India Tourism Development Corporation (ITDC), the public sector undertaking under the aegis of the Ministry of Tourism, Govt of India is making a collaborating effort with Tihar Jail to train inmates under “Hunar se Rozgar” scheme through its Centre of Excellence “Ashok Institute of Hospitality and Tourism Management” (AIH&TM), one of the premier PSU Hospitality Training Institutes of the country.
In sync with the vision of Ministry of Tourism and commitment by ITDC, the adopted scheme would built an environment of opportunities for the confined to again be able to become a part of mainstream society and lead a life of respect.
The first training batch on “Front Office Associate” for 30 detainees under Tihar Jail was inaugurated by Sudhir Yadav, Director General, Prisons Tihar Jail and Piyush Tiwari, Director (Commercial & Marketing), ITDC along with Sudha Chandra Principal, AIHTM & General Manager, HRD, ITDC in the presence of RajKumar, Additional Inspector General (Prisons); Shailendra Parihar, Deputy Inspector General (Prisons); Jitendra Aggarwal, Deputy Inspector General, Mandoli along with Anju Mangla, Superintendent Prison, Tihar Jail at Tihar Jail, New Delhi recently.
Recognising the endeavour undertaken by ITDC, Yadav said, “I appreciate ITDC’s initiative for coming up with such an unusual effort towards creating an ecosystem of knowledge for the detainees, to lead them on a path away from the world of crime. We hope to change their outlook and give the inmates of Tihar a chance to lead a dutiful life as a part of prevailing society.”
Tiwari said, “ITDC has faith in power of knowledge and education. We believe that it can change one’s outlook towards life and the way one chooses to grow in life. With ITDC’s expertise in hospitality training and management, we tend to make difference and build right set of circumstances to let human evolve. Our talented team at AIH&TM has trained more than 15,000 candidates under ‘Hunar Se Rozgar’ scheme through its Hotels and industry partners. We are sure that this collaboration is going to impart employable skills to these young inmates of Tihar jail. Our faculty at AIHTM will make sure that they have best of the training in the best suited atmosphere. We are going to plan more programs in the coming quarters for enforcing strength and leadership quality in other organisations as well.”
The first batch starting from September 14 will be extensively being focused on Front Office Associate Course. The duration of course is divided into 340 hours of theory and 200 hours of practical application of relevant theories. The Classes would be conducted at the Tihar Jail.
