Aniket's Review On Institute Of Hotel Management And Catering Technology - [IHMCT] Kovalam, Thiruvananthapuram

The course is 1.6 year long with 24 weeks of industrial training in which we are taught about standardization of recipes, importance of kitchen in hotel and catering services, theory of bread making, kitchen stewarding and upkeep of equipment, methods of cooking with special applications to fish, cheese, meat, vegetables and egg, commodities and costing, dairy products stc. This carrier helps us to get a focused study on food and its preparation that often equips us for the supervisory positions.

Top companies such as The Oberoi group of hotels, wild flower hall, The Oberoi Shimla, Raj vilas, barista coffee limited, solitaire, Ananda in Himalayas, welcome group of hotels, grand intercontinental and many more visited our college during my batch and recruited students for the positions of food quality assurance manager, production super wiser, food technologists, marketing manager etc. The average starting salary ranges from 4 to 7 LPA. Internships were also offered to students across cafeterias, NGO's, fast food restaurants.

The first year tuition fees is 9,700 and the second semester tuition fees is 14900. Admission and registration fees of 525 and 900 are to be paid separately at the time of admission. Exam fees of 2500 also needs to be paid and the other charges include 5290. The total fees for 18 months is 33,815 which is very feasible from my point of view.

The scholarships are also provided to students whose family income is less than 1LPA. They need to submit a form with the relevant details to be offered the scholarship program. 20% fee concession is also given to students who are the toppers of the previous examinations. Merit come scholarships are also offered to meritorious students and we can also apply for a student lone from any bank for educational purposes only.

Fandango is a fun and food festival which is conducted by the student college council in which there are various stalls of food, recipes in which the students can sell them to the other local people. Onam which is a Kerala festival is celebrated with great enthusiasm and inter-house cultural fest are also organised in the college. Catafest which is a house competition gives a platform for students for various activities such as dancing, painting, fashion ramp-walk, Mr/Miss college, pottery making, face painting, craft designing, etc.

The admission is a very simple process in which you need a 12th class degree with at least 50% marks and English as one of its major subjects. You can apply for the college online and fill in the fees. The students who have a bachelor degree can also apply to the course. Merit list will be prepared on the basis of marks that the students have obtained in the previous examinations. My name appear in the first merit list and i was granted admission in the college after going through a counselling session.

The teachers are very knowledgeable about their fields. They lay emphasis on practical training and address the catering related aspects of different hospitality and food industry. We are given more emphasis on cookery, hygiene, larder organisation and layout, salads classification and how to maintain the receipt files.