New Delhi: To give a boost to skill development initiatives in hospitality sector and make apprenticeship aspirational to the professionals, National Skill Development Corporation (NSDC), under the aegis of Ministry of Skill Development and Entrepreneurship (MSDE) and with due support from Ministry of Tourism today signed an MoU with Switzerland based Hotel and Tourism Management Institute (HTMi) to jointly provide certificate, diploma, advance diploma and certification courses in hospitality trades to the aspiring students. Also, a tri-party MoU was signed by NSDC, HTMi and Lamrin Tech Skill University (LTSU).
The first MoU signed between NSDC and HTMi outlined the broad contours of this partnership and the second was a tripartite MoU between NSDC, HTMi and LTSU. With LTSU as an implementation partner for the first phase of this partnership, NSDC & HTMi envisage similar partnerships as the program gets scaled up.
The collaboration between NSDC and HTMi intends to equip students with hospitality industry-specific skills through a unique combination of classroom and work based learning. The MoU was exchanged between Shri Ved Mani Tiwari, CEO, NSDC and MD, NSDC International and Ian Robert James Larmour, CEO, Hotel and Tourism Management Institute. In addition, the tri-party MoU was signed by Ved Mani Tiwari, COO (Officiating CEO), NSDC and MD, NSDC International, Ian Robert James Larmour, CEO, Hotel and Tourism Management Institute and Dr Sandeep Singh Kaura, Lamrin Tech Skills University, Punjab, and Adviser to Govt. of Punjab.
Under the partnership, the students will receive the training in three modules over the course of six months which will include topics such as English for hospitality operations, front office operations and administration, housekeeping operations, food and beverage production and services, Guest services, among others. The programme will be implemented in collaboration with the training partners in India.
Ian Robert James Larmour, CEO, Hotel and Tourism Management Institute said that the aim of the program is to create Swiss certified hospitality professionals for India and bridging the accessibility to Swiss hospitality skills training and education for Indian students. The focus is to create job opportunities in the hospitality sector within India for these students and provide them a pathway into Swiss hospitality training. /BI/
