Media Release

Mangaluru, Jul 15: The growing tourism industry and hospitality industry has emerged as one of the prime growth factors and the Hotel business adds much value to it. Its culture and heritage have also added much value to the tourism sector in India. It has tremendous potential considering its rich variety in ecology, terrains, and scenic wonders spread across the country. Tourism is also a potentially large employment opportunity and hotels are a major part of this hospitality sector. Indian tourism and the hotel industry are key drivers of growth and development. Both tourism and the Hotel industry plays a key role in supporting each other in fulfilling their combined requirement. Both industries cannot become a success without each other.Hotel and their efforts in Tourism have now created a significant boom in India. This growing economy has become an employment generator and a significant source of foreign exchange for the country. Tourism in India is amazingly the third-largest foreign money exchange in the country. The booming tourism industry has had a cascading effect on the hospitality sector due to its increase in occupancy rates and average room prices.World travel and tourism Council declared India as one of the hottest tourist destinations in the year 2009 and will continue to be one of the favorite tourist destinations. Further, the hotel industry has also flourished due to this and vice versa. Similarly, Hotels also add some spark to the Tourism industry as well.

The tourism and hotel industry sector is among the top 10 sectors in India also attracting the highest Foreign Investment (FDI) and World Tourism from around the world. The hotel and tourism sector attracted around US$ 10.6 billion in FDI from 2000 to 2017.The Indian hotel industry has been actively contributing to the nation's economic growth. This trend is expected to grow gradually and in turn boost or add meaning to the tourism of any place. Hotels and their Industry are helping the domestic economy by improving, the domestic travel volume.In the long term, the demand-and-supply gap between the Hotelier and Tourism industry in India, and there is an urgent need for more hotels as time goes by. The tourists are naturally falling short of available hotels and the need for standard budget hotels is a must. There is now an urgent need for budget and mid-market hotels in India that adds more budget stay options for all kinds of tourists and also add value to the country’stourism sector.

Srinivas Institute of Hotel Management established in the year 1988 has transformed itself into Srinivas University Institute of Hotel Management and Tourism under 'Srinivas University' a private university established under Karnataka Act No 42 of 2013 which is also approved by UGC. The college offers an MBA in Hotel Management and Tourism, Bachelor of Hotel Management and Catering Technology (4 Years) and Bachelor of Science in Hotel Management (3 Years) degree programmes.

Special features of the institute:
The programme is focused on the aspect to create professionals who would be the future leaders of the Hospitality industry. It provides students to acquire advanced education and skills, enabling them to understand best practices of business and entrepreneurship while developing key analytical skills to take the industry ahead of time. The programme intends to create industry leaders of the future and hence provides the students a complete package including classroom education, practical sessions, industry exposure, personality development sessions, and creative activities.

Industry-oriented latest curriculum with the following facilities :
(1) Highly qualified and competent teaching staff with rich industrial and academic experience.
(2) Continuous curriculum on Personality Development, Communication Skills & Soft Skills.
(3) Value-addition classes such as Vegetable carving, Ice –carving, Flaring and Juggling, Flower arrangement, Bakery & Confectionery, etc.
(4) State of art Infrastructure including Audio Visual Aids, Wi-Fi enabled campus, Language lab, Ultra-modern Advance Training Kitchen, Quantity Training Kitchen, Basic Training Kitchen, Training Restaurant, Computer Lab, House Keeping Lab, and Library with more than 6000 titles and 40 International Journals.
(5) Students of BHMCT have a choice to specialize in a particular subject which opens them up for specific department jobs, research, and higher studies in the fields of food, accommodation, travel, and leisure.
(6) Providing sound and practical knowledge of hotel management, tourism, and entrepreneurship through Industry experts.
(7) Discussions and expert talks with key entrepreneurial and intercultural leadership skills by proven professionals from the industry.
(8) Practical lessons in a professional environment in order to apply those acquired skills successfully in the hospitality Industry.
(9) Internship opportunities with leading hospitality brands in India and abroad.
(10) A Cosmopolitan campus with students from pan India pursuing a wide spectrum of professional courses under one roof.
(11) Yearly work calendar scheduled with a variety of cultural, social, and competitive events happening all around the year on campus.
(12) Lively, vibrant, Wi-Fi-enabled campus located in the heart of the city, Railway station, Bus station, Malls, City centre, Hostels, playground, places of worship, cinemas, and food joints are within walking distance from the campus.
(13) Guaranteed 200 percent placement assistance ensuring a challenging career where the sky is the limit.
(14) Fieldwork, study & research on various gastronomic topics for students to gather first-hand information to complete project work for successful completion of the course curriculum.

For further information related to admission to these programmes refer to www.srinivasuniversity.edu.in or call Rajalakshmi @ 7026436197/ Professor Swaminathan @ 9902539049.