Master of Business Administration (MBA) - Dr YSR National Institue of Tourism and Hospitality Management

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National Institute Of Tourism And Hospitality Management, Hyderabad is offering Master of Business Administration (MBA). In this section, learn about the Master of Business Administration (MBA) course at National Institute Of Tourism And Hospitality Management, Hyderabad

Master of Business Administration (Tourism & Hospitality)

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 in Tourism & Hospitality Management - Leading to global careers

Hospitality & Tourism industries are expected to grow at the rate of 8% between now and 2025. The diversity of experience in hotel management and tourism is greater than in any other profession. Against this encouraging growth scenario, the MBA in Tourism and Hospitality Management offers a professional edge, for aspirants whose aim is to train to be operational and higher managers in this field, in India and abroad. The MBA programme prepares students for executive and managerial positions. The most popular career opportunities include positions as hotel/resort managers, assistant managers, sales and marketing professionals, property managers, restaurant managers, general managers, food & beverage directors, front office managers, conference planners, human resource managers, convention planners, special event planners, travel agents and group travel facilitators.

Employment Opportunities

Indian tourism sector has the potential to generate employment many times over what the IT sector can do. The tourism industry contributed to 5.9 per cent of the Gross Domestic Product and provided employment to 18 million people. This figure is expected to go up to 24.8 million by 2010. As per reports the tourism industry will contribute close to Rs.8,50,000 crores to India's GDP by 2020

It is broadly estimated that there are about 80,000 professionally trained persons working in the hospitality industry in India. A survey reveals that there is an immediate requirement of over 15,000 additional trained personnel in the star category hotels, which includes over 2700 managers. Job opportunities are projected to be quite strong due to high turnover and increased consumer demand in the following segments
Travel Agencies
Tour Operators
PPP Alports
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 Management is a Two Year (02) Full Time Programme affiliated to 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.

Classes in an MBA program for Hospitality Management are designed to develop students' ability to apply business and leadership strategies to hospitality industry-specific situations. Courses include: Business Communication, Economics, Travel Agency & Tour Operations, ICT, Contemporary Tourism Management, Revenue Management, Food & Beverage Cost Control, Front Office Operations, Hospitality Facilities Design, Housekeeping Management, Purchasing and Inventory Control, Real Estate Finance and Investments, Resort Development, Retail and Consumer Behavior, Sanitation and Safety.

Eligibility Criteria

Admissions are open for Full Time MBA (Tourism & Hospitality) Program (Duration: 4 Semesters). Admission to the institute is open to all who fulfill the prescribed qualifications. 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), (any discipline) are eligible for admission to the MBA (T&H) Course. They should have appeared for any of the management aptitude tests viz. MAT/ ICET . Selection would be through Group Discussion followed by Personal Interview.

Tourism and Hospitality graduate students meeting the requirements, and who have not taken any management aptitude test, have to appear in the "Tourism and Hospitality Aptitude Test (THAT)" conducted by NITHM. Students short-listed out of THAT will be required to appear for the Group Discussion and Personal Interview.
Note: If eligible candidates are not available in the reserved categories, the seats will be converted to general category

Physical Fitness

All qualified candidates will have to submit a physical fitness certificate from a Registered Medical Practitioner at the time of admission.