NIKHIL NAAGAR's Review On Institute Of Hotel Management - [IHM], Gwalior

As it's a professional college so, the plus point of doing the professional course is that you have more chances to get a placement at the end of your graduation. Honestly, I'm not good at studies at all I'm just an average type of student. So, after my 12th I choose to give my entrance of NCHM JEE in which I got satisfactory rank. Through my rank, I got college IHM Gwalior. Faculties are less in our college as compare to other IHM's. College can take mass no. of intakes every year, Students are from different states so many cultural festivals of different states are also celebrate there. But there is a huge shortage of faculties in terms of students. The placement cell is not so good. Before the pandemic, more retail companies are visited our college but they hired only 4-5 students. Minimum hotels are visited in our college for campus placement & they also fail to provide satisfactory job n package as well. Discipline is well maintained in our college but the diploma students are belligerent

As I'm not good at studies, I'm quite an average student. That's the main reason to choose this course and most students have this same reason. So, after 12th I opt for the NCHMJEE exam in which I got just a satisfactory rank through I which I got this college. For freshers or 1st-year students, this college is not good at all. As seniors show their seniority & rudeness from 1st day. Faculties who teach 1st-year students are also not good at all and not enough having good teaching skills. In the 2nd & 3rd year, all faculties are good and helpful as well. There is a huge ratio between teachers and students. Teachers strength are so less in terms of no. of students. Exams are quietly easy, evenly if you can study one night before exam still you can get passing marks easily. Exams are happening at the end of every semester.

Many hotels like Taj, Oberoi, Radisson, etc. can offer internship programs for 2nd-year students and for diploma students also. They treat you like you labor in hotels. They told you to do every kind of work like wiping, cleaning, washrooms, vacuuming, etc. Averagely 1000/month stipend offered by hotels.

Placement is just average of our college. Only 50-60% were placed. There is a shortage of hotels visited for recruitment. Most retail companies are visited for placement. Max salary provides in placement is 25k/month and only 1-2 companies can offer this max salary. Most of students or my mostly batchmates can opt for higher studies as we have not any other option as mostly lost their jobs coz of a pandemic.

1st year fees are high as compare to other sems but the security money and maintenance charges are refundable when u passed out. Some hotels give stipends and some not. The averagely stipend provided by hotels is Rs. 1000 only/month

Campus life is good at all, as IHM Gwalior having the largest campus as compare to other IHM's. but there is not any kind of annual fest or competition organized by the college. Some short activities like theme lunch, Ek Bharat shrestha Bharat, rangoli comp, etc. like programs held annually or periodically. As we talk about sports activities some games like cricket, basketball, TT were played by the college only for their internal students not any kind of tournament, state-level were organized. As we talk about the library, the library is not updated as we seeing in other colleges. After 2019 not even a newspaper provided in the library due to lack of funds. Books are also not updated. Students do also not take any kind of interest in doing studies in the library. Only Bakery club is a club for students and they prefer to those students who do buttering of faculties.

only in 1st year, I stayed in a hotel then in 2nd & 3rd years I opt for PG. PG's are much better than a hostel. 1st-year students can get hostel easily but in 2nd & 3rd-year hostel can provide on the basis of merit. Quality of food is good only in breakfast in other time it looks like food which is given to prisoners. Electricity and water crisis happening is much common as almost every week it happens.