Hundreds of seats go empty in State Institutes of Hotel Management; new colleges delayed

SIHM Gorakhpur, which got the government approval on September 7, 2021, was allocated Rs 16.5 crore. However, no amount has been disbursed till February 2025.

Four out of the 10 new Hospitality and Tourism Education Institutes which got approval from the government in the last 10 years are yet to be operational. (Representational image: Wikimedia Commons)

Anu Parthiban | March 10, 2025 | 08:27 PM IST

NEW DELHI: The Government has approved setting up of 10 Hospitality and Tourism Education Institutes and upgrading 3 hospitality institutions during the last 10 years, the Union minister for tourism and culture Gajendra Singh Shekhawat told the Lok Sabha today. Of them, four are yet to be operational. The data shared by the government also revealed that hundreds of seats remain vacant in State Institutes of Hotel Management.

The minister highlighted some of the innovative measures implemented in these institutes to enhance the quality of hospitality education. This includes industry partnerships, modern curriculum, practical training, mentorship programmes and alumni engagement. He also informed that “SIHM Kakinada is yet to be operational. Once operational, these would also be applicable for SIHM Kakinada.”

The State Institute of Hotel Management (SIHM) Gorakhpur, which got the government approval on September 7, 2021, was allocated Rs 16.5 crore. However, no amount has been disbursed till February 2025. The Food Craft Institute (FCI) in Baran, Rajasthan, which got the nod on November 18, 2016, was allotted Rs 6.45 crore and received Rs 4.36 crore. The institute will be operational from next academic year.

“Practical training is an integral and mandatory part of curriculum in Degree as well as Diploma Program in each of the Institutes of Hotel Management (IHMs)/ Food Craft Institutes (FCIs) affiliated with National Council for Hotel Management and Catering Technology (NCHMCT). Dedicated Placement Cell in these Institutes collaborate with industry partners in India and abroad for placement of students for Industrial Exposure,” he said, adding that the need to collaborate with industry partners to provide practical training “does not arise”.

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Hospitality and Tourism Education Institutes

Of the 13 institutes, the government issued approval for establishing 4 institutions each in Madhya Pradesh and Rajasthan. State-wise, institute-wise, and year-wise details of projects approved by the Government for setting up and upgradation of Hospitality and Tourism Education Institutes during the last 10 years.

S. No.	State/ UT	Institute/ Project Name	Date of Approval of the project	Total fund allocated	Year-wise details of amount released so far		Total amount released till February 2025	Operational /Yet to be Operational /Closed
					Year	Amount
1	Himachal Pradesh	Upgradation of FCI Dharamshala into SIHM	20.11.2020	Rs 11.75 crore	2020	Rs 4.1 crore	Rs 8.2 crore	Operational
					2023	Rs 4.1 crore
2	Jharkhand	Setting up of FCI Deoghar	24.03.2017	Rs 7.5 crore	2017	Rs 3 crore	Rs 6 crore	Operational
					2019	Rs 3 crore
3	Madhya Pradesh	Upgradation of FCI Jabalpur into SIHM	01.02.2021	Rs 11.73 crore	2021	Rs 4.1 crore	Rs 8.28 crore	Operational
					2024	Rs 4.18 crore
4	Madhya Pradesh	Setting up of FCI Dhar	18.05.2020	Rs 7.5 crore	2021	Rs 2.54 crore	Rs 5.08 crore	Yet to be Operational
					2023	Rs 1.55 crore
					2024	Rs 0.99 crore
5	Madhya Pradesh	Setting up of FCI Balaghat	18.05.2020	Rs 4.75 crore	2021	Rs 1.6 crore	Rs 3.8 crore	Yet to be Operational
					2023	Rs 1.15 crore
					2024	Rs 0.45 crore
					2025	Rs 0.6 crore
6	Madhya Pradesh	Setting up of FCI Shahdol	18.05.2020	Rs 7.5 crore	2021	Rs 2.54 crore	Rs 6.03 crore	Yet to be Operational
					2023	Rs 1.29 crore
					2024	Rs 1.29 crore
					2025	Rs 0.91 crore
7	Rajasthan	Setting up of SIHM Jhalawar	18.11.2015	Rs 13.28 crore	2017	Rs 0.5 crore	Rs 13.28 crore	Operational
					2018	Rs 4.81 crore
					2019	Rs 4.8 crore
					2022	Rs 1.17 crore
					2025	Rs 2 crore
8	Rajasthan	Setting up of SIHM Sawai Madhopur	18.11.2016	Rs 13.35 crore	2017	Rs 0.5 crore	Rs 13.35 crore	Operational
					2018	Rs 4.5 crore
					2019	Rs 4.08 crore
					2023	Rs 2.27 crore
					2025	Rs 2 crore
9	Rajasthan	Setting up of FCI Baran	18.11.2016	Rs 6.45 crore	2017	Rs 2.18 crore	Rs 4.36 crore	Completed. Classes to start from next academic year.
					2022	Rs 2.18 crore
10	Rajasthan	Setting up of SIHM Dholpur	22.03.2017	Rs 14.35 crore	2017	Rs 5 crore	Rs 14.35 crore	Operational
					2019	Rs 4.88 crore
					2020	Rs 2.47 crore

					2025	Rs 2 crore
11	Uttar Pradesh	Setting up of SIHM Gorakhpur	07.09.2021	Rs 16.5 crore	Nil	Nil		Yet to be Operational
12	Uttarakhand	Setting up of SIHM Ramnagar	13.08.2015	Rs 16.5 crore	2016	Rs 5 crore	Rs 16.5 crore	Operational
					2019	Rs 4 crore
					2021	Rs 2.2 crore
					2022	Rs 2.8 crore
					2023	Rs 2 crore
13	UT of Leh and Ladakh	Upgradation of FCI Leh into SIHM	22.09.2020	Rs 11.75 crore	2021	Rs 4.1 crore	Rs 4.1 crore	Operational

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Hundreds of seats unfilled in hotel management colleges

Hundreds of seats remain unfilled during the last five years across various courses in the operational institutes. Currently, a total of 7 State Institute of Hotel Management (SIHM) and 1 Food Craft Institutes are operational.

College	Courses	Number of seats available	Number of students enrolled
SIHM Jabalpur	BSc	60	38
	Diploma in FP	40	27
	Diploma in FBS	40	7
	Diploma in FO	30	5
	Diploma in HK	30	0
	Diploma in BC	40	9
	Craft CFPP	40	0
	Craft CFBS	40	0
SIHM Dharamshala	BSc	60	30
	Diploma in FP	50	55
	Diploma in FBS	50	28
	Diploma in FO	50	14
	Diploma in HK	50	0
	Diploma in BC	50	8
SIHM Deoghar	Diploma in FP	30	20
	Diploma in FBS	30	0
	Diploma in HK	40	0
	Diploma in BC	30	0
	Craft CFPP	30	0
SIHM Ramnagar	BSc	60	6
	Diploma in FP	30	6
	Diploma in FBS	30	2
	Diploma in BC	30	5
SIHM Jhalawar	Diploma in FBS	30	15
SIHM Jhalawar	Diploma in FO	30	26
SIHM Sawai Madhopur	Diploma in FBS	30	27
SIHM Sawai Madhopur	Diploma in FO	30	29
SIHM Dholpur	Diploma in FBS	30	18
SIHM Dholpur	Diploma in FO	30	14
FCI Leh	Diploma in FP	20	7
	Diploma in FBS	20	0
	Diploma in FO	20	7
	Diploma in HK	20	3

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