Oriental School of Hotel Management, Lakkidi: Admission, Courses, Fees, Placements

The Oriental School of Hotel Management is one among Asia’s leading hospitality management institute which was set up in 1995 at Lakkidi, in the southern state of Kerala in India. This co-educational affiliated college runs under the supervision of AICTE provides various specialised programmes in Hospitality and Hotel Management. Located on a Campus of 10 acres, the institute has 29 well qualified and dedicated members of faculty. Currently the school offers six distinct programmes at three different degree levels dealing with different aspects of the hospitality industry. The overall enrolment information by individual students is still lacking, however, the institute’s objective of offering quality education in hotel management has been well acknowledged.

The Oriental School of Hotel Management prides itself as having modern learning facilities that will suit its students. The institute has state of art culinary laboratories where students acquire practical on Indian food, mass cooking, and functions. The practical training programme which is taken in the second year is portion cooking, bulk food production, and even more special tandoori presentations. This library is equipped with different collections of books, current periodicals and magazines, as well as a variety of audio-visual aids. The college also has well equipped computer laboratories; equipped with the current technological requirements and internet connection in the college facilities the students can get acquainted to current technological advancement in the hospitality industry. In order to fulfill the needs of its students, the institute offers the separate arrangement of boys’ and girls’ hostels. Some of the extra facilities are available sports ground, health centre with first aid facilities, indoor sports hall Gymnasium and Guest house for faculty and visitors respectively.

It has been providing six regular courses in hotel management and related areas as full time education programme. These are Bachelor of Hotel Management and Administration (BHM), Bachelor of Science in Hospitality and Hotel Management, B.Sc in Hotel Management and Culinary Arts, Bachelor of Hotel Administration, BSc in Hotel Management and Catering Technology, MHM or Master in Hotel Management. These programmes take between 2 and 4 years and offer varying degrees of specialisation depending with the kind of career within the hospitality industry that a student wishes to pursue. For the overall proportion for total seats and graduation rates, however, the statistics are not clear but the institute will continue giving quality education and valuable training for the students to enable them get well pay jobs in the hospitality industry.

The Admission procedure in the Oriental School of Hotel Management differs depending on the course selected. For the selection of BHM programme, the students are tested through a written examination followed an interview conducted by the University of Calicut. The B.Sc Hospitality and Hotel Administration course is follows the merit list exclusively for admission. For the B.Sc Hotel Management and Culinary Arts programme, a merit list is prepared against the result of the candidate’s 12th examination. The institute also gives entry based on the candidate’s performance in the National Council for Hotel Management Joint Entrance Examination, (NCHM JEE) for some of their programmes. I was unable to see specific information about the scholar ship but regarding placement records the institute is very good. It must be noted that the Training and Placement Cell of the Oriental School of Hotel Management is especially credited for its achievement in providing optimum placements to its students in terms of percentage and higher compensations. That fact that the institute has a firm commitment to the improvement of the careers of its learners makes the facility ideal for those who wish to venture into the field of hospitality.