Hotel management
offers a variety of careers. One can opt for front office management which is
generally known as reception services, or food beverage management also known as
F&B, or take up kitchen services that is one can aspire to become a chef who
is in-charge of the entire menu that is offered by a particular hotel or
restaurant or take up housekeeping services.
Each branch has its charm
and can lead to good positions as one put in experience. But one should also be
aware that hotel management jobs call for long hours of hard work. At all times
one need to be cheerful and do job with utmost care and caution. This is because
hotels deal with guests and clients who come from the upper strata of society
and should be shown courtesy and respect. All their requirements are to be
fulfilled without any hindrance.
Institute of Hotel Management,
Hyderabad offers several courses in hotel and catering
management.
Craftsmanship Course
in Food & Beverage Service (six months)/Food Production (18
months)
Eligibility is S.S.C or equivalent with
English as one of the subjects.
Age: 22 years for General category &
25 years for SC/ST category. Admission is done by the Institute itself as per
the norms of the Council, based on the qualifying marks and interview marks.
Notification for the course is published in May/June in
local newspapers.
Food Production
Subjects for Food
Production taught are -Cookery; Larder; Bakery & Patisserie; Costing;
Hygiene; Equipment Maintenance. Training for 20 weeks in star hotels. Subjects
for Food & Beverage Service taught are -Food Service; Beverage Service;
Pantry Operation. Industrial training for 1month in star hotels.
Three-year B.Sc.
Programme in Hospitality & Hotel Administration
Eligibility is 10+2 or equivalent.
Candidates appearing in qualifying examination at the time of entrance are also
eligible to apply provisionally. The candidates selected provisionally will not
be allowed to join/continue in case they fail in 10+2 examination.
Age limit: 22 years for General category & 25 years
for SC/ST category. Selection is through a common examination conducted by The
National Council, followed by centralized counseling for allotment of Institute.
Admission notification is issued during February/March in Employment
News & other major newspapers.
Subjects taught are- Food Production; Food & Beverage
Service; Accommodation Operation; Front Office and other ancilliary subjects:
Accounting; Communication; Hotel Maintenance; Nutrition; Food Science;
Computers; Law; Marketing Management; Prinicples of Management; Financial
Management; Facility Planning; Business Policy; Managerial Economics and Project
Work.
During the second year students get an industrial
training for of 20 weeks in star hotels.
Contact
address:
Institute of Hotel Management
F’ Row, Durgabai Deshmukh
Colony
Vidyanagar
Hyderabad – 500007
Phone:
040-27427569.
Blooms College of Hotel Management & Catering
Technology offers three-year bachelor's degree in Hotel Management &
Catering Technology (Affiliated to OU). Eligibility is 10+2.
Contact address: Blooms College of Hotel Management
& Catering Technology
Om Nager, Langar House
Hyderabad
500008
Andhra Pradesh.
Niraj College of Hotel Management &
Catering Technology offers three-year Bachelor’s degree in Hotel Management
& Catering Technology (Affiliated to OU) Eligibility is 10+2.
Niraj College of Hotel Management & Catering
Technology
44, Uma Nagar
Kundan Bagh
Area
Begumpet
Hyderabad 500016.
Culinary Academy of India,
Hyderabad, offers Bachelor of Catering Technology and Culinary Arts This course
offers intensive and complete training in classic techniques of professional
cooking, ands on instruction of basic cooking, baking and presentation skills
and the required theoretical knowledge. The course structure is divided into one
year and four Semesters.
The academy is affiliated to the Osmania
University & approved by Andhra Pradesh State Council of Higher
Education.
Course fee is around Rs 40,000. Students will have to incurr
additional expenditure for uniforms journals and working
lunch.
Eligibility: Candidate should be 17 years at the
time of admission. Demonstrate competency in English. Selection is through
written test, GD & Personal Interview.
Application Form can be got from
academy’s Administration Office on payment of RS. 500/- in cash or D.D. drawn in
favour of Paragon Educational Society, payable at
Hyderabad.
Contact address:
6-3-1219/6A, Umanagar
Begumpet, Hyderabad – 16.
