THE COLLEGE

The Sarosh Institute of Hotel Administration was established in 1992 and has been moulding the students to become perfect hotel management professionals. It is a unit of the Nitte Education Trust which runs various colleges like K.S. Hegde Medical Academy, A.B. Shetty Memorial Institute of Dental Sciences, Nitte Mahalinga Adyanthaya Memorial Institute of Technology, Nitte Institute of Nursing Sciences, Nitte Institute of Physiotherapy etc.

THE HOSPITALITY INDUSTRY

Twenty five years ago, there were 186 approved hotels in the country, while today there are over 1000, which means the growth rate of this industry is higher than any other. As the industry is still in its expansion phase, it has a huge employment capacity. The current demand of this industry is over 30,000, yet the collective institutes train merely 6,000.

THE AIMS

The courses in the college are designed to provide a microcosm of the corpus of knowledge in supplying the knowledge, skills and management competencies necessary to operate effectively as supervisor, head of section, small unit manager or small business owner.
The programmes of study at degree level aim to develop knowledge and competencies which will enable the student to operate efficiently and effectively at that level. It is anticipated however, that a portion of those completing the courses of study will aspire and will have the potential to develop to a higher level of responsibility; the degree studies and competencies acquired will form a sound basis for such further development.
In more specific terms the student will by the end of the degree studies at SIHA, have developed competence in a range of technical, organizational and administrative skills needed to Control all aspects of the day to day practical operations and functioning of the section / unit for which he / she is responsible ie., product system, facilities, cash / credit and manpower.
Identify and maintain standards of operation in line with customer expectations and managements policy.
Liase with other sections and interdependent functions / departments within the operation.
Identify and respond positively to pressures, changes and organizational demands of the job. Communicate effectively at all levels.