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A Critical Study on Market Demand of Culinary Professionals with Reference to Training Facilitation in National Level Hospitality Schools in Madhya Pradesh


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Indian hospitality industry has expanded rapidly over the past decade and are well poised to keep up a faster pace in the coming years braced by the government support, increasing level of income and diverse national and international sports events. ‘Incredible India’ campaign launched by the Indian government in year 2002 has also resulted in good success. Demand for the skilled professionals is increasing day by day and with new technology and trends it has become very challenging for hospitality schools to fulfil the demand. The training being provided does not seem much useful for the hotels,because the training being provided to the culinary professionals is not updated according to demand. Curriculum which is in force need to be updated time to time.

In this study, two different mutually related areas will be considered, hospitality schools and hospitality industry, to critically examine the demand and supply of culinary professionals in Madhya Pradesh region.


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Hospitality Schools, Culinary Professionals, Demand, Supply, Training, Hospitality Industry.
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Pradip Kumar
IHM Bhopal, Madhya Pradesh, India

Abstract


Indian hospitality industry has expanded rapidly over the past decade and are well poised to keep up a faster pace in the coming years braced by the government support, increasing level of income and diverse national and international sports events. ‘Incredible India’ campaign launched by the Indian government in year 2002 has also resulted in good success. Demand for the skilled professionals is increasing day by day and with new technology and trends it has become very challenging for hospitality schools to fulfil the demand. The training being provided does not seem much useful for the hotels,because the training being provided to the culinary professionals is not updated according to demand. Curriculum which is in force need to be updated time to time.

In this study, two different mutually related areas will be considered, hospitality schools and hospitality industry, to critically examine the demand and supply of culinary professionals in Madhya Pradesh region.


Keywords


Hospitality Schools, Culinary Professionals, Demand, Supply, Training, Hospitality Industry.

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