My First Home away from Home, AIHM Chandigarh

i had to take an entrance exam, NCHM JEE whose form i had to fill up in january and gave the exam in april , after the results are in there are 3 rounds of counselling in which i had to fill up my four choice of colleges after which i could see if i got alloted that college based on ranking cutoff or not my pref were ihm pusa, ihm chandigarh and ihm jaipur but i could not get ihm pusa as i got 721 AIR and the cutoff was 680 in first counselling , i was given the choice to apply for second counselling for ihm pusa but for that i had to forfiet my allocation in ihm chandigarh, and after i accepted the chandigarh campus, i was offered choice of hostel based on my AIR the entire process was streamlined and very smooth

The curricullum was very vast and in detail, i got to learn each and every nitty gritty things one could learn from theory without working in an actual working environment, the labs were fully equipped for every practical we had to do for learning what was being taught, the faculty was amazing, there are several faculty members who are always there to guide you no matter how minor the issue might be, the faculty taught us theory part in the lecture halls where we were about 60 students for one lecturer and the faculty provided notes for each and every thing that is being taught. along with theory we had practical classes daily like for kitchen, bakery, housekeeping etc. the faculty was highly qaulified in their field min. msc and some even had phd's

i was placed with iHG hotels and was working with the crowne plaza today gurgaon. i worked here for 17 weeks and got to learn all aspects of hotel operations starting from the front office till the housekeeping. our major task were to observe and help the staff in how procedures work and how to deal with customers. later on as we learned how things work we were allowed to deal with customers and operate independently

college campus placement drive begins in month of october each year and 3rd year students are eligible to appear for campus placements. a lot of comapnies visited the campus, to name a few like taj, oberois, hyatt, ihg, reliance retails etc. min 80% of students who appreared for campus placements got atleast one offer letter. reliance is the mass recruiter of the college who hires candidates for luxury retails. i joined reliance retail after the college but left after 11 months due to unfavourable circumstances. then i started studying again for my masters

we had to pay fees every semester which ranged somwhere between 40k to 50k per semester based on your year, then had to pay hostel fees every semester which ranged between 17k to 23 k. there was no scholarship, or financial assitance provided and there is not on campus job with stipend

we participated in changidarh rose festival each year, and celebrated every major festival in campus with decorations and cultural events which were organised by the 3rd year students as a part of their curriculum of event management. the library is chockfull of books, latest journals etc related to the industry. In hostel there are several games which a student can play namely tabletennis, chess, ludo, carrom etc. every year college organised a sports day where had several sport events and tournaments to keep the students motivated. there are several clubs in college like kitchen club, organising cllub, fnb club etc which takes responsibilities as suggested by their name for each and every event. i was a member of the kitchen club, and had the great opportunity to work for the alumnii meet that our college organised after 10 years it was a great learning experiecne

hostel room were on triple sharing basis, all meals were provided and freshly prepared, the food taste and quality was very good. you had to be eligible for applying to hostel based on your ranking and previous years results . the avg cost of hostel for 1 year turned aroung to be approx 45k which is comparatively cheap considering the food cost is included. the toilet facilities were shared and was equipped with solar water heater which worked 24 hours a day