIHM e-CHAT is conducted to provide admission to
qualifying candidates on the basis of their performance 1. Uttar Pradesh State Entrance
in online test, personal interview, group discussion, Examination Bachelor of Hotel
and candidates’ preference to any one of IIHM cam- Management and Catering
pus from its seven sister campuses located in various Technology (UPSEE BHMCT):
states. Seven IIHMs are listed below- State Entrance Examination Bachelor of Hotel Man-
l IIHM Delhi agement and Catering Technology, also commonly
l IIHM Kolkata called as UPSEE BHMCT, is a state level examination
l IIHM Bangalore to admit successful candidates to undergraduate
l IIHM Pune hotel management course at 13 participating institutes
l IIHM Jaipur located in Uttar Pradesh state. Uttar Pradesh Technical
l IIHM Ahmedabad University (UPTU), Lucknow conducts the exam.
l IIHM Hyderabad Course offered: Bachelor of Hotel Management and
Course offered: BSc. Catering Science and Hotel Catering Technology
Management Duration of the course: 3 years
Duration of the course: 3 years
2. Maharashtra Hotel
3. AIMA UGAT BHM: Management Common Entrance
All India Management Association (AIMA) conducts Test (MAH HM CET):
Under Graduate Aptitude Test (UGAT) at national/ State level competitive hotel management entrance
international level to offer admission to qualifying can- examination Maharashtra Hotel Management Com-
didates at one of the participating institutes. mon Entrance Test or MAH HM CET is conducted to
Below presented is list of AIMA UGA BHM Participating offer admissions to qualifying candidates for four years
Institutes, with their code and city location- duration of full time undergraduate Hotel Management
& Catering Technology course. The offered course
Serial Name of Institutes Location is approved by the All India Council for Technical
No. Education (AICTE) and will be offered by government
1. Dr YSR National Institute of Tourism Hyderabad institutes, government aided or unaided, and Univer-
& Hospitality Management sity Departments of institutes located in Maharashtra
2. Vidya Jyoti Institutions Raipur State.
3. Goa University Plateau Course offered: Hotel Management & Catering Tech-
nology
4. V M Salgaocar Institute of Salcete
Duration of the course: 4 years
International Hospitality Education
5. Goa College of Hospitality & Tiswadi
University level hotel management
Culinary Education
entrance examinations
6. Culinary Institute of India & CITMS Durgapur
7. SRM Institute of Hotel Management Chennai

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1. Guru Gobind Singh Programme’. The course aims at training candidates


Inderprastha University Common in core operational departments of a hotel and offers
Entrance Test Bachelor of Hotel practical training to qualifying candidates at their
Management and Catering assigned hotels of The Oberoi Group. On success-
Technology: ful completion of the programme, candidates will be
The exam is conducted by Guru Gobind Singh Inder- awarded a Bachelor of Tourism Studies (BTS) degree
prastha University once in a year to offer admission at from IGNOU and will also receive a “Certificate of Pro-
its affiliated colleges/institutes. ficiency” from The Oberoi Group.
Course offered: Bachelor of Hotel Management and Course offered: Hotel Operations Programme and
Catering Technology Kitchen Operations Programme
Duration of the course: 3 years Duration of the course: 3 years

2. PANJAB UNIVERSITY 2. IHM Auranagabad Entrance


TOURISM AND HOSPITALITY Exam:
APTITUDE TEST: The Institute of Hotel Management, Aurangabad was
PUTHAT is conducted by the Panjab University to offer set up with the joint efforts of Dr. Rafiq Zakaria’s -
admissions for B.Sc program in Hospitality and Hotel Maulana Azad Educational Trust and Taj Group with
Administration (H&HA) and Tourism Management. aim to create high quality centre in hospitality educa-
Course offered: B.Sc. in Hospitality & Hotel Adminis- tion. The Indian hotel chain Taj Hotels Resorts and
tration and B.Sc. in Tourism Management Palaces provides technical assistance for the course.
Duration of the course: 3 years Selected candidates are offered with training/intern-
ship at Vivanta by Taj - Aurangabad.
Hotel specific entrance exam/test
A few renowned hotels offer their own hotel-specific Courses offered: BA (Hons) Hotel Management
course/program. For example:The Oberoi Group BA (Hons) Culinary Arts
offers Systematic Training and Education Programme BA (Hons) Hotel Management
(STEP) programme. The best part is that selected can-
didates have to pay no course fee for the programme. Duration of the course: 4 years
Institute of Hotel management, Aurangabad (affiliated
to Taj Hotels and Resorts Limited) offers a B.A. (Hons) 3. Ecole Hoteliere Lavasa
in Hotel management and B.A (Hons.) in Culinary. Entrance Test:
The hospitality institute Ecole Hoteliere Lavasa is
Names of the programmes/ certified by Ecole Hôtelière de Lausanne (EHL), Swit-
courses and hotel groups offering zerland. The institute is located in Maharastra and
such courses are listed below- provides two business internships to candidates at
hotels in India or abroad.
1. Oberoi- STEP: Courses offered: Hospitality Management pro-
This exam is conducted by the Oberoi Group to offer gramme
admissions for two programmes namely ‘The Hotel Duration of the course: 4 years
Operations Programme’ and ‘The Kitchen Operations

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WHAT AFTER HOTEL MANAGEMENT PROGRAMME?

A
ccording to the industry estimates and official After completing Hotel Management pogramme from a
data, there is a growing demand of skilled pro- reputed institute, the fresh graduates get job opportuni-
fessionals in the Hospitality and Tourism sector ties in hotels, Quick Service Restaurant (QSR), health-
of India. After completing their undergraduate care sector, Airlines and Railway etc.
degree course in Hotel Management, can also pursue
their further study and make a career in Academics. For
a Hotel Management professional, the option of starting Top Recruiters:
own venture or making a career as an entrepreneur is Top recruiters in a few hospitality segments are listed
also a good option. below:

Hotels:
Hotels Quick Service Restaurant (QSR) Others
Taj Group of Hotels JW Mariott Group McDonalds Indian Airlines
Leela Group Hilton Domino’s Pizza Singapore
Airlines
Oberoi Group of Hotels J.P. Hotels Pizza Hut IRCTC
Shangri-La Imperial Hotel, N. Delhi KFC Max
Healthcare
ITC Welcome Group Hotel Nikko Metropolitian, N. Delhi CCD
Ramada Park Hotels Starbucks
Asian Hotels [Hyatt Group] Burj Al Arab, Dubai Kentucky Fried Chicken
Country Inn Suits Cathay Pacific Nirula
Bharat Hotels [The Lalit Group] Ambassador Hotels Ruby Tuesday
The Aman Accor Group of Hotels
Le-Meridien Hotels Orchid
Radisson Chain of Hotels Lemon Tree

PROFILE AND REMUNERATION: The salary packages to the freshers depend on the
Fresh Hotel Management graduates are generally type of organization and the skill sets of the candidates.
recruited as management trainees. They might be In a three-star property, the starting take home salary
engaged in Front Office operations, F&B production, per month may range between Rs. 12000- 20000
Meeting & Events Operations Management, Restaurant onwards.
Operations etc.

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