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<div class="section1"><div class="Normal">The Indian hospitality industry is on a roll, as India has arrived on the global travel map. More hotel capacity is needed to cater to India''s emerging popularity for medical tourism, rural tourism, adventure tourism, spiritual tourism and heritage tourism. The Indian hotel industry is gearing up to add some 30,000 rooms.<br /><br />Hotel management, as a profession suits individuals with good communication skills, who like working, as part of a team, who like to solve practical problems and enjoy being in a lively but pressured environment.You have to be patient and diplomatic with customers, even when you are at the end of a long shift and they are being particularly difficult. <br /><br /><br /><span style="" font-weight:="" bold="">Training </span><br /><br />Hotel management courses are usually open after plus two or equivalent examination in any stream. Those below 20 or 22 years of age are encouraged to apply. Students learn about food production, food and beverage service, front office operation and house keeping and get managerial inputs in areas such as sales and marketing, financial management, human resource management, hotel and catering law, property management besides entrepreneurship development. <br /><br />The three-year ''Bachelor of Science programme in Hospitality and Hotel Administration'' offered jointly by the National Council of Hotel Management and Catering Technology (NCHMCT) and Indira Gandhi National Open University is offered in 24 government-sponsored institutes of hotel management. Students completing class X may start on craft-based courses meant for people who want to work in food production, food and beverage service, front office and housekeeping. Master''s degree programmes allow students the opportunity to enhance their knowledge base, proceed for research and development in industry and to join the faculty of the institutes of hospitality or hotel management. <br /><br /><span style="" font-weight:="" bold="">Selection</span><br /><br />The All-India Joint Entrance Examination (JEE) to be held on April 24 by NCHMCT would be used for selecting candidates for around 3,000 seats. The three-hour objective type written test has 40 questions each on reasoning and logical, numerical ability and scientific aptitude, service and hospitality aptitude, general knowledge and English language. <br /><br />The test for ''Bachelor of Hotel Management'' offered by the Manipal Academy of Higher Education at Welcomgroup Graduate School of Hotel Administration is of two-hour duration and carries 100 marks. There will be one question paper divided into numeracy of 20 marks, conceptual of 25 marks, general English of 20 marks, general awareness of 20 marks. There will be Multiple Choice Questions (MCQ) of the objective type and case study of 15 marks of the descriptive type. <br /><br />All candidates writing the entrance test must attend the group discussion to be held immediately after the entrance test in the same test centre. Based on the marks scored in the entrance test and group discussion, candidates eligible for the interview will be shortlisted. <br /><br /><span style="" font-weight:="" bold="">Placements</span><br /><br />Other than working in hotels, restaurants, catering services, cruise liners, leisure and night club venues, fast-food outlets, conference centres, industrial and contract catering and holiday companies; hotel-management professionals enjoy opportunities as guest or customer-relation executive in services sector and as cabin crew in national and international airlines. <br /><br /><span style="" font-weight:="" bold="">Institutions</span><br /><br />Institute of Hotel Management, Rauza Bagh, Aurangabad-431 001 (E-mail: iihm@tajhotels.com) <br />* B A Honours in Hotel Management <br />* B A in Culinary Arts <br /><br />National Council for Hotel Management & Catering Technology (www.nchmct.org) <br /><br />* Three-year Bachelor of Science Programme in Hospitality and Hotel Administration <br />* Two-year M Sc Hospitality Administration <br />* One year and a half PGD in Accommodation Operation and Management <br />* PGD in Dietetics and Hospital Food Service <br />* Craftsmanship courses after class 10th, Diploma courses after 12th <br /><br /><br /> Welcomgroup Graduate School of Hotel Administration (http://admissions.manipal.edu) <br />* Four-year Bachelor of Hotel Management (BHM) Oberoi Centre for Learning and Development (OCLD) (www.careers-theoberoigroup.com) <br />* Two-year P G Diplomas in Guest Service Management, Housekeeping Management and Kitchen Management</div> </div>