ITDC signs an MoU with Assam down town University, Guwahati

New Delhi: Adding new affiliation to its list of collaborations, India Tourism Development Corporation Ltd. (ITDC) has signed an MOU with Assam down town University, Guwahati. The joint endeavour is to conduct a three year Bachelors course in Hotel Management at the Assam down town University, Guwahati, with Industrial Training at ITDC Hotels. The MoU was signed at Hotel Brahmaputra Ashok, Guwahati on 15 Dec 2014.

The MoU was signed by Cmde (Rtd) Ratan Kumar Okhandiar, Director Commercial & Marketing, ITDC and Dr Narendra Nath Dutta, Chairman cum Managing Trustee, Assam down town University at Hotel Brahmaputra Ashok, Guwahati. ITDC will provide its expertise in developing the curriculum for the three Bachelors course in Hotel Management enabling students to cope up with the new trends emerging in the hospitality sector.

The 3 year programme will be conducted at the Assam down town University Campus in Guwahati offering a joint certification (ADTU and ITDC) to the successful students. The course will provide substantial practical skills that are related to different functions in a hotel and therefore has a large amount of time dedicated to practical training with ITDC. This program will commence from April, 2015-2016.

ITDC also welcomes similar collaborations in other parts of the country.