State Institute of Hotel Management, Dharamshala

SIHM Dharamshala or State Institute of Hotel Management, Dharamshala, is one of the prestigious and fastest growing hospitality management institutions. This government institution was founded in 2012 in Dharamshala, Himachal Pradesh. Located across the 3. 95 acres of area, SIHM Dharamshala is providing various number of courses in the field of hotel management and hospitality.

The institute is staffed with 7 highly qualified members of the faculty, all with professional practical experience. The programmes offered at SIHM Dharamshala is six courses ranging from 2 degree type to cater the all aspect of the Hospitality Industry right from Food Production to Front Office and to Cleaning. At the theoretical level, SIHM Dharamshala aims at providing quality facilities in learning to students.

The institute has adequate resource facilities such as a library which contains books, journals and periodicals to enable the students keep abreast with the current development. The new multi-purpose dining hall can sit 200 Students and boasts three Bain-marie’s plus dishwashing facilities making it an ideal setting for the teaching of food and beverage service.

human recruits, the computer lab is equipped with 40 current computers for the development of IT skills. The campus is WiFi equipped to meet the ever increasing and demanding need for internet connectivity for every student and staff of the institution. In addition, the institute has two guest rooms catering faculties to provide students with an idea on standard service delivery.

The institute comprehensively covers every aspect of hospitality and brings forth various courses. It offers one undergraduate programme along with five diploma courses, and all the programmes offered are full-time. The B. Sc Hospitality and Hotel Administration takes three years to complete whilst the diploma programs are two years each.

These diploma programmes include Food Production, Food and Beverage Service, Bakery and Confectionery, Front Office Operations, and Housekeeping. All the diploma courses take 55 students per batch which gives the course a personalised approach. The fee for these courses starts from INR 58,200 to INR 80,700 for diploma programmes and the fee structure of B. Sc. programme stands in INR 347,100.

Course Name Total Number of Seats Total Fees B.

Sc Hospitality and Hotel Administration - Rs 347,100 Diploma in Food Production 55 Rs 80,700 Diploma in Food and Beverage Service 55 Rs 58,200 Diploma in Bakery and Confectionery 55 Rs 80,700 Diploma in Front Office Operations 55 Rs 58,200 Diploma in Housekeeping 55 Rs 58,200 This is why the admission process of the SIHM Dharamshala allows one to pick the best candidates who show great interest in hospitality. For B.

Sc. programme, the admission is made directly through National Council for Hotel Management Joint Entrance Examination- NCHM-JEE . It implies that only the brightest students who have a right to sit for this national level exam get enrolment into this programme.

This is seen in an aims of the institute to provide quality education as it admits its students with an intention of producing future Leaders in the hospitality industry.