Excelsior Correspondent
JAMMU, May 7: Career Counselling and Placement cell of Government MAM College conducted a webinar on “Tourism as a Career Option: A way to Atamnirbhar Bharat” under the ‘Azadi ka Amrut Mahotsav’ program.
The webinar was conducted under the patronage of Principal Prof Sunil Uppal. He emphasized that even with imminent fluctuations in the economy, the hospitality industry has always shown great resilience in its business and has even managed to survive when other sectors have not. He said the hospitality industry is expected to continue growing in the future as technological advancements continue to be on the increase.
Dr Suvidha Khanna, Assistant Professor in the school of Hospitality and Tourism Management, University of Jammu was the Resource Person for the event. She spoke in detail as to how tourism can be opted as a career choice. She also motivated the students to opt tourism as a career choice because it comes with its own set of advantages like good salary, adventurous, satisfactory hikes and one gets to know more about cultures.
She also encouraged the students to become enterpreneurs rather than job seekers. “Students can try their hands in diverse tourism options like food service management, event management, accommodation and hospitality management,” she said and also talked about the pivotal role that tourism can play in the revival of the Covid -19 hit economy.
The webinar was followed by an interactive session where students in large numbers posed their queries to the Resource Person.
The programme was anchored by Prof Bharti Salathia, convenor of the Career Counselling Cell. The programme concluded with the formal vote of thanks presented by Vijeeta Anand, Prof Banpreet Kour (convener Placement Cell).
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