“The hospitality industry deals with two basic needs of human beings - food and shelter, a vista which can never wane away with time”, states Prof. (Dr.) Rajiv Misha, the Dean of the School.
Welcome to the School of Hospitality & Tourism (SOHT), Galgotias University (the World’s Top 50 and the country’s best private Hospitality & Tourism Institute)!
I am indeed delighted to write to you as the incoming Dean of this glorious School & magnificent University. It is truly an honour & pride to take up this responsibility entrusted on me by the Hon’ble Chancellor.
Hospitality & Tourism, as an industry, is one amongst the fastest growing sectors in India, thereby increasing the economy and contributing to country’s largest sources of foreign exchange earnings, revenue generation and employability. But at the same time, the industry is facing the shortage of thirty-thousand trained manpower every year, as stated in the latest five-year plan document. Our ‘Hospitality & Tourism’ courses are highly inclined towards industry specific norms; and today both national & multinational organizations are considering the aspects of personalized services along with customer satisfaction as the key mantra to any successful business, thereby making endless opportunities for Hospitality & Tourism graduates in the market.
We at SOHT, Galgotias University is endeavouring to make our hospitality & tourism erudition very multifarious and integrative by keeping our curriculum abreast of latest trends and innovations happening in the contemporary industry. We are much concerned in maintaining quality issue in the domain of hospitality & tourism education apart from maintaining all measures of accreditation and evaluation to keep the programs & courses as strong and competitive in terms of its objective, nature and delivery. Our most talented, highly skilled and committed team of Faculty Members are striving to prepare graduates to compete with industry standards regarding their professional skill-sets apart from attaining educational prospects. We are also trying to build a harmony among students, alumni, educators and industry-mentors in the exchange of work-place skills.
It is just to apprise you all that approximately three percent per year average increase of international tourist arrival is projected globally by 2030, and hospitality & tourism industry is generating near about 200 million jobs either directly or indirectly as per the report of ‘World Travel and Tourism Council’. Hospitality & Tourism professionals are in great demand not only in occupational and managerial hierarchies of operational hotels, motels, restaurants and fast food companies; but also in hospitality allied projects & prominent ancillary industry sectors viz. service apartments; banquet & conference centres; cafe bars, pubs and casinos; theme parks and discotheques; event management companies & exhibition centres; public relations; IT & finance companies; as airhostess, stewards, cabin crew & ground duty staff at airports; trainers & educators in hospitality and food craft institutes; in spheres of marketing & business development; cruise lines & retailing; consultancy services; catering services at railways, airlines, defence sectors, banks, shipping companies, hospitals & healthcare units; industrial and institutional canteens; spas & ayurveda centres; clubs (golf, country & yacht); guest houses, inspection bungalows, lodges & resorts; family entertainment centres & multiplexes; business & knowledge process outsourcing companies; corporate houses; travel agencies, tour operating companies, including tourism development corporations & associations, alongside with leisure, recreation&sportsvenuesthrownopen.
We are offering the following job-oriented professional programs at our School:
- Bachelor of Science in Hotel Management (3 years)
- Bachelor of Science in Hotel Management with Hons. with Research (4 Years)
- Bachelor of Hotel Management (4 Years)
- BBA Tourism & Travel (3 Years)
- BBA Tourism and Travel with Hons. with Research (4 Years)
- MBA in Tourism & Travel Management (2 Years)
- MBA in Tourism & Travel Management (1 Year)
SOHT is committed to delivering the best education and training to students by providing premium infrastructure, robust & holistic curriculum, impressive & efficacious practicum, the finest learning platform & conducive environment along with the best scholastic & co-scholastic development of learners. We are the leading hospitality & tourism institute in Northern India.
With best wishes,
Prof. (Dr.) Rajiv Mishra
Dean, School of Hospitality & Tourism