By Our Reporter
SHILLONG: With the formal inauguration of the 6 month course in Tourism and Hospitality Management on Tuesday , IIM Shillong with the assistance of NEC sponsorship is moving closer towards developing quality human resource, which will help project the NER as a vibrant tourist destination.
Present during the inauguration as Chief Guest, Minister of DONER and Chairman NEC Paban Singh Ghatowar,lauded the efforts of the Institute underlying his satisfaction to see its thorough development into an Institute with such
Expressing happiness over the ability of NEC to involve IIM Shillong in organizing such types of relevant courses, Ghatowar stated that Tourism in NER has the potential to emerge as a huge industry in the region and therefore the human resource developed through such courses with quality will in turn be able manage and run the same.
He appealed to the youth of northeast to take full advantage of such opportunities which will ensure the development of a better region for the generations to come.
Providing the gist of the course,Program Chairman Prof DK Agrawal said that the initiative was the result of an earlier skill mapping project he had undertaken wherein the innate talent of the youth of NER was realized and felt that capitalizing on this could bring about change in the Tourism and Hospitality sector. It may be mentioned that the 26 participants have been selected through a rigorous selection process held in Dimapur, Shillong, Imphal and other places.
Earlier during the introductory address, IIM Shillong Director Prof AK Dutta while thanking the support of NEC and the Ministry of DONER commended the efforts and hardwork of faculty members in striving to bring in schemes by which the Institute can impart its expertise towards positive developments.