GARIMA PARKASH

Dean-Vatel Hotel and Tourism Business School Ansal University, Gurugram

As far as the delivery of course curriculum, the conduct of classes, the class tests and the evaluation thereof are concerned, these activities were carried out in the same way as is usually done during the days of normal functioning at the college premises. The academic rigour was not lost as the time table as originally planned at the beginning of the semester was adhered to with precision and exactitude.

Practical sessions on bread-making and egg cooking were held straight from the well-equipped domestic kitchens of Chefs Sunil Kumar and Chef Saurav Arora. What’s more, a few guest lectures by external resources and live demonstrations were also conducted online in which the students took a lot of interest and asked relevant questions. Two Faculty Development Programmes were held wherein the faculty members themselves became students of our own resources and learnt a lot. The faculty members’ performance appraisal was also done online – quite to the satisfaction of the team members. Students were quite at ease as they studied within the comfort of their house. Though, as is a pre-requisite of a hotel management course, they had to attend these classes formally in a state of full grooming and hygiene.

Being optimistic, about the pedagogical activities being carried out as laid down in the course structures, we do sincerely hope, as long as the things are completely eased out, would work out very well. We have not experienced loss of any amount of academic objectivity and consistency as all the academic processes were time-bound and had to be completed on the prescribed dates. In addition, the recruitment of new HM students for the Academic Year 2020 – 2024 is also taking place regularly as they are being interviewed online. The existing students, on their part are submitting their semester fees as per the stipulated dates.

The academic rigour was not lost as the time table as originally planned at the beginning of the semester was adhered to with precision”