Excelsior Correspondent
SRINAGAR, Dec 14: The 40th Board of Governors meeting of Institute of Hotel Management, Rajbagh was held today under the chairmanship of Sarmad Hafeez, Secretary Tourism, (Chairman, BOGs, IHM Srinagar) at Civil Secretariat, here.
During the meeting, it was informed that the institute has opened satellite campuses at tourist destinations like Pahalgam and Achabal-Kokernag, and near future the institute is planning to open satellite centers at Manasbal & Verinag. The aim of these sponsored programmes is to make youth employable. Also the entire batch and a large number of part time students were placed in top notch hotels across the country.
Among others L. K. Ganguli, Director (A&F) National Council for Hotel Management, & Catering Technology, Fazlul Haseeb, Director Tourism, Kashmir, Vivekanand Rai, Director Tourism, Jammu, Minga Sherpa, MD-JKTC, Vinit Chhabra, GM, The Khyber Hotel Gulmarg, Jitendra Kumar Chand, GM, Vivanta By Taj, and other officials from PWD (R&B) Department, attended the meeting.
Chairing the meeting, Sarmad Hafeez directed the institute for filling all the vacant seats in various disciplines and not let any seat go vacant. In this regard he directed launching an awareness drive by the institute management among the local youth and local stakeholders to improve the level of professionalism in the local tourism industry.
The Tourism Secretary appealed the local hoteliers to come forward and help in the placement of passed outs of the institute so that the industry in future is run on professional lines and the local resource and talent is promoted and showcased in the industry.
Earlier Principal, IHM Srinagar, Qazi Shabir Ahmad gave a resume of the activities being carried out at the institute.
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