Hotel Management

The hospitality sector is mainly divided into four basic functions:
1. Food production: As the name suggests, it is about preparing food and designing dishes.
2. Food and Beverage Service (F&B): It involves the art of serving the guests with food and drinks.
3. Front office: It is responsible for meeting and greeting the guests, organising accommodation of guests, taking and organising reservations, managing check in and out of rooms, passing on messages to customers and settling accounts.
4. Housekeeping: This section ensures a comfortable and appealing environment to guests at the hotel.
There are a large number of institutes and colleges that provide hotel management courses at the degree and Diploma level. At present there are 21 Institutes of Hotel Management (IHM) promoted by Central Government, Ministry of Tourism, and Government of India. There are 15 similar institutions promoted by respective state governments as well.
They have common entrance examination and admission process, but they depend on their respective governing bodies for fund and infrastructure development. Besides these two, there are about 16 private institutions, university departments and independent institutions affiliated to National Council for Hotel Management and Catering Technology (NCHMCT) and Indira Gandhi National Open University (IGNOU).
Below mentioned are the available courses:
1. M.Sc hospitality administration.
2. B.Sc hospitality and hotel administration.
3. B.Sc hotel management and catering operations.
4. B.Sc hotel and tourism management.
5. BA honors in hotel management.
6. Bachelor of hotel management and catering technology (BHMCT).