Govt plans India's first hospitality, tourism varsity
New Delhi: In a momentous decision to promote education in the field of Hospitality and Tourism, the Ministry of Human Resource Development (HRD) has proposed to establish the country's first Hospitality and Tourism University. A reliable source in the Ministry disclosed that the proposal is in its preliminary stage and will be ready to be tabled in the Parliament during the monsoon session. The draft that is in possession of Express TravelWorld states, "The new university will be established as study centres of learning all over the country, which could also be utilized to encourage, promote, to co-ordinate and to consolidate this upcoming and highly demanding discipline of hospitality and tourism academically, educationally, culturally, and economically". According to a few industry members, there is too much confusion in hospitality education, research and learning today. Says Dr. Jagmohan Negi, an academician and advisor to FHRAI-IHM, "There are publications, bo...