New Delhi, 7
November 2017
Former Managing Director and Regional Vice President
of Starwood Hotels & Resorts, South Asia and industry veteran, Mr. Dilip Puri, announced his new
education venture – Indian School of
Hospitality (ISH) with a promise to reimagined hospitality education in
India.
ISH envisions its curriculum design to be a global
benchmark of hospitality education 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 Ecolehôtelière de
Lausanne (EHL), the world’s oldest and top ranked hospitality management
higher education institution worldwide. In addition to the Four Year
Hospitality Management Programme, ISH will offer several long and short-term
programmes in both culinary and executive education.
Mr. Dilip Puri, Founder & CEO said, “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 endeavor to prepare professionals to be future proof, and
foster a spirit of entrepreneurship and innovation through a uniquely designed
academic curriculum.”
Yateendra Sinh, Lausanne Hospitality Consulting (LHC)
global CEO said, “In our continuous effort to represent the Swiss tradition of
hospitality education excellence we have developed an elite international
network of higher education institutions through which our education philosophy
and knowledge are being transferred. Our vision it to continue to share the
Swiss hospitality education knowhow around the world. We are looking forward to
working with and supporting the Indian School of Hospitality (ISH) in becoming
a benchmark institution of higher education in the country.”
The core academic programmes being offered at ISH are a Four Year Hospitality Management Programme and a Four Year Programmw in Culinary Arts. 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. Beside the core academic programmes, ISH will also offer various short-term programmes in culinary specializations as well as a whole range of executive education programmes catering to professionals in hospitality, travel, aviation and other customer - focused industries.