Hospitality is a key segment of the total travel and tourism industry. Several factors such as the development of travel and transportation system, increasing industrialization, the tempo at which business is transacted, the need to maintain a personal touch, rising levels of discretionary income has led to the growth of the hospitality industry. Today tourism is recognized as the largest economic activity in the world. This means a need to have professionally trained manpower to operate hospitality enterprise. This Institute is a pioneering body in the country to meet this pressing need.