IHCL to integrate Emversity's Bachelor's degree program students in select hotels

NEW DELHI: Tata Group-owned Indian Hotels Company Ltd on Friday announced a partnership with Emversity, under which students enrolled in the higher education platform’s Bachelor’s degree programs will be integrated into IHCL hotels across Jaipur, Kochi, Hyderabad, and Chennai. The 'work-integrated' model offers students classroom instruction during the first semester, followed by 2.5 years of full-time internship in key hotel operations such as Front Office, Housekeeping, and Food & Beverage Service.

Gaurav Pokhariyal, Executive Vice President & Chief Human Resources Officer, Indian Hotels Company Ltd (IHCL), said, "As we continue to scale, partners like Emversity are instrumental in nurturing the next generation of talent for the industry".

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Founder & CEO, Emversity, Vivek Sinha said, "Our collaboration with IHCL exemplifies the power of industry-academia integration. By embedding students within IHCL's world-class hotel ecosystem, we are enhancing their employability and setting a benchmark for practical, career-focused education". Around 140 students will be on-boarded through the partnership this fiscal, with plans to scale across seven additional IHCL hotels from the next financial year.