Tourism and Travel management

The Tourism and Travel management is the most upcoming industry today. The tourism industry has a lot of new types of emerging jobs apart from the traditional ones. The increasing demand for professionals in the travel, tourism and hospitality industry have given rise to innumerable career opportunities. The different types of jobs and aspiring professional can look forward to in Airline, airport, Travel- agencies, cargo , Agencies, Tourism Department, Car Rental companies, Cargo and courier companies, Import – Export houses, Customs clearing & Forwarding Agent, Transporters, Hotel & Restaurants, Fast Food Chain , BPO.s /Call-Centres, Multinational Companies, etc. Our 3 years Degree course (Major) of Tourism & Travel Management has been launched keeping in mind the up- coming market. Our aim and objective is to create professionally trained man – power in the field of travel, tourism, hospitality and other related service.  

Affiliation:	Vidyasagar University of West – Bengal
Eligibility:	Candidate must have passed in Higher Secondary under West Bengal Council of Higher Secondary Education (10+2) or its equivalent examination from any other Board / University.
Admission Procedure:	Admission is conducted directly as per the norms of Vidyasagar University.
Seat Capacity:	There are 30 seats in General. 5 seats may be filled for industry sponsored candidates. The rules for reservation will be followed as per the existing West Bengal Rules.

Job opportunity for students after completing Tourism and Travel management Course are plenty. The Table below outline, some of the different types of jobs. The Table below outline, some of the different types of jobs.

Organization	Category of Personnel
AIRLINES	Traffic Assistants, Reservation & Counter Executives, Air hostesses and Flight Pursers, Revenue Accountants, sales & Marketing Executives
AIRPORTS	Airport operations executives, Ground handling Executives, Ramp agents, Check – in and Ticketing agents
TRAVEL AGENCIES AND TOUR OPERATORS	Reservation and Counter Executives, Sales & Marketing Executives , tour Executives & Escorts
CAR RENTALS	Reservation and Counter Executives, Sales & Marketing Executives, Fleet Management executive.
TOURISM ORGANIZATIONS	Reservation and Counter Executives, Sales & Marketing Executives, Tour Guides.
HOTELS	Front office Assistants, Executive Housekeeper, Restaurant Managers, Lobby / Guest Relation managers and captains.
FAST FOOD CHAINS	Counter Executives, Lobby Supervisors, F & B Executives
MONEY CHANGERS	Sales & Marketing Executive, Operations Executives
CARGO/ COURIER AGENCIES	Counter Executives, Sales & Marketing Executives, Clearing & Forwarding Agents, Airport Duty Officers
TRANPORTERS	Counter Executive, Sales & Marketing Executives.
BPO’S/CALL CENTRE	Voice / Internet Agents, Shifts Supervisors, Customer Relation Executives
CRS/GDS ORGANIZATIONS	Help Desk Executives, Sales & Marketing Executives, Operations Executives
IMPORT – EXPORT HOUSES, CARGO C& F AGENTS & HANDLING AGENTS CUSTOM HOUSE AGENT	Import- Export Executives, Documentation Executives, Shipping & Packaging Executives, Marketing executives, Import- export Executives, Clearing & Forwarding executives
MULTINATIONAL COMPANIES	Sales & Marketing Executives, customer Relation Executives, Advertising & Publicity Executives.

Government Organisation:

A student with Travel & Tourism background may join in different state & Central Govt. Organizations through public service commission examination. Ministry of Tourism Govt. Of India also organise guide training course for Central and regional level Tourist Guide.

Academic Field:

After completion Travel & Tourism Management Course (Bachelor & Master Degree) student can join education institution as a faculty. Student can join M. Phil, Ph. D and Research work.

Job Placement

Institution Provide Placement Assistance to the every student in Government and Non – Govt. Travel Tourism Organisation. Our mission is to provide quality training and to shape our student to be readily deployable by the industries, to meet the growing demand for trained manpower in the intrinsic competitive knowledge industry. The cell regularly arrange personality development programmes, mock interview, training and industrial visit for student. There are a lot of scope and opportunity in reputed organisation like Oberoi, Taj, ITC, Marriot, the park, Radition, Jet Airways, Cox & kings, SOTC and other major players in the industry. This cell, apart from the normal training and placement activities have a frequent personal interaction with the students to understand and realize their problems better and try to solve effectively and boosting their confidence in every aspect.

Field Trip:

There is field trip during the course. This trip is compulsory part for the 3rd year student of Travel & Tourism Management. The Department is accordingly arranged for field trip within and outside the state. Before appearing in the final exam each student is required to submit field report as their individual project report showing their views and experience us on the subject.

Job Training:

As per existing guide line of the university, each student is required to undertake for at least three months of practical training in tourism enterprise: (e.g. travel agency, tour operation unit, hotel, transportation unit, etc).

Tourism organization:

Government organization. (Ministry of Tourism Office Govt. Of West Bengal)

Private organization:

Travel & Tourism Organisation.

Airline- Ticketing Training Course:

Each student is required to undertake Airline- Ticketing Training Course (Global Distribution system – AMEDEUS)

Tourism workshop and seminar

Student should be attend Tourism Workshop & Seminar time to time.

Computer Facility

There is a sophisticated computer laboratory with LAN and Broad-Brand Facilities for easy access to the internet. The laboratory is equipped with recent application software as use in the industry.

Library Facility

The depart has separate library as per the current need of the students and faculty members. The college library can also be accessed on need bases. The library has a separate section with CD s & DVD s on various tourism Topic.

Assessment

Student are assess on the basis of written examination, project work and internal assessment. There are three internal assessments with viva through presentation between the yearly final examinations.

Examination:

Name	Designation	Faculty Image	Details
Soumen Mullick	Guest Faculty
Anirban Sau	Guest Faculty

Tourism and Travel management Syllabus

COURSE FEES STRUCTURE:

YEAR	FIRST INSTALMENT	SECOND INSTALMENT	THIRD INSTALMENT	TOTAL
1^stYEAR	RS: 5000	RS: 5000	RS: 4800	14,800
2^nd YEAR	RS: 5000	RS: 5000	RS: 4800	14,800
3^rd YEAR	RS: 5000	RS: 5000	RS: 4800	14,800

Achievement of Tourism Students: 2018

Students	Year	Organization & Institution	Work & Activity
UPAL GIRI	2018	SITA ONLINE TRAVEL CORPORATION	VISA DOCUMENTATION SECTION (WORK AS AN EXECUTIVE)
MISHA MAITY	2018	GLOBAL ACCESS TRAVEL TOURS	ENTRANCES SHIP TRAINING & WORK AS AN EXECUTIVE
ANUPRIYA DEY	2018	GLOBAL ACCESS TRAVEL & TOURS	ENTRANCES SHIP TRAINING & WORK AS AN EXECUTIVE
SANKAR DAS	2018	KUNDU TOURISM	TOUR OPERATOR
SNENASIS KARAN	2018	SITA ONLINE TRAVEL CORPORATION (SOTC)	WORK AS AN EXECUTIVE (VISA & DOCUMENTATION SECTION)
SIRSENDU BIKASH KHATUA	2018	SITA ONLINE TRAVEL CORPORATION (SOTC)	VISA DOCUMENTATION SECTION
SABYASACHI KHAN ROY	2018	KUNDU TOURISM	ASSISTANT TOUROPERATOR

Achievement of Tourism Students: 2017

Students	Year	Organization & Institution	Work and Activity
MD. SAHID LASKAR	2017	Indian institute of Tourism & travel management ( IITTM, Gwalior)	Pursuing MBA under IITTM (Gwalior)
SUBRATA MONDAL	2017	SITA ONLINE TRAVEL CORPORATION (SOTC)	Seals operation executive
TOUSIF ALI MONDAL	2017	Indian institute of Tourism & travel management ( IITTM, Gwalior)	Pursuing MBA under IITTM (Gwalior)
MANISHA ADAK	2017	Weekytrip Online Travel Agency(Haldia)	Seals & marketing Executive
DEBABRATA JANA	2017	Utkal University (Odisha)	Pursuing MBA under Utkal university (Odisha)
SRILEKHA BANARJEE	2017	Haldia Tourism Office	Front Office Management
SUBHAJIT JANA	2017	Indian institute of Tourism & travel management ( IITTM, Gwalior)	Pursuing MBA under IITTM (Gwalior)

Achievement of Tourism Students: 2016

Students	Year	Organization & Institution	Work and Activity
SUDIP KUMAR DAS	2016	ROYAL TOUR TRAVELS (MECHEDA)	TOUR MANAGER
SUBHADEEP MUKHARJEE	2016	UNIGLOBE TRAVEL	MARKETING EXECUTIVE
SOUVIK DUTTA	2016	ANKUR TOUR TRAVELS AMELIYA TOURISM	MARKETING EXECUTIVE OF ANKUR TOUR TRAVELS. MANAGER AT AMELIYA
MOUSAM MASANTA	2016	SISIR TOUR TRAVELS KUNDU TOURISM BURDWAN UNIVERSITY(MBA	TOUR GUIDE PURSUING MBA

ACHIEVEMENTS OF TOURISMSTUDENTS

(TOURISM & TRAVEL MANAGEMENT DEPARTMENT)

	SUBHADIP TRIPATHY	BUSINESS OWNER OF BENGAL TRAVEL POINT
	KULDIP PRADHAN	WORKS AT THOMAS COOK INDIA
	PULAK DINDA	WORKS USHA BRECO LTD.
	NIMESH SINGH	WORKS IN SINGAPORE
	AMAL BARI	FACULTY OF SUBHAS BOSE INSTITUTE OF HOTEL MANAGEMENT (KOLKATA)
	MUSTAK KHAN	TOUR MANAGER OF PARADISE TOURS & TRAVELS, ANDAMAN

STUDENTS TRAINING CERTIFICATE