SIMSS runs various programmes comprising Bachelor’s Degree, Master’s Degree and Diploma in Hotel Management and Bachelor’s Degree and Master’s Degree in Travel and Tourism

Since 1981, Swosti, a premium brand in the hospitality and tourism industry, has been promoting the hospitality and tourism potential of Odisha across the world. In its constant endeavour to provide high standard services in the hospitality sector and looking at the acute shortage of trained and skilled manpower, Swosti Group, after over 40 years of service in the field of hotels, resorts and travels, entered the hospitality education sector with Swosti Institute of Management & Social Studies (SIMSS). This was in 2013 and the idea was to make a world-class institution based on a unique blend of traditional as well as modern values. 

SIMSS runs various programmes comprising Bachelor’s Degree, Master’s Degree and Diploma in Hotel Management and Bachelor’s Degree and Master’s Degree in Travel and Tourism. Apart from other ongoing courses such as Craft Courses in Food Production, F&B Service/ Housekeeping, SIMSS is planning to introduce various new courses like Skill Development programmes, SPA Management, Bar Management, MCA/PG Diploma in Computer Science, SAP & Tally courses, MBA, Rural Management, Guide Training, learning foreign languages like French, German, Chinese, Italian and Spanish. It also offers short-term specialisation courses of core departments. 

“For aspiring candidates, there are a few new hospitality programmes like DDU-GKY (Deen Dayal Upadhaya Grameen Kaushalya Yojna) and Hunar Se Rozgar Tak (HSRT), which aim to skill rural youth and provide them proper guidance to build their career,” says Prof SK Jena, Principal, SIMSS.

On how SIMSS is different from competing institutes in hospitality sector, Jena shares, “It’s a wise decision to study at SIMSS as it is a part of Swosti Group of Hotels and offers opportunities to students to help them learn more and explore new frontiers.” 

SIMSS, he adds, is dedicated to impart quality education and training to students, inculcate high moral, ethical and professional standards among students achieving excellence through active student teacher participation and prepare globally competitive managers and professionals with quality, service, leadership and human values.

This article was published in BW hotelier issue dated '' with cover story titled 'BW HOTELIER - THE TALENT POOL SPECIAL'