hospitality is a career discipline which has gained respectability and recognition in recent times recently india tourism development corporation itdc and amity an institution of ritnand balved education foundation rbef have joined hands to launch the indian school of hospitality ish remarking about the distinct features of ish ashok lohani chairman and managing director itdc said while the hotel management institutes in the country usually offer education at the undergraduate level catering to the requirement of supervisory staff ish will offer courses at the postgraduation pg level and provide higher skills to students enabling to enter the industry at the managerial level the courses offered at ish are pg diploma in tourism management oneyear fulltime programme and pg diploma in hospitality management available as oneyear fulltime programme or twoyear parttime programme chandini luthra senior vicepresident itdc said ish will be an upmarket institute students with itdc certification get preference and are well placed all over world dwelling on the future plans of itdc she said we are looking for international partners to start a bachelors programme in hospitality management atul chauhan president rbef said the programmes will include management skills foreign language event management and behavioural and allied sciences