Welcome to Institute of Hotel Management, Catering Technology & Applied Nutrition, Bhubaneswar, Orissa, India

National Council for Hotel Management and Catering Technology

NCHM and its affiliated Institutes constantly endeavor to offer knowledge, skills, concepts and techniques in the right environment for the students to learn and emerge as global Hospitality Service providers.

National Council for Hotel Management & Catering Technology is an autonomous body under Ministry of Tourism, Government of India. The Council centrally regulates academics for hospitality and hotel administration and other eleven structured courses of studies that are imparted at the existing 24 Institutes of Hotel Management and 7 Food Craft Institutes located in different parts of the country. All Institutes uniformly follow standardized course curricula prescribed by the Council for the twelve different professional programmes.
Quality of education and training provided by the Institutes helps student to emerge as professionally qualified personnel for hospitality and other allied service sectors. The Council has till date trained more than 30,000 Hospitality Managers, Executives and other operational personnel. Its alumni occupy key positions in hospitality industry and in academic institutions in India and abroad.

OPPORTUNITIES FOR HOSPITALITY GRADUATES

Global growth and development of tourism have opened up innumerable openings, as a result graduate can look forward to career opportunities as:

Management Trainee in Hotel and allied industry
Guest/ Customer Relation Executive in Hotel and other Service Sectors
Kitchen Management/ House keeping Management Trainee in Hotels
Flight Kitchens also offer opportunities for career building
Executive multi skilled in Fast Food Chains
Hospital and Institutional Catering Executives
Faculty in Hotel Management/ Food Craft Institutes( after earning industry work experience)
Cabin Crew in National and International Airlines
Catering Officer or Chef in Cruiselines
Marketing/ Sales Executive in Hotel
Executive in Tourism Development Corporations and Resort properties
Self employed entrepreneurs

Admission to the following courses is regulated by the respective Institutes. Announcement for admission is released by them between May-July each year. Candidates meeting the prescribed entry-level requirements may apply to the concerned Institute. Admission will be based on the candidate's merit in the qualifying examination.

Sl.No.	Course	Duration	Qualification	Upper Age Limit	Location of Institutes where Course is available
1.	M.Sc. Hospitality Administration	2 Years	B.Sc.in H.M. or 3 yr Diploma in HM	NA	IHM – Bangalore, Delhi, Mumbai
2.	Post Graduate Diploma in Accommodation Operation and Management	1½ Years	Graduation in any Stream	25	IHM - :Bhopal, Bhubaneswar, Mumbai, Kolkata, Chennai, Delhi (Pusa), Gwalior, Hyderabad, Shimla, Thiruvananthapuram , Faridabad (FCI)
3.	Post Graduate Diploma in Dietetics and Hospital Food Service	1 Year	Graduate with Science or Bachelor in Home Sc.	25	IHM - Chennai, Delhi (Pusa) and Mumbai
4.	Craftsmanship Course in Food Production	1½ Years	10th Class pass of 10+2	22	IHM - Bhopal, Bhubaneswar, Mumbai, Kolkata, Chennai, Goa, Gwalior Shimla, Delhi (Pusa), Thiruvananthapuram
5.	Craftsmanship Course in Food and Beverage Service	24 weeks	10th Class pass of 10+2	22	IHM - Mumbai, Kolkata, Chennai, Goa, Shimla
6.	Certificate Course in Hotel and Catering Management	6 Months	Class XII of 10+2 system or equivalent	NA	IHM : Mumbai, Chennai
7.	Diploma in Food Production	1½ Years	10+2 or equivalent	22	FCIs - Ajmer, Chandigarh, Darjeeling, Faridabad, Gangtok, Jodhpur, Udaipur
8.	Diploma in Food and Beverage Service	1½ Years	10+2 or equivalent	22	FCIs - Ajmer, Chandigarh, Darjeeling, Faridabad, Gangtok, Jodhpur, Udaipur, IHM-Delhi (Pusa
9.	Diploma in Front Office	1½ Years	10+2 or equivalent	22	FCIs - Ajmer, Chandigarh, Darjeeling, Faridabad, Gangtok, Jodhpur, Udaipur
10.	Diploma in House Keeping	1½ Years	10+2 or equivalent	22	FCIs - Ajmer, Chandigarh, Faridabad, Jodhpur, Udaipur
11.	Diploma in Bakery and Confectionery	1½ Years	10+2 or equivalent	22	FCI - Chandigarh, IHM- Delhi (Pusa)