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Established in 2019-20
Program: Bachelor in Tourism &Travel Management(BATTM)
Combinations offered: Tourism (Pol. Science, English, Hindi, Geography Journalism)
Sanctioned post: 01
Filled post: 01

Vision:

The Department of Tour and Travel at Govt. College Bilaspur envisions becoming a leading center of excellence in imparting quality education in the field of Tourism and Travel. We aim to inspire students to pursue Tourism as a major subject in Higher Education, fostering creativity, research orientation, and holistic knowledge. Our vision is to create a platform for students to showcase their talents, enhance communication skills, and contribute to the growth of the tourism industry.

Mission:

Our mission is to provide a comprehensive and enriching educational experience for students in the field of Tourism and Travel. We are committed to fostering a learning environment that promotes creativity, critical thinking, and research skills. We strive to empower our students with the necessary knowledge and skills to excel in the dynamic and competitive tourism industry. Through our mission, we aim to contribute to the overall development of individuals and society.

Objectives:

Impart Quality Education: To offer a curriculum that meets the highest educational standards, ensuring students receive quality education in the field of Tourism and Travel.
Inspire Interest in Tourism: To encourage students to opt for Tourism as a major subject in Higher Education by organizing awareness programs and interactive sessions.
Promote Creativity and Research: To cultivate a creative and research-oriented mindset among students through innovative teaching methods and projects.
Provide Platform for Talents: To create opportunities for students to showcase their talents and creativity, fostering a sense of pride and accomplishment.
Empower with Holistic Knowledge: To empower students with comprehensive knowledge, skills, and values essential for success in the tourism industry, as well as to improve their communication skills.

Future Plans:

Syllabus Oriented Seminars and Workshops: Conducting seminars and workshops aligned with the syllabus to enhance students' understanding and practical knowledge.
Impart Employability Skills: Providing specialized training to enhance employability skills and prepare students for successful careers in the tourism sector.
Offer Trainings/Internships: Facilitating practical exposure through industry internships and training programs to bridge the gap between theoretical knowledge and industry requirements.
Publish Tourism Magazine: Creating a college-level tourism magazine to promote research, writing, and publication skills among students.
Inculcate Social Awareness and Leadership: Integrating social awareness initiatives and leadership development programs to instill a sense of responsibility and leadership qualities among students.

Vikas Chandel

Assistant Professor (HOD)

Master in Tourism Administration - 2013

JRF/ NET- 2016

HPSET – 2017

Teaching Experience -4 Years

Industrial experience – 2 Years

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Program Outcomes

Generating Skilled Resource for Various Avenues in Tourism Sector: To play a significant role in generating expert work force for tourism industry at local, national and international level by providing skills in planning, packaging, and pricing based on market requirements etc.
Imbibing Competencies for Global Exposure: To expose students to competencies required in developed and developing countries in concerned areas along with all relevant issues.
Leadership Qualities and Discipline: To fortify skills in the field of research, leadership, entrepreneurship, travel agency management, event management and transportation management.
Technical Experiential Life Long Learning with Innovation and Creativity: To provide specialized technical training and exposure to make the student competent, professional at national and international level through experiential learning and imbibe the quality of innovation and creativity for life-long learning.
Professional Ethics: To prepare student for industry / academia by getting them trained in all the aspects related to professional ethics.

Program Specific Outcomes

Global Work Environment: To assess the challenges and opportunities of working effectively with diverse people in a global environment.
Technical Competencies: To attain the supervisory skills and technical competencies necessary to meet the needs of ever demanding Tourism sector at regional and national level
Fundamental Knowledge: To identify the diverse nature of tourism including cultural place, global/local perspectives, experience design and provision.
Impact of Information Technology: To implement the knowledge of information technology and its implications for the advancement of tourism and travel operations globally.
Emerging Trends: To understand the products and structure of the tourist industry and its contemporary business environment including the operation of the tourist market, current global tourism trends, issues and policies.
Business Management Knowledge: To apply business principles as well as basic accounting, budgeting, financial and administration skills to support the effective management and operation of a variety of organizations delivering tourism products and services.
ResearchKnowledge:Toobtaintheunderstandingofundertakingqualitativeandquantitative research as major independent work for the purpose of market study, trend and growth analysis, projections etc.

Communication: To communicate effectively through report writing, documentation and effective presentations
Leadership Skills: To develop a range of leadership skills and abilities such as motivating others, leading changes, and resolving conflict.
Tourism Linkages: To understand inter- componential relationships between the major components of tourism and allied sectors.
Advance Employability Skills: To enhance skills for future employability through activities such as seminar, industrial visit, internship, dissertation.
Professional Ethics: To develop critical thinking abilities and a foundation of ethical principles to work ethically and professionally with people of diverse backgrounds

Course Outcomes

1^st Year

Sl.

Course

Code

Title of Course

Course Outcomes

TTMC101

Introduction of Travel and Tourism Management

To introduce and familiarize the concept of tourism.
To elaborate on how tourism originated
To elucidate the different travel motivations and components of tourism
To analyze the impacts of tourism–economic, environmental and socio-cultural
To throw light on the changing scenario of the tourism industry

TTMC102

Tourism Resources of India

This course aims at developing the knowledge of Tourism Products, Assets and Resources of India. The module aims at creating a systemized method of classifying the various products and resources and examining them. To develop the knowledge of Tourism Products, Assets and Resources of India
To create a systemized method of classifying the various products and resources and examining them.

Course Outcomes

2^ndYear

Sl. No	Course Code	Title of Course	Course Outcomes
1.	TTMC201	Travel Agency &Tour Operation	To impart the professional knowledge to meet the requirements of travel and tourism industry. To provide the students with an understanding of the role, function and operation of organization in travel trade and transport sectors. Travel agency and tour operation is offered with an objective to understand the relevance of tourism business as an important stakeholder in the tourism segment. The modules are developed to enhance specialized knowhow on the technical aspects of travel business with practical approach. Travel agency and tour operation business comprehensively examines the theoretical and applied dimensions of business practices in the current context of tourism with a global perspective. The paper provides the students with an understanding of the role, function and operation of organization in travel trade and transport sectors.
2.	TTMC202	Tourism Marketing	This course provide the students with an understanding of the concept of Tourism marketing and its applications on product development, pricing promoting, and selling and distribution of tourism products consisting of airlines, international travel, ground transportation, cruising, hotel and lodging, restaurants, and tours. Students will learn the importance of hospitality and tourism marketing. To learn the basic marketing concepts and its applications in tourism sector. Students will also be able to understand the significance of tourism marketing and develop the mass successful marketing professionals.
3.	TTMC204	Tourism Organizations & Associations	This subject intends to introduce new concepts and terminologies used in the Tourism Industry, throws light on the different components of tourism, formalities and regulations followed as well as role of tourism organizations. It even explains the future of the Tourism Industry with reference to new trends and issues.
4.	TTMC205	Field Tour ( 100 % Internal Assessment)	To give students the practical exposure of Itinerary making and ground reality of handling a tour. Students are also expected to submit a report after the Field tour and leaning outcomes are discussed in detail Covering all aspects of Tour, Such as Tour Costing etc

Course Outcomes

3rd Year

Sl. No	Course Code	Title of Course	Course Outcomes
1.	TTMC301	Tourism Guiding/ Escort Services	Gather, resolve and interpret information about tourism guidance. Apply core values and principles related with tourism guidance. Plan, implement and supervise a tour. Plan activities for professional development of employees in tourism Apply service the fundamentals of tour guidance considering the satisfaction of tourists. Know and apply the rules of group management. Comply with ethical and social values in the field of tourism guidance.
2.	TTMC308	Hotel and Resort Management	To expose students to global practices in hospitality industry To equip students with relevant trade skills and knowledge to meet the challenges of hospitality industry. To understand the structure, dynamics of hotel industry, hospitality management linkages. The course also exposes students to global practices in hospitality industry. It also equips students with relevant trade skills and knowledge to meet the challenges of hospitality industry.
3.	TTMC309	Writing Skills for Tourism	To introduce various aspects of reporting, from understanding how travel news is constructed, to how to report various travel news stories. Editing will also bean important component of the paper that will go a long with Reporting. Editing will help the students to understand how travel related news will flow in the newspaper organization, what changes will have to be done on the news, and finally how the various elements, including the news and photographs are presented in a pleasing manner through the page design.

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