Hospitality VET stabilises; will admit 400 students this year

The 18-month Vocational Education and Training (VET) Professional Diploma program offered in collaboration by EHL Hospitality Business School of Switzerland and delivered at AISSMS, Pune, will admit 100 students this year. Another 400 students will be admitted at the Chandigarh and Bangaluru centres.The program is a product of the renowned EHL Hospitality Business School in Switzerland with collaboration of Confederation of Indian Industry (CII). The program begins with six months of training at AISSMS Pune, followed by an Advanced Certificate Program and on-the-job training for 12 months at IHCL Hotels in cities across India by the best industry experts as faculty members.
Students who have finished their Class 12 and/or graduation can enroll in this program.
Praveen Roy, Advisor, Confederation of Indian Industry said: “The industry is poised for a 15-20% growth in hiring within the tourism and hospitality sector in India. CII, with its strategic tie-up with Indian Hotels Company Limited (IHCL) and Academic partnership with EHL Hospitality Business School, trains a large number of students with the help of EHL-certified trainers who are also department managers. This program is truly by the industry and for the industry and the students.”
Sonali Jadhav, Principal, AISSMS College of Hotel Management and Catering Technology, Pune who is a veteran in Hospitality Education and has written over 25 research papers in National and International Journals said: “We have been running VET by EHL Program for the last 2 years. The course content is very relevant to what is happening in the industry and the students, by the end of the course, are well prepared to join the industry and also excel in their field. There are 4 partners including AISSMS, IHCL, CII and Ecole Hotel de Laussanne (EHL).”