Pondicherry Institute Of Hotel Management And Catering Technology, Pondicherry

About Pondicherry Institute Of Hotel Management And Catering Technology, Pondicherry

The Pondicherry Institute of Hotel Management and Catering Technology, is one such Institute where a person with attitude is trained to acquire the necessary skills to have a larger career in hospitality industry.

The Institute was established by the Government of India, Ministry of Tourism, in the Union Territory of Pondicherry in October 1991 and is now being sponsored by the Government of Pondicherry also with a prime objective of developing human resource for the hospitality industry. Besides, it provides job opportunities to the youth in a wide range.

The students trained in this Institute are working all over the country and are working in abroad also. The courses offered in Pondicherry Institute of Hotel Management are ideally suited to take up a Career in the Hospitality Industry.

It is submitted that this Institute was inaugurated in the year 1991, in the name of Pondicherry Institute of Hospitality Crafts PIHC and successfully reached its 25th anniversary, in this year. During the year 2003, the Institute was upgraded as Pondicherry Institute of Hotel Management & Catering Technology PIHMCT by offering 3 year Diploma courses in Hotel Management and Catering Technology, in affiliation with Directorate of Technical Education, Chennai. Then, from the academic year 2012-13, courses in degree programme of B.Sc., in Hospitality and Hotel Administration is being conducted in affiliation with National Council for Hotel Management & Catering Technology, Noida and IGNOU, New Delhi.

Presently, the Institute is functioning in the newly constructed premises with an area of 4 acres of land, having 5 multi storied building with 9 separate laboratories. Apart from the degree and diploma courses, skill training courses are also conducted in this Institute on various trades, to create employable skills under the centrally sponsored scheme of “Capacity Building for Service Providers”, as per the directions of Ministry of Tourism, Govt. of India.