NATIONAL AWARDS FOR EXCELLENCE  2008-09

Hospitality Education

Ministry of Tourism, Govt. of India.

15^th April, 2010  IHM Pusa, New Delhi

This Institute of Hotel Management  Catering Technology & Applied Nutrition  was  established by Govt. of India  in the year  1963  as one of the pioneer institutes in India  and is functioning under Ministry of Tourism,  Govt. of India in association with  Govt. of Tamil Nadu.   This Institute  imparts  training in the field of Hospitality Education  from various levels such as  Degree, diploma, PG Diploma, Craftsmanship certificate  for providing manpower to  the Hospitality Industry  at  supervisory, executive, and   skilled level.

Ministry of Tourism, Govt. of India and National Council for Hotel Management & Catering Technology   initiates  various awards at National  level  every year  to Institutes of Hotel Management affiliated to NCHMCT for  excellence in hospitality education by IHMs and  for the meritorious performance by   Teachers and  students.

For the year 2008-09,  this  Institute  of Hotel Management,   Taramani, Chennai has   won  five awards  in following category  which are  considered  the maximum awards achieved in life time among  the affiliated institutes under NCHMCT all over India.   

Ø  BEST   IHM   (ALL ROUND)

Ø  BEST ACADEMIC PERFORMANCE

Ø  BEST  IMPLEMENTATION OF CENTRAL SCHEMES

Ø  SPECIAL AWARD  FOR OPERATIONAL PERFORMANCE

Ø  SPECIAL AWARD FOR HUNAR SE ROZGAAR PROGRAMME

Ø  FIRST POSITION IN CRAFT FOOD PRODUCTION  BY                         

         MR.S. VIGNESH OF  IHM/CHENNAI  IN THE ALL INDIA  

         TOPPERS

            The awards  were  given away   by  Hon. Shri Sultan Ahmed,  Minister of State for Tourism, Govt. of India  in the presence  of   Hon. Shri Sujit Banerjee, Secretary, Ministry of Tourism, Govt. of India,  Shri Devesh Chaturvedi,  IAS, Additional  Director General-Tourism, Govt. of India,  and other dignitaries   from IHMs and  high level professionals from the Hospitality Industry in the function held on 15.4.2010 at 9.00 am at the Institute of Hotel Management, Pusa, New Delhi.