Munnar Catering College: Ideal residential institution

Over 250 million people around the world are estimated to be employed in the hospitality sector alone and the statistics indicate that one job is created in every two and a half seconds by this industry. Being a trade that encompasses industries like aviation, shipping, entertainment, catering, multiplexes, shopping malls, call centers and of course hotels and restaurants, the opportunities are pouring in with exciting careers, assured jobs, handsome pay packets and above all international recognition and job satisfaction.

Munnar Catering College is established and managed by Thachankary Foundation and promoted by Royal Group of companies, a multifaceted company engaged in aviation, education, shipping, advertising, plantation, communication, hotel, resorts, travel and tourism industries. It is a co-educational institution and its international residential campus is located at 6,500 ft. above sea level in Thachankary Hills, Suryanelli, Munnar, Kerala.

It was after realising the immense scope for employment from own experience in hospitality, aviation and shipping industries, the promoters initiated the establishment of Munnar Catering College. The hill station luxury hotel - Fort Munnar - functioning under the same management of the college offers practical training for the students in all departments under the guidance of experienced professionals. The rich blend of international curriculum and exciting extra-curricular activities at the college make it an ideal residential educational institution. It is provided with an exact replica of five-star hotel rooms.

There is ample area for outdoor games and the indoor stadium with an area of 10,000 sq.ft. offers excellent facility for basket ball, volley ball, shuttle cock, etc. The high-tech gymnasium, jumbo size sauna and steam bath, swimming pool with jacuzzi and amphi-theatre include the facilities provided in the residential campus.

The curriculum at Munnar Catering College is designed to give the students a chance to express themselves and help them understand social and moral values by promoting co-education and by learning even outside the campus through picnics and entertainments. Students are offered on the job training in all the departments of own hotels under guidance and supervision of experienced and talented professionals exclusively appointed for the purpose. In addition to this, to get a better understanding and first hand information of what is happening around in the industry the students are also sent for practical training during their course of study to other reputed hotels too, as part of their curriculum.

Each academic year of the three-year diploma in Hotel Management & Catering Technology (DHMCT) shall be divided into two semesters. The sixth semester shall consist of training in any of the hotel classified under three-star or above category for a period of 22 weeks at the end of which they will submit a training/project report.