Hotel / Hospitality Management

Well, I don't know about the college in Ludhiana, but surely I know the university in Jalandhar, a Lovely professional university. LPU School of Hotel Management and Tourism is among India's best Hotel Management and Tourism colleges that groom students through industry-endorsed curriculum and intensive service-oriented practicals with industry exposure in excellent infrastructure. Every year's tons of students are placed in the best chains of hotels like the Ritz Carlton, Radisson, The Leela, ITC, Taj, Oberoi, The Grand, Marriott, etc. LPU is a proud member of FHRAI (Federation of Hotel & Restaurant Associations of India) and ICHRIE (International Council on Hotel, Restaurant and Institutional Education). It offers 6 courses under this division:
1. B.A. Culinary Arts
2. B.Sc. Hotel Mgt
3. Bachelor of Hotel Mgt & Catering Technology
4. B.Sc. (Airlines, Tourism & Hospitality)
5. B.A. (Airlines & Airport Management)
6. B.A. (Tourism & Hospitality)
you can check out the courses of your interest from the LPU website itself or you can easily visit their campus in Phagwara, Punjab. I hope this helps :).

Being an alumnus of LPU, I can share with you the detail of hotel management programmes offered by LPU after BCom. My one friend did his hotel management programme there. LPU offers the following 2 programmes for hotel management after BCom.
MSc. (Hotel Management)
MBA (Tourism and Hospitality)
Eligibility for admission is different for both.
For MSc, you can directly take admission without any entrance exam or interview such as the LPUNEST if you have a minimum of 50% marks in your BCom.
For MBA, you should have a minimum of 55% marks in BCom. Moreover, if you've qualified for any national test like CAT/MAT/XAT, then have to qualify for the LPUNEST and interview conducted by LPU.
Let me share a few points about the Hotel Management programme at LPU :
Curriculum: High academic standards are maintained by offering the curriculum framed in consultation with industry experts.
Student exposure: Being a part of a resource-rich University, the students have an advantage of interdisciplinary exposure which is not possible in standalone colleges.
Uni-Hotel: The School also trains its students in the campus hotel named Uni Hotel with 25 rooms hosting national and international guests where students practice along with the staff.

LPUs Hotel Management and Tourism Discipline prepares the students through an industry-endorsed curriculum and intensive service-oriented practicals with industry exposure in excellent infrastructure. The eligibility for the course is Pass with 50% aggregate marks in 10+2 (with English or equivalent, subject to qualifying LPU NEST. There are students from over 70+ countries on the campus. The School trains its students in the campus hotel named University Hotel of 25 rooms hosting national and international guests where students practice along with the staff. The School has five modern kitchens with two bakeries. All kitchens and bakeries are equipped to enable students to perform scientifically and to attain their best of learning through most modern gadgets. We have four training restaurants to teach students about the authentic serving style of food and beverage. LPU labs are equipped with one front office laboratory, two housekeeping laboratories, two computer laboratories with 60 computers, and a simulation laboratory for aviation. LPU Hotel Management and Tourism Discipline is the gamut of research activities that make it a unique academic environment that stimulates creativity and critical thinking and provides impetus to recruiting, supporting, and developing highly-skilled motivated researchers. It is worth noticing that to motivate students, LPU keeps on organizing different workshops & events and also invites top personalities from the industry. LPU students of the School of Hotel Management and Tourism have got 100% placement with prestigious global establishments this year. LPU students of the year 2015 passing out batch have been placed at allowances/salary up to Rs 22.5 Lacs per annum. Their employers are top hotels, resorts, palaces groups, and airways including Ritz-Carlton (USA), Qatar Airways (Doha), Oberoi Group, Zuri, Grand Hyatt, Sarovar, Broncos, and more. Many of them have already joined their duties in top countries and Indian Cities at coveted posts. The highest salary offered was 8.5 LPA.

Graduates of the PGD in Culinary Arts course can look for jobs in the hotel management and hospitality industry. There is a wide scope for career opportunities in this field and lot of job opportunities are available for candidates having a formal education in the field. There are a number of career opportunities in hotel management. Culinary arts is also one of the important aspects of hotel management. The areas where graduates with this specialisation can find jobs are :
1. Hotels/ Restaurants / Resorts / Clubs / Bars
2. Food & Beverage Industry
3. Catering Firms Cafes / Bistros / Bakeries
4. Tourism Industry Airlines & Cruise Liners
5. Educational Institutions
6. Government Sector like India Tourism Development Corporation (ITDC), Armed Forces etc.
7. Food Processing Companies
8. Bartending
Culinary Arts Scope in India: Job Roles
1. Chef entrepreneurs: It opens up an avenue for candidates to start their restaurants, food business etc.
2. Executive chef: Manages the kitchen staff, formulates work schedules, crafts menus, and calculates food costs.
3. Sous chef: Supports the Executive Chef in managing the kitchen.
4. Pastry chef: responsible for baking breads, pastries, and desserts.
5. Personal chef: working together with a single or multiple clients to provide meals that best fit the clients nutritional needs, lifestyle and palate
6. Restaurant manager: Manages restaurant for owner, schedules employees, works with the Chef to promote quality food service that is professional and timely.
7. Catering director: Promotes and organizes banquets and catered events.
8. Food writer: producing cookbooks, recipes, blogs and other content for either their own venture of major clients and companies
9. Food styling: presenting food in aesthetically appealing ways, food stylists can often find opportunities freelancing for major publications and media houses.