India’s hospitality and tourism sector is expanding beyond conventional hotel careers, opening opportunities across aviation, cruise tourism, culinary arts, luxury services, events, customer experience, travel and entrepreneurship. This evolution is also changing the role of hospitality education, with students requiring more than academic knowledge to succeed in a competitive, technology-driven and increasingly global industry. Practical exposure, industry engagement and the ability to operate confidently across diverse professional environments are therefore becoming integral to hospitality education. Amid this, NIPS Institute of Hotel Management has built a distinctive journey over more than three decades. Founded in Kolkata in 1993 by Dr. Vivek Pathak, Founder Director, NIPS has evolved from a single institution into a multi-campus organisation with centres in Kolkata, Ranchi, Bhubaneswar and Shillong. Its journey has been driven by a focus on hospitality education, skill...