NITHM’s MBA program provides students with specific competencies for the tourism and hospitality business in a practice oriented and holistic approach. It takes into consideration the fact that the prosperous tourism sector is recruiting more and more managers, who are dynamic and hard working.
Tourism and Hospitality Industry – An Emerging High Growth Sector :
In India, the tourism and hospitality industries are witnessing a period of exponential growth; the world’s leading travel and tourism journal, “Conde Nast Traveller”, ranked India as the numero uno travel destination in the world for 2007, as against fourth position in 2006. For five consecutive years. India has witnessed double-digit growth in foreign tourist arrivals. Along with the rise in foreign tourist arrivals, foreign exchange earnings have shown a robust growth.
Tourism has now become a significant industry in India, contributing around 5.9 per cent of the Gross Domestic Product (GDP) and providing employment to about 41.8 million people. As per the World Travel & Tourism Council, the tourism industry in India is likely to generate US$ 121.4 billion of economic activity by 201 5 and Hospitality sector has the potential to earn US$ 24 billion in foreign exchange by 2015.
MBA (T&H) – Leading to global careers :
NITHM’s MBA program provides students with specific competencies for the tourism and hospitality business in a practice oriented and holistic approach. It takes into consideration the fact that the prosperous tourism sector is recruiting more and more managers, who are dynamic and hard working. The specialized skills and leadership qualities taught in MBA programs, provides you with a competitive advantage over others.
The high sensitivity towards international and intercultural management need offers a professional edge for aspirants whose aim is to procure lucrative managerial placements in India and abroad. NITHM’s MBA program delivers key competencies required in the tourism business and build on the previous placements of students.
It offers career opportunities as Hotel/Resort Managers, Assistant Managers, General Managers, Food and Beverage Director, Front Office Managers, Conference Planner, Human Resource Manager, Convention Planners, Special Event Planners, Travel Agents and Group Travel Facilitators.
Employment Opportunities :
With the recent developments in transportation and communication, traveling, both domestically and internationally has come to be unproblematic. Whether your purpose of traveling is business, adventure or just a vacation, a large group of people belonging to the Travel and Tourism industry is the largest foreign experience trouble free.
This industry is largest foreign exchange earner and it provides employment to millions of people. Hence the industry has a number of career options to offer and the scope of employment is unbounded. The popular segment for job opportunities are as follows:
Travel Agencies
Tour Operators
Airports
Hotel and related Hospitality Industry
International and National Food Chains
Hospital and Institutional Catering
Hotel Management/Food Craft Institutes
Shipping and Cruise lines
Hotel and other Service Sectors.
State Tourism Development Corporations
Resorts / Spas.
Indian and International Airlines.
Facilities Management Service Providers
Self employment through entrepreneurship
Event Facilitation.
About the Course
The MBA Tourism and Hospitality is a Two Year (02) Full Time Program in collaboration with Jawaharlal Nehru Technological University (JNTU-H) consisting of Four Semesters (04) with industrial exposure training. This Course is offered exclusively by NITHM at its campus in Hyderabad.
The curriculum and syllabus is based on guidelines prescribed by Industry & Academia from Tourism, Travel, Hospitality & Management disciplines adopted by JNTU-H. The MBA program is designed to develop students’ ability to apply business and leadership strategies to tourism and hospitality industry specific situations.
Eligibility Criteria
Admissions are open for Full Time MBA (Tourism & Hospitality) Program (Duration: 4 Semesters). The selection is strictly made on the basis of merit. Students who have completed an Undergraduate Degree, including Toruism & Hospitality Graduates with 50% marks aggregate (can be relaxed by 5% for SC/ST candidates), are eligible for admission to the MBA (T&H) Course.
They should have appeared for any of the management aptitude tests viz. CAT/MAT/ATMA/ICET/Equivalent. Selection would be through Group Discussion followed by Personal Interview.
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Physical Fitness
National Institute of Tourism and Hospitality Management began academic operations in October 2004 and formally inaugurated by the INC President Mrs. Sonia Gandhi on 16th March 2005. It was jointly established by Govt. of India & State Govt., with its campus located on a 26 acre verdant expanse in serene natural aesthetic settings interspersed with spots of rocky terrain and the undulating lake waters in the frontage abutting the main building. It is located in the Business and Education hub of Hyderabad at Gachibowli with a built-up area of about 2 lakh squarefoot in multiple blocks.
The Institute is in close proximity to the famed Hi-tec City, software MNCs like Microsoft, Infosys, Wipro, TCS. The other educational bodies of national repute around include Maulana Azad National Urdu University, Indian School of Business, IIIT, Hyderabad Central University, Central Institute of English and Foreign Languages as also such famed organisations like National Institute of Design and Fashion Technology, Administrative Staff College of India, Centre for cellular and molecular biology etc.
The Institute is modelled on the lines of premier institutions like IITs and IIMs of the nation and internationally like Harvard Business School and Cornell University. An autonomous institute, it endeavours to carve out a niche for itself and gain pre-eminence as an Institution dedicated to the synergistic blend of theory and practice, academics and administration, education and employability, national and global factors, traditional and modern concepts and issues for today, tomorrow and beyond and to transform itself to become the apex body for holistic development of all related sectors coming under the Tourism and Hospitality industry through provision of education, training, research and consultancy services.
The Institute is determined to mould the students for a global environment, to instill character and values required for a responsible decision making in all professional and personal activities. The meticulously designed curriculum which is revised from time to time as the Industry warrants enables the students to develop skills in communications, critical thinking, ethics, interpersonal relationships, leadership and technology that are assimilated and applied in the professional courses of the college at the Post graduate, Undergraduate, Diploma and Certificate level programmes. A place where complacency has no place.
This course is having tenure of 1 year which includes rigorous theoretical sessions followed by an internship where the students can apply their knowledge practically into the live industry and understand the concept in a concrete manner.
The academic programmes of the Department of Tourism Management have been designed as combination of both tourism theory and practices. Apart from the conventional lecture methods it’s a unique blend of experiential learning enhancing the candidates for wholesome development.
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