Former MD and Regional Vice President of Starwood Hotels & Resorts South Asia, Dilip Puri today announced setting up of his hospitality education venture - Indian School of Hospitality (ISH).
The campus, which is under development in Gurugram, will be ready by May 2018, in time for the first intake of students in August, 2018. "The decision to foray in the education was due to true desire to give back to the society", Puri told PTI in a telephonic conversation. ISH has raised around Rs 25 crore in its first round of funding from HNI investors, he added. The institute has entered into a partnership with Lausanne Hospitality Consulting (LHC) for curriculum development and faculty training in preparation for an academic certification by Ecole hôtelière de Lausanne (EHL), ISH said in a statement.
The campus, which is under development in Gurugram, will be ready by May 2018, in time for the first intake of students in August, 2018. "The decision to foray in the education was due to true desire to give back to the society", Puri told PTI in a telephonic conversation. ISH has raised around Rs 25 crore in its first round of funding from HNI investors, he added. The institute has entered into a partnership with Lausanne Hospitality Consulting (LHC) for curriculum development and faculty training in preparation for an academic certification by Ecole hôtelière de Lausanne (EHL), ISH said in a statement.