Oberoi Group Visited Department of Hospitality of Lovely Professional University

The senior representatives of the largest and finest Hospitality chains in the world, the Oberoi Group, visited Lovely Professional University. The objective was to share with the students about the subtle awareness in regard to the Hospitality Industry and talk about career opportunities with the Oberoi Group. They made a pre- recruitment presentation for the aspiring young professionals of the University. About three hundred students of Hospitality & Management Programmes attended it.

Col JS Chauhan, HR Manager, Oberoi Group, who led the representing team, made a fruitful presentation about the recruitment procedures to the Group and also interacted with the students on hospitality as an Industry. Students were well acquainted with the Oberoi Center of Learning and Development (OCLD) Training Programmes which are considered a benchmark for international excellence within the hotel industry. Mr Chauhan elaborated: “There are three courses, Guest Services Management, Housekeeping Management & Kitchen Management. All of these lead to a first posting as an Operations Executive with The Oberoi Group. These provide an opportunity to be trained by the finest professionals in the hotel business.” Mr. Partap Sharma, HR Executive, and Mr. Rajesh Rawat, HR Supervisor, Oberoi Group, accompanied him. They also helped the students for their queries made.

On this occasion, the Director General of the University, Er.HR Singla, said: “The Department of Hospitality of the University is growing every Year. It has already tied up with Thames Valley University, UK (TVU) of international repute in Hospitality Sector. The present visit by the senior officials of the best group in Asia, Oberoi Group, has much to make the students learn. This effort of the University is to develop, upgrade the quality of training and professional skills of the related students.”

Two of the participating students Anureet and Nasir said: “We are very happy to get boosting and necessary information through a great group which is recognised for its leadership and excellence in hospitality and also for its training and development practices. The way they were impressed by the involvement and solid interaction of the students, we are certain that the ‘Group’ under its Campus Placement Drive will imbibe a maximum number of students from among us.”