Soham Moitra's Review On Institute Of Hotel Management And Catering Technology - [IHM], Silvassa

Our institute is located in Silvassa, the capital of Dadar and Nagar Haveli. It was established in 2010 and is affiliated to National council for hotel management and catering technology, Noida. It is one of the finest hotel management institutes in India.

The course b.sc. in hospitality and hotel administration is a 3 year degree course.Course is designed in such a way to give students all the required assets and knowledge to work in the hospitality field. The program also contains lab works to acquire skills in the areas of food and beverage services, human resource management, tourism marketing and management etc.

If we talk about on-campus placements then it is quite good. Our placement coordinator and the faculty members are always ready to help the students to get placed. The oberoi group, Mc donalds, taj hotel, many other hotel resorts in Silvassa etc visit the campus every year for recruitment. Many recognized companies offer internships to the students.

The institute fee is about 45000 rupees per semester. It is not so expensive. Hostel and mess fee is around 25000 rupees per semester. The hostel rooms have well furnished bed, study table, chair and cupboard for each hosteller. and mess food quality is good.

Hotel management involves various skills like housekeeping, front office operations, human resource management, tourism marketing and management. So various seminars and workshops are held frequently to develop proper skills in students.

I cleared NCHM JEE (National council for hotel management) which is conducted by National testing agency every year in the month of April and got admission in the college. To complete admission process one has to submit pass certificate of 10+2 or equivalent examination. Admission is carried out in month of May or June.

The institute has well qualified team of faculty who are very helping and they look after each and every student. The faculty is quite dedicated and experienced. Shri Praful Patel is the chairman and Shri Rakesh Das is the principal of the institute.