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Dear Alumni,
Our academic year 2007-08 took off with
the declaration of results for the last academic year. The students of
the First and the Second year degree course brought laurels to the
institute by securing 25 and 16 all India ranks out of the first 30
respectively. The final job placement position of the outgoing batch
stood at 79% with 51% securing Management Trainee positions.
Our institute was ranked 2nd among
India's top Professional Colleges-Hotel Management by Outlook weekly
dated June11, 2007.
The
Hotelex Conclave on "Challenges in sustainable Development for the
Indian Hospitality Industry" was held in the institute’s auditorium
on May 28,2007. The speakers included Mr. Abhay Desai, Director,
Marketing, Johnson Diversey, Mr. Olivio Tavares, CFO, RKHS, Mr.Rajesh
Mohan, Head, Strategic Planning, Sahara Star,Mr. M.Gandhi, M.D. CMP-India,
Mr. Satyendra Dasondi, Ed, Impresario, Entertainment & Hospitality Ltd.,
Mr. Sunit Pai, MD, Viva Paschim & hospitality Consultant, Mr.Parabhat
Pani, CEO, Ginger Hotels. They spoke on Cleaning for Health &
Environment ResponsibleSolutions, Triple Bottom Line Challenge,
Sustaining Economics Of
Hotel Buildings, Challenges of sustaining customer value,
Institutionalizing A Sustainable Thought Wave, a definite challenge for
the Indian Hospitality Industry. The conclave was presided over by Mr.
Saxena.
Mr Sanjay Kothari-Additional Director
General at Ministry Of Tourism visited our institute on June 28,2007
and had an interactive session with the third year students.
A Certificate Course in the Institutional
Hospitality Management in collaboration with Radhakrishna Hospitality
Services commenced. Its duration is one year, full time and 3 months
Industrial Training.
NRI admissions gained momentum with 6
students enrolling in the First Year of the 3 year degree course.
Our
International Hostel is
currently housing the NRI girls who have joined the first year. The
facilities include air conditioned rooms and the common area is
equipped with computers with 24 hours internet connectivity, LCD screen
TV, refrigerator, and microwave oven.
Our collaboration with the Niagara-on-the
Lake Culinary School, Canada, entered the second year with 17 students
enrolling for the course. The previous batch is undergoing paid
internship in Canada. On similar lines, a new course in collaboration
with George Brown College, Canada is scheduled to begin in January
2008. It will lead to an International Chef Diploma and consists of four
semesters, with 6 months in Mumbai and 16 months in Canada.
A Blood Donation Camp was organized in
the campus by Red Cross on July, 27, 2007.
We celebrated our Independence Day on 15th
August. The students took part in a Traditional Day celebration in
various costumes spanning the Indian peninsula. Our Principal,
Mr.R.K.Saxena hoisted our National Flag and students gave speeches in
English and Hindi and also sang patriotic songs.
The Third Year students did their buffet
assignments on various India cuisines. The themes were The Grand Trunk
Route, 4 adjoining states, Kababs and Curries, Cereals and Pulses, and
All vegetarian. Preparations are underway for celebrating Onam and
Ganapati Puja, two major Indian festivals.
Mr. Saxena attended the ICHRIE
conference in Dallas July 25 to 28, 2007.
Sincerely yours,
R.K.Saxena,
Principal
Dated 1st Sept. 2007
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Dear Alumni,
The Valedictory
Function for 2006-07 was held on March, 30, 2007 in the
Institute's auditorium. The function was attended by Padmashri
Ms. Thangam Philip, our Principal Emeritus, Mr. Abhijit Mukerjie,
Chief Operating Officer, Taj Luxury hotels, our former principal
Mr. Shyam Dhargalkar, Mr. Param Kanampilly, Director, Concept
Hospitality, Mr. S.M.Korde, Secretary General, Hotel &
Restaurant Association Western Region, Ms. Dinaz Irani, Honorary
Secretary, IHM Mumbai Alumni Association, Award donors Mr. Ajay
Gupta from Capital Foods, Mr. Ganesh from Johnson Diversey, Mr.
Chandok, Managing Director, IMPEX, staff members, members of
alumni -1982 batch completing 25 years, graduating students of
this year. Also present were Executive Chef Ananda Solomon, Taj
President, Ex-faculty members Mr. Panikar, Mrs. Mahsalkar, Mr.
Ozi D'Cunha, Mr. Ismay Gomes and Mrs. Deokule.
In keeping with the
tradition, our students excelled in the All India National
Council for Hotel Management examination in 2006 annual exams.
There were three All India rank holders.
Manasi Bidikar –
Second Position in 2nd Year of B.Sc. H&HA
Gayatri Yadav –
First Position in 1st Year of B.Sc. H&HA
Tapas Kumar Dutta–
First Position in F&B Service craft course
Three of our
students Sonali Saxena, Sumeet Ahire & Saqib Mustafa represented
the Institute at the Inter Collegiate Quiz competition held by
Agrawal Overseas Educational Services and won Rs. 65,000 -
Rs.50,000/- for the Institute and Rs.5,000/- for each student.
This is the fifth year in a row that the Institute has won this
competetion.
Rahul Tushar of
the third year won a silver medal at the Great Indian Culinary
Challenge, a national event sponsored by Express Hotelier and
Caterer at Mumbai. Rahul Tushar also participated in Norwegian
Salmon Cookery competetion and won first cash prize of Rs.
50,000 and a Victorinox set of knives worth Rs. 50,000.
Our team
consisting of Sonali Saxena and Sonu Jha won the 2nd
prize in the intercollegiate bartending competition sponsored by
Real juice.
To retain number
one hotel school slot, staff training and development is very
important. Our food Production faculty Jyotsna Bhosale
successfully earned the Certified Hospitality Educator
certification of the Educational Institute of American Hotel &
Lodging Association. Our Housekeeping faculty Aileen Sequeira is
in the process of acquiring the same. Our administrative staff
Mr. Andrew, Ms. Pramila, Ms. Saroja and Ms. Kamat underwent
courses relating to service books, leave administration and
accounting procedures.
International
collaborations are essential to achieve global standards. We
have signed an agreement with George Brown College, Toronto,
Canada to jointly conduct a Chefs Course of 1 ½ years duration
starting July, 2007. Students enrolled in this program will have
to study for first six months at IHM, Mumbai, next six months at
George Brown College in Canada and then train in industry in
Canada for last six months.
During the academic
year 2006-07 we introduced two new courses - a six months course
for Airline Cabin Crew positions of Air Hostess and Flight
Pursers and an International Chefs Diploma of 1½ year duration
in collaboration with a Canadian Culinary school in Niagara and
sixteen students of the first batch are now in Niagara to
complete the program.
In the year 2005 IHM
Mumbai had signed an M.O.U. with Dr. B.R. Ambedkar Govt.
Polytechnic, Port Blair, Andaman under World Bank funded scheme
to help the Andaman Institute to upgrade their standards. This
MOU was extended to 2006 – 07. We arranged trainings for their
students and staff in Mumbai during the year. 40 students of II
year did their training at Dubai hotels. We have had around 85%
placements so far (few placements are still in finalisation
stage). 23 organizations visited us this year for campus
recruitment.
Infrastructure
development during the year included augmentation of Reading
Room facilities in both Boys and Girls hostel, establishment of
an air-conditioned class cum seminar room with internet facility
for M.Sc. course. A fully air-conditioned hostel of 18 beds
capacity having facilities of a common room with LCD T.V.,
fridge, internet and kitchenette was commissioned during the
year. Our auditorium which was damaged badly during 26/7 rains
got a facelift. At the Applied Training Centre (our training
hotel) we have upgraded a number of facilities. A number of
rooms were renovated. One conference hall, on-premises laundry
and two guest rooms were added.
The Institute
undertook consultancy projects for Bharat Petroleum, HPCL,
Prince Plastics and Shree Krishna Paper Company . Under the
capacity building for service providers scheme of Ministry of
Tourism, Government of India we conducted four courses and
trained 56 candidates during the year.
We are grateful to
HRA(WI) members and its President Mr. Rabinder Singh Bedi and
Secretary Mr. S.M.Korde for the award of four scholarships worth
Rs.40,000 to our needy students. We are also thankful to
Sidharta Shukla of year 2003 batch who has contributed Rs.
21,000 towards our Endowment Fund.
During the year
Institute had a number of distinguished visitors. Prominent
among them were :
Her Royal
Highness Crown Princess Mette Marit of Norway
Mr. Egil,
Managing Director of Norwegian Seafood Export Council
Ms Anne Sado,
President of George Brown College, Toronto
- And
of course Padmashree Ms. Thangam E Philip, Our Principal
Emeritus always makes it a point to visit us whenever she is in
Mumbai. Her visits give us a lot of strength.
Sincerely yours,
R.K.Saxena,
Principal
Dated 4th
April, 2007 |
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Dear Alumni,
Greetings from Mumbai.
Our beloved ex-Faculty member Mr V.D.
Parelkar who served the institute as Lecturer, F&B Service left for
heavenly abode in December 2005 in Pune. He had a long innings with
Institute and later joined Oberoi’s as Training Manager. We offer our
condolences and pray that his soul rests in peace.
You will be delighted to note that Mr.
Nick Belfield Smith, grandson of Mr. Cyril Belfield Smith will be
visiting the Institute on 11 – 13th March, 2006. As you know
Mr. Cyril Belfield Smith was not only our Principal from 1956 to 1963
but also the architect of Hospitality education in the country. Nick
plans to do a documentary film on his grandfather.
In the second week of February, 2006 Mrs.
Sheila Gore, Mrs. Swarup Kaur and Mrs. Shanta Deokule of 1957– 60 batch
visited Institute and had lunch with us. We feel so proud of our Alumni.
Their visits, mails, calls lend us that extra strength and the feel of
our Global presence.
This year the Valedictory function and
awards ceremony is scheduled for 7th April 2006. All
ex-students, faculty and staff are requested to please treat this as an
invitation and attend the same. Keeping in with our past practice, batch
of 1981 is specially invited as they have completed 25 years of passing.
We are in talks with a number of
educational institutes from various countries – U.K., USA, Canada,
Ireland, Singapore, Fiji and Australia. Hopefully at least one academic
collaboration should come through for 2006-07 academic year.
Batch/year/coursewise list of old
certificates/marksheets is available on
www.ihmctan.edu/PDF/past_student_certs.pdf. Alumni are requested to
go through the list and please make arrangements to collect them
directly or authorize someone in Mumbai to collect it on their behalf.
Alternatively, we can send it if the shipping cost is paid.
Sincerely yours,
R.K.Saxena,
Principal
Dated 6th March, 2006
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Dear Alumni,
Seasons Greetings,
Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year in advance to all Alumni and
family members.
It has been quite
sometime since the last newsletter. We have been busy at the
Institute with a lot of activities.
A workshop was organized at the Institute for all the faculty
members on the 3rd November 2005. The workshop
facilitator was Mr. H G Parsa, Visiting Fulbright Scholar IIMT,
Delhi, Associate Professor & Graduate Coordinator, Hospitality
Management - Ohio State University. The focus of the workshop was
the status of hospitality education in U.S.A vis-à-vis India and the
importance of Research in the curriculum.
Another workshop is scheduled from the 14th to the 16th
of December 2005. This workshop is for all faculty involved with
Research at 24 IHMs across the country. The workshop is organized
in collaboration with National Council for Hotel Management and
Catering Technology. The focus of the workshop is Hospitality
Research : Philosophy, Design & Technique. The workshop
facilitator is Dr. Arun Upneja Associate professor, Professor
Incharge, International Development - School of Hospitality
Management, The Pennsylvania State University.
Mr. Francis Thomas, Sr. Lecturer, Finance and Strategic Management
will be attending a Professional Development Programme on Strategic
Hospitality Management.at Cornell-Nanyang Institute of Hospitality
Management in Singapore, during the first week of January 2006,
Mrs. Jyotsna Bhosale, Sr. Lecturer, Food Production will be
attending the Certified Hospitality Educator Programme in the month
of February. The Workshop is organized by Educational Institute of
American Hotel & Lodging Association.
A batch of 100 students of the final year alongwith two faculty
members Mr. Jayant Kathe and Mr. John Lepcha were in Dubai from the
16th to the 26th of November to assist at the
Dubai Air Show at the invitation of Emirates Airlines. Our Alumni,
Mr. Anand Menon (1988 batch), who is the Training and Development
Manager - Emirates Flight Catering Co. LLC., was instrumental in
arranging this. Their services were highly appreciated by the
organizers.
On the 26th of October 2005, we had two very special
visitors i.e Padmashree Ms.Thangam Philip, Principal Emeritus of our
Institute and Mr. Timothy Ayre, ex-Head of Department, Food &
Beverage Service. Mr. Ayre is now settled in Sydney, Australia and
his address is Mr. Timothy George Ayre, 3 Highlands Crescent, Black
Town, Sydney 2148, New South Wales, Australia. He would be delighted
to hear from any Alumni in and around Sydney.
Mr. John Lepcha, Asst. Instructor, Food Production has resigned from
the Institute and has joined the Indian Railways as Asst. Catering
Manager .
While going through the old records, we found that our
administrative office has meticulously kept the old certificates/marksheets.
We were surprised to find that few students from 1959 onwards have
yet to collect their original marksheet/certificates. You will
appreciate that the Institute’s office has been keeping the original
marksheet/certificates for more than 40 years in some cases.
Batch/year/course wise list is available on
www.ihmctan.edu/PDF/past_student_certs.pdf. Alumni are
requested to go through the list and please make arrangements to
collect them directly/authorize someone in Mumbai to collect it on
their behalf. Alternatively, we can send it if the shipping cost is
paid.
Keeping in mind, the market demand during the academic year we have
introduced three new courses, These courses are Certificate course
in Bartending (3 months), Certificate course in Housekeeping (3
months) and a 6 months course for Cabin Crew positions (Air Hostess
and Flight Pursers).
We have now opened a new “IHM Mumbai Endowment Fund” account.No.
3001631766 with State Bank of India, Shivaji Park Branch. Alumni
could wire transfer their contribution into this account directly
under intimation to us.
Sincerely yours,
R.K.Saxena,
Principal
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Dear Alumni,
On Tuesday, 26th July, 2005 afternoon Mumbai
was subjected to thunder, lightning and lashing rains breaking all the
records including that of Cherrapunji. At Cadell Road (Veer Savarkar
Marg) water level was waist high. Very soon the city that never sleeps
became scene of disaster. More than 140 day scholars stayed back at
the Institute for more than 48 hours as all means of transport came to a
grinding halt. It took a few days to return to normalcy. Then came the
news of the New Orleans Katrina and the Switzerland and the Japan floodings. At the time of writing this, once again it is pouring in
Mumbai since yesterday. The Rain Gods have not been very kind to the
world this monsoon.
No matter, whether there is sunshine or rain, the institute has began
the new academic session with great gusto. On 18th July, 2005 we
welcomed the freshers :
250 - B.Sc. I
year, 90 - F&B Service craft, 70 - Food Production craft, 45 -
P.G.Diploma in Dietetics, 30 - P.G.Diploma in Accommodation Operation,
30 - Hotel & Catering Management, 30 - Craft Cookery and 20 - Craft
Bakery. This is addition to 180 & 175 students of II & III year B.Sc.
course starting a week earlier. Recently Mr. Gore, Lab Attendant and Mr.
Sheikh, Office Staff retired after serving the institute for more than
34 years. Most of you might remember Gore from BTK/QTK/ATK and Sheikh
from the Principal's office.
Registrations to our alumni data base are coming in regularly. We were
delighted to register Mrs. Sheila Gore Stroerkel from Germany who
recently retired from ALITALIA. She is from the first batch of the 3
yrs. Diploma course i.e. year 1957 - 60 batch. She is likely to visit
the institute in October, 2005. We are looking forward to meeting her.
We are also trying to trace her batchmates.
There is some
delay in launching the achievers link on our website. As soon as we have
sufficient data, it will be activated. In the mean time Mr. Peter Menon
(1971 batch) has provided us with more information on the college song.
Please visit the website and peruse the updated version on college song
with its history under 'About us' link.
Chef Dilraj Sequeira (1992 batch) based in
Australia has contributed Rs.20,000/- for instituting an award. Mr.
K.C.Shashidhar has instituted an award in memory of his late daughter
Shomika Shashidhar (2003-06 batch) by contributing Rs. 10,000/- to
Endowment Fund. We lost her in year 2004 during summer vacation. We
thank both the donors for their contributions. Finally a
discussion-cum-message board has been introduced at our web site. Alumni
is requested to participate actively using this platform.
Sincerely yours,
R.K.Saxena,
Principal
Dated 10th September, 2005
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An earnest appeal to alumni
from Principal
Dear Alumni,
On 16th June we launched an alumni link. However the response has not
been very encouraging - from a database of around 370 ex-students we
have, as of now, reached around 1100. In view of the fact that the
institute conducts a wide range of courses and has crossed the Golden
Jubilee milestone, this figure is insignificant. The donation for
endowments stands at a total approx. 6 lakhs since the inception of the
institute.
Once again, I appeal to you for building our database. Kindly take time
to browse through the existing database and if people whom you are in
touch with are not featured on the list, please inform either them or us
so that registrations can be done as soon as possible.
The students of the institute have done well in the annual examination
for the year 2004-05. In the NCHM component of the first year; our
students have secured All-India ranks from one to eight. In the second
year, ranks one and two, four and also five, seven, eight and nine have
been secured by our students. In the final year, also, rank three, four,
seven and eight have been secured by our students.
On 23rd June, 2005 institute welcomed 20 students and one faculty from
Dr. B.R.Ambedkar Polytechnic, Port Blair, and Andaman & Nicobar Islands.
Under the World Bank aided program, we are helping the tsunami-hit
polytechnic to upgrade their standards. The faculty & students of their
hotel management related course will be provided a four month industrial
exposure and teacher training at Mumbai.
We plan to add a new link to our website (www.ihmctan.edu/achievers.htm)
in which we have profiled our alumni who have excelled in their chosen
profession. Besides enhancing credibility of the Institute, we believe
that it will be a source of inspiration to those students who have only
just begun. Due to lack of information, it has not been possible to
include many individuals who should be in this list. Your assistance is
required for rectifying this.
Since the previous academic year, sessions conducted by Guest Speakers
have been introduced for the final year students of the B.Sc. in H & HA.
The purpose is to have them speak on topics in their area of expertise
or simply share their experiences. The students are in groups of 70 to
90 and the session is for an hour. We feel that our alumni would be an
excellent resource, in view of the fact that they already have an
existing bond with the Institute. Mrs. Avril Sule, our Senior Instructor
is the faculty co-ordinator for this activity. She can be reached at the
Institute tel. nos. 022-24457241/2 extn. 220 or mobile no.
+91-98212-40411 or on the e-mail
mumcat@vsnl.com .
With this newsletter I trust that you have taken a journey down memory
lane and hope to hear from many more of you. Any suggestions that you
may have are most welcome.
Sincerely yours,
R.K.Saxena,
Principal
Dated 15th July, 2005
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Dear
Alumni*,
(* Sirs and Maams -
super seniors like Mr. Shashank Warty, Mr. J.D.F.Lam, Mr.
Maneck Patel, Ms. Shireen Batliwala, Mr. S.K.Mukerjie, Mr. Peter Menon
et.al, all seniors i.e. who passed before year 1975 like Shashi Wagle,
Param Kanampillai, Ravi Nagasundram, Sabrina Pinto et. al and all
colleagues like Dayal Advani, Cyrus Marfatia, Ophelia D'Roze,
Rajendra Kelshikar et. al and all friends like Bakul Shah, Atul Bisaria,
Roque D"Cruz, Shekhar Naik, Kashmira Umrigar et.al )
Yes, it is a rude awakening. We suddenly realise that for long we have
neglected our greatest strength i.e. the alumni and have done
very little to build on its net-working, however, it is never too late. I
sincerely feel confident that alumni is ever willing and ever eager to do
its very best to contribute towards betterment of IHM, Mumbai and
its family members - ex-staff & students, present staff &
students. What is lacking is a platform through which alumni can help. We
thought it could be effectively done through this web page which will try
to bridge the gap and provide a platform for benefit to all
concerned.
Of course the most chllenging job is to create a database of alumni. This
is primary work and I request all ex-students that they send us their
details in the form available at
Free
registration on alumni site if their names
do not appear in the list at this page link. Please also forward to us the
details of other alumni whom you are in touch with and do not find their
names in the current list (even their e-mail IDs will do - we will mail to
them the registration forms). The current list is both - batch yearwise
and geographical locationwise. In case you notice errors in the current
list please do let us know so that we can correct them. Same goes for any
change which you intend making or made recently - an update will be highly
appreciated so that the data is made relevant.
While we supplement the database on a continuous basis, it will also be
pertinent to use the alumni net-work for mutual benefit. For this I
request you to send in details of any job and business
opportunities in your organisations or other organisations that you
know of (mail to : mumcat@vsnl.com) so that we can post
this information on this website . This will help both - present students
and ex-students who are looking for a change in the job or thinking of
setting up a business. You can also send any other information which you
think will be of benefit to alumni. We shall display the same on the site
and send group mails to all.
Fund raising for awards /infrastructure/faculty development/scholarships
etc. at your alma mater is another major area where we look forward to
contributions from our alumni. With the age and technological advancements
it has become necessary to upgrade the facilities, infrastructure and
strenghten the faculty. As you may be aware that we do not get
grants-in-aid from Government anymore therefore it has become difficult to
manage these issues in the manner in which we would have liked to become
globally competetive. May I request you to chip in voluntarily whatever
little you can for the good cause. Names of the donors will be included in
the list on this page.
It is always so good to hear from our students, exchange ideas, get
suggestions for improvement and come to know of their achievements.
Looking forward for your news and views,
Sincerely
yours,
R.K.Saxena
Dated
16th
June, 2005
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