Dilip Puri, Former Managing Director and Regional Vice President of Starwood Hotels & Resorts, South Asia recently announced his new education venture : Indian School of Hospitality (ISH) with a promise to reimagine hospitality education in India.
ISH envisions its curriculum design to be a global benchmark of hospitality education in the near future, and in order to do so has entered into a strategic partnership with Lausanne Hospitality Consulting (LHC) for curriculum development and faculty training. ISH has partnered with LHC in preparation for an academic certification by Ecole hôtelière de Lausanne (EHL). In addition to the Four Year Hospitality Management Programme, ISH will offer several long and short-term programmes in both culinary and executive education.
Located in Sector 83 of Gurgaon, the Indian School of Hospitality will be housed within a commercial campus that boasts state-of-the-art infrastructure and facilities and is close to city’s leading hotelsThe campus, which is under development, will be ready by May, 2018, in time for the first intake of students in August, 2018.
“Education in hospitality is the beginning of a journey into a diverse and exciting range of career opportunities, not limited to hotels and food & beverage, or even the corporate world. While more and more businesses in the service sector are reaching out to professionals with a qualification in hospitality, a large number of young graduates are also pursuing entrepreneurial ventures straight out of college.
I believe that the competitive edge and battle for market share in the future will be fought as much over customers as over talent. It is a vibrant, exciting and ever-changing world and it is our endeavour to prepare professionals to be future proof, and foster a spirit of entrepreneurship and innovation through a uniquely designed academic curriculum,” Puri said.
The core academic programmes being offered at ISH are a Four Year Hospitality Management Programme and a Four Year Programme in Culinary Arts. The education structure at ISH is aimed at providing the ideal foundation for managerial and leadership development, strategic thinking- leveraging both macro and micro perspectives- as well as building emotional and intellectual intelligence.
ISH has received the Letter of Intent from the Department of Higher Education, Government of Haryana to set up a self-financing degree college affiliated to a state university.
