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Indian School of Hospitality makes IMPACT in Hospitality Management and Culinary Arts education

Gurugram (Delhi NCR), India Indian School of Hospitality (ISH), one of India’s finest institutes for hospitality and culinary arts education announces their IMPACT (Integrated Mentorship, Partnership, Academic Collaboration & Training) initiative. It aims to introduce high school students to the diverse and rewarding field of hospitality and culinary arts, and the multitude of careers they can choose to pursue within the service and experience industry. Through this initiative, ISH also addresses an apparent skill and capability gap in the higher education space and takes the ownership to build a progressive ecosystem focusing on enhancing knowledge transfer for school teachers, principals and counsellors.

ISH is part of Sommet Education, the world leader in hospitality management and culinary education, and features alongside the globally renowned École Ducasse, Les Roches and Glion brands. In achieving its mission of making global education more accessible and rewarding, ISH shares its curriculum and pedagogy with international institutes of repute such as École Ducasse, Les Roches and At-Sunrice GlobalChef Academy.

The IMPACT series is a step forward in strengthening hospitality and culinary education in India, with the speaker sessions featuring both Indian and international faculty and industry experts. These experts will be sharing their insights, experience and learnings, and thoughts on a wide range of exciting topics. It is a great opportunity to hear first-hand from experts how the experience economy is evolving globally and why it’s a great time to pursue hospitality management and culinary arts.

The IMPACT initiative will help create opportunities and enable schools to benefit from ISH’s academic ecosystem, industry connect and training capabilities. As an institution built by industry pioneers and leaders, ISH takes it upon itself as a duty of care function to bring more awareness about the role of the hospitality and service sector in the economy, and support students who will go on to become an integral part of this sector tomorrow. This initiative creates opportunities for students to embrace new-age skills in line with the evolving demands in the industry while providing a platform that enables interaction with industry leaders.

Kunal Vasudeva, Co-Founder and Chief Operating Officer at Indian School of Hospitality, commented: “The core objective of this enterprising move is to ensure that high-school students are prepared for an immersive and global education way before they enter colleges. Through shared curriculums, pedagogy and philosophy with Les Roches and École Ducasse, we are moving forward in revolutionising hospitality management and culinary arts education in India. This initiative will help students gain better insight into the industry from an early age, and in the long term, boost the industry’s contribution to the overall growth of the economy. It will also enhance the long-term relationship between ISH’s academic and industry ecosystem and schools, which will provide opportunities for learning and development on a much larger scale”.

KFC India extends growth opportunities for Women Leaders with their first Area Coaches Programme for Women

As part of KFC India’s commitment to enhancing diversity at the workplace, the brand jointly announced KFC Area Coaches Programme for Women, along with the Indian School of Hospitality (ISH), India’s leading institute for hospitality management. This strategic partnership is to enable and grow women operations leaders. Earlier this year, the brand announced its pledge to increase the women workforce at KFC restaurants by 2X by 2024 under its D&I program – KFC Kshamata focused on feeding people’s potential. Taking the journey ahead, KFC’s women area coach program would build a cohort of women leaders by sharpening their operations know-how, business and financial acumen and leadership skills. Subsequent to the training, they will take up operational leadership positions within the KFC ecosystem in India. This 11-month management development programme is now open & inviting candidates for an exclusive KFC-ISH PGP Batch starting Jan 2022.

Talking about this new partnership, Aman Lal, Chief People Officer – KFC at Yum! Brands, said: “Women participation in Indian workforce is low due to uneven access to education, lack of employment equality, primary caregiving responsibilities of women and societal mindsets. All these issues not only lead to lesser women entering the workforce but also lead to significant dropout at the workplace, which further results in lesser women role models at the workplace. Lesser women role models mean lesser women to inspire other women to join the workforce, or stay and grow in the workforce. At KFC, our endeavour is to break this vicious cycle by hiring and growing more women. Hence, one of the strategic steps towards this is our tie-up with ISH wherein we aim to hire, train and grow women leaders who can take up senior roles in our business.”

KFC also opened an all women-led restaurant in Hyderabad earlier this year and aims to have more than 5000 women team members by 2024, including growing them into restaurant leadership roles.

 Kunal Vasudeva, Chief Operating Officer at Indian School of Hospitality, commented: “The Postgraduate Programme is designed to help accelerate the career of young professionals in the newer normal, and with KFC India as our partners, we are excited to be taking our programme’s vision a step further – to invite more women candidates and prepare them for leadership roles in the industry.

This association between KFC India and ISH creates a platform for women across India, which is easily accessible, builds on lifelong learning and provides quality assured employment with a globally recognised brand. The applicants of this programme will be jointly recruited by KFC and ISH on basis of merit and experience, with deserving women candidates also being extended financial assistance. Fifty percent of the ISH programme fee will be reimbursed back to candidates upon successful completion of the programme over a course of two years of employment with KFC. Upon completion of the 11-month PGP, candidates will be awarded a certificate in ‘Service Operations Management’ issued jointly by ISH and KFC, following which they will be onboarded by KFC as Area Coaches across select cities in India. Together, KFC and ISH are committed to enabling women’s participation in operational leadership positions.

What sets this programme apart is the live-wire curriculum, modern pedagogy and industry immersion built into the foundation of the programme. Bringing about a unique synergy, this partnership will serve as a template for brands to rethink their current recruitment strategies and move to more coherent ways which are in line with India’s fast-evolving economic environment.

Programme Starts: January 2022

Application Deadline: December 31, 2021

Eligibility Criteria: 3-4 years of operations experience

How to apply: https://admissions.ish.edu.in/