Hospitality, catering, Travel Tourism & Service Industry

The hospitality industry today is a fine blend of Art & Science; Technology & Tradition generating enormous opportunities for well qualified individuals armed with credentials from an elite Institute like JIMS, these graduates will be in great demand to assume exciting and rewarding positions in this industry anywhere in the World. Society has evolved from eating to relishing food, the “Cook” has become a “Chef” and a “Waiter” has become a “Steward”, this forecasts a bright future for all those who choose to make a career in this field has made the Hotel Management Programme is the most sought after course in all professional streams today.

The B.Voc Programme in Hospitality, Catering Travel Tourism and Service Industry at JIMS has a multi-dimensional approach to its curriculum with the right blend of theory practical and Industrial exposure. Regular guest lectures and workshops by senior professionals add value to the curriculum. The department of Hotel Management networks with a large number of hotel chains throughout the country and helps students to get relevant exposure and opportunities. We are the education partners with the IHG Academy which is a Public and Private Partnership working together to help create local opportunities through hospitality training. The main aim of this course is to develop young, motivated graduate with hospitality skills, rooted in values, so that they become professionally competent world class hoteliers. Our students are taught to be winners with sensitivity, professional integrity and team spirit and our alumni hold important positions in number of hotels across India and abroad being value adders to the hospitality industry for over a decade.

The Hotel Management Course comprises of well-structured lectures with a practical approach and a number extra-curricular and co-curricular activities to support the curriculum. The main highlights of this programme are:

• Practicals on Food Production with an extensive knowledge of regional and international cuisines.
• Practicals on Bakery and Patisserie.
• Front Office Practical
• Workshops on Power Dressing
• Role Plays and Telephone Etiquettes
• Sessions on Interpersonal Skills.
• Inter-College Competitions.
• Food and Beverage Service Practicals
• Housekeeping Practical
• Hands-on industry experience
• Visits to 5-Star Hotels, Resorts, Travel Agencies and other Service Sectors for industry exposure
• PDP and Soft Skill Sessions.
• Presentations on Academic and Industry oriented subjects.
• Guest Lectures by Senior Industry Professionals.
• Workshops on Fruits and Vegetables Carving, Meethai Making etc.
• Workshops on Chocolate Making and Sugar Craft.
• Sessions on Complaint Handling.
• Seminars focusing on the current trends in Hospitality and Tourism Industry
• Summer Internship at various Hotels.
• Mock Interview Sessions.
• Placement Assistance through On-Campus and Off-Campus Interviews.

Minimum 50% marks in 10+2 (best of four) including English.

Pleasing personality and good communication skills.

• 5-Star Hotels and Resorts : Supervisory, Management Trainee & Entry Level positions
• Airlines and Aviation Industry : Catering Assistant, Ground Staff/ Operations & Cabin Crew
• Railway Catering
• Fast Food Outlets & Restaurants
• Luxury Cruise Liners
• Hospitals and Hostels: Co-ordinators, Catering In charge, Housekeeping Supervisor, etc.
• Travel Houses: Tour Operator, Counter Staff & Travel Co-ordinator
• Guest Relation Executive (GRE) IN Multinational Companies
• Customer Care Executive in Banks
• Media Houses: Public Relation Executive
• Shopping Malls, Multiplexes and Retail Outlets
• Event Management Companies
• Entrepreneurs

Front Office Lab

We have a well-equipped Front Office Lab where the students are taught the practical functioning of this department like giving information, taking reservations, guest registration, billing etc on the latest software. Along with this special emphasis is given on social and communication skills, situation handling and telephone handling through role-plays and importance of power dressing is an integral part of the Front Office Practical.

Production Lab/Training Kitchen

In our state of the art kitchen the students are given a hand on training on the latest trends in food production. The practicals begin with the basic knowledge of food later making them proficient in advance levels of food production wherein they start making multi-cuisine menus. They are also taught the importance of time and material management.

Bakery

A well-equipped bakery where the students are taught all aspects of bakery and confectionery. They learn to make products like breads, cakes, cookies, pastries, muffins, patties, croissant etc. Students also learn to make desserts like soufflés, mousses and puddings under expert supervision.

Housekeeping Lab<

The housekeeping lab comprises of a Mock Guest Room where the students are taught basic guest room procedure such as bed making, turndown and room cleaning. Apart from this they are also trained in basic laundry procedure like washing, ironing and stain removal, along with special operations like flower decoration etc.

Training Restaurant

In the Training Restaurant the students are taught different types of Food & Beverage services along with bar tending activities like serving drinks, creating mcktails etc. The students organize various theme parties in a restaurant like environment which gives them a feel of the actual work that they do in the Industry.

• Kite Festival
• Cookery Practical
• Housekeeping Practical
• Bakery Practical
• Beverage Service Practical
• Cake Making
• Rangoli Making
• Flower Arrangement
• Mixology & Bartending Workshop
• Career Management Workshop
• Workshop on Fruit Carving
• Orientation
• Convocation
• Excursion Trips
• Power Dressing & Grooming Session
• Personality Development Sessions
• Industrial Visit

In addition to hotel visits, the students are taken for other Industrial visits to relevant industries which give them familiarization to these Sectors.

• Visit to all departments of a hotel
• Hospitality Fair
• Jagannath University, Jaipur
• Surajkund Fair
• IHG Academy Industrial Visit To Crowne Plaza Rohini
• Distillary, Sonepat
• Chocolate Factory, Meerut
• Towel Folding workshop by Association of Hospitality Professional at Gurgaon
• Waste Management & Energy Conservation in hotels by Crowne Plaza