Institute of Hotel Management, Catering Technology and Applied Nutrition

The Institute of Hotel Management, Catering Technology and Applied Nutrition (IHM Mumbai) is a hospitality education institute in Mumbai, India. Its official website states it was founded on June 27, 1954 by the All India Women's Central Food Council under the leadership of Smt. Lilavati Munshi, and describes it as the oldest school of hospitality and the first of its kind in South East Asia. It offers short-term and long-term courses, including a B.Sc H & HA Program.

According to the institute's official website, IHM Mumbai was founded on June 27, 1954 by the All India Women's Central Food Council under the leadership of Smt. Lilavati Munshi, and is considered the pioneer in hospitality education in India. The About page states it was the first of its kind in Asia, with humble beginnings in an old army barrack of Bhavans College campus, Versova. Its initial aim was to provide nutritious food to the common people at economical rates during a drought, which led to a chain of Annapoornas (restaurants) and the formation of the All India Women's Central Food Council. The need for trained personnel led to the creation of a training institute; classes commenced in 1954 at Bhavan's College Campus, Andheri with six students. The homepage states the institute has changed and grown over its 67 years in hospitality education.

Described by its official website as the oldest school of hospitality, the first of its kind in South East Asia, and rated as the best institute of hospitality in the country.

• B.Sc H & HA Program

1. 1Indexihmctan.edu
2. 2About usihmctan.edu
3. 3Institute of Hotel Management, Catering Technology and Applied Nutritionwikidata.org