IIHM graduates secure global placements with packages up to ₹31 LPA

Hospitality education in India is evolving with strong global placements, high salary packages, and expanding career opportunities.

Hospitality education in India is undergoing a decisive transformation, with graduates from the International Institute of Hotel Management (IIHM) emerging as highly sought-after professionals across global markets.

With starting salary packages reaching up to ₹31 lakh per annum, IIHM graduates are not only securing international placements but are also stepping into leadership, entrepreneurial and cross-industry roles.

Placement highlights

Recent placement highlights reflect this growing global demand:

• Jay Bansal secured a package of ₹32 LPA at Banff Resort, Canada

• Nischal Agir received ₹27 LPA at Crowne Plaza Hotels & Resorts, England

• Rohin Lalani joined Restaurant Bartholdi, France with a package of ₹26 LPA

• Mandar Patil secured ₹24 LPA at Le Logis du Péré, France

These outcomes underline a larger shift highlighting hospitality is no longer limited to traditional roles but is emerging as a high-growth, global career pathway.

Evolving education model

This shift reflects a deeper evolution in how hospitality talent is being shaped. IIHM’s education model is designed to be industry-relevant and ahead of its time, integrating artificial intelligence and technology across both operational and management disciplines. Rather than treating AI as an add-on, it is embedded into the core curriculum, ensuring students are equipped to navigate and lead in a rapidly transforming global hospitality ecosystem.

Leadership perspective

Speaking on the larger vision, Dr Suborno Bose, Chairman of IIHM, has consistently emphasized the institution’s mission to redefine hospitality education, said, “We are not just creating hotel professionals. We are shaping AI-powered global leaders who represent their culture on the world stage.”

Expanding career pathways

As a result, IIHM graduates are moving beyond traditional hotel operations into roles across multinational organizations, leadership positions, entrepreneurial ventures, and sectors such as banking, IT, and facility management, reflecting the expanding scope of hospitality careers.

Sanchari Chowdhury, Director, IIHM Bangalore, said, “Our curriculum is designed to go beyond conventional hospitality training. By integrating AI and technology into every aspect of learning, we are preparing students not just for operational roles, but for leadership positions across industries. Today, our graduates are equally comfortable in boardrooms, global corporations, and entrepreneurial ecosystems.”

Curriculum and global exposure

IIHM’s curriculum is globally aligned and research-driven, focusing on both academic and operational skills. This has supported the international acceptance of its graduates.

The institute also offers global exposure through study tours and platforms such as the Young Chef Olympiad, providing insights into international hospitality practices. Along with its alumni network, this helps students explore broader career pathways.

INITIATIVE | IIHM join hands with NGOs to set up oxygen support isolation centre in Kolkata

The IIHM family, which includes the students at large, have also been deeply affected by Covid-19.

International Institute of Hotel Managemen (IIHM) has stepped in to do its bit towards community welfare. Compassion is the key word in the Hospitality industry and IIHM is practising just that. Witnessing the widespread desolation and suffering that people are experiencing, IIHM has joined hands with several NGOs to set up a 25 bed Oxygen Support Isolation Centre in New Town, Kolkata to provide basic treatment and Oxygen supply to the needy.

The IIHM family, that includes the students at large, have also been deeply affected by Covid. On 15th May, a student from one of the campuses lost his father to the virus. The family is devastated as the father was the only breadwinner of the family. In this situation, the livelihood of the family is at stake, let alone paying the fees for the boy’s education. In this condition, IIHM extended its hand of support and has waived off all the remaining fees of the student so that he can complete his course.

Suborno Bose, Chief Mentor of IIHM said, “Amidst this mass devastation, we cannot just sit and watch people suffering, but have to come forward and help people in need in whatever way we can. In case of our student, too, we cannot bring back the departed soul, but we can surely try to stand by these families and do our part.”

The institute has circulated a message to everyone, to approach them if they hear of any student currently studying in IIHM, who has lost a parent and who was the earning member of the family, so that the institute can support them in whichever way possible.

The hospitality management institution is truly practicing the values of the hospitality trade by coming forward wherever possible to support people in this pandemic. Not just those who have been ailing, but also to those parents who have suffered job losses due to the pandemic and lockdown, IIHM has also promised to consider fee assistance on a case-to-case basis. Students have been asked to mail to their directors at the campuses with their appeal.

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