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Post Graduate Diploma in Management (Tourism & Leisure)

Offered at NIntroduction

Post Graduate Diploma in Management (PGDM) is a programme of Indian Institute of Tourism and Travel Management (IITTM) approved by AICTE and is equivalent to MBA programme.
This course offers a flexible approach to human resource development in the fast evolving tourism and leisure scenario. Its structure is adaptive and caters to the career goals of students- both the fresh graduates as well as those seeking betterment in the current position. The course contents are a judicious mix of tourism and leisure specific knowledge and skill inputs, being developed in the background of fast evolving tourism scenario. The scope and diversity of tourism and leisure segments is such that the graduates have a variety of employment options and growth avenues.
This PGDM of IITTM shall focus on management of tourism and leisure.

Objectives

The programme of study aims at preparing graduates for taking up employment in a business organisation or self employment and / or carrying forward their family businesses. The objectives of this programme of study are manifold-

Provide comprehensive perspective on fast evolving leisure and tourism environment
Develop in-depth knowledge in the leisure, recreation and tourism products/offerings with special focus on adventure tourism
Objectively understand the complex industrial structure of these segments
Develop strategic knowledge and skills to manage the burgeoning leisure seekers in general and adventure tourists in particular
Appreciate importance of team work, leadership qualities, cross-cultural communication
Inculcate values and principles for ethical and sustainable business practices.
Equip and enable learners to start a new tourism and travel related business venture

Accordingly, the programme has a large component of working in real world situations under the careful guidance of mentors.

Course Structure

This is an intensive programme of study of 2 academic sessions.
The programme shall be divided into four semesters. There are three taught semesters and one semester of on-the-job training. There shall be an examination at the end of each taught semester.
Each taught semester shall comprise of nine courses, each of three hours per week equivalent teaching obligation and equal amount of self study.
This programme is a whole time programme of the Indian Institute of Tourism and Travel Management

Eligibility

Candidates seeking admission to the PGDM programme shall be required to possess a bachelor’s degree in any discipline with 50 % marks in aggregate of a University or equivalent thereto (45 % for SC/ST/PH).

Admission process

Admission to the programme shall be through an admission process of 100 points.
A weight of 70% shall be for the performance in a centralised All India Admission Test.
Another 15% points each are for Personal Interview (PI) and Group Discussion (GD) respectively. Merit for admission to the programme shall be determined by the institute.

Seats and reservation

Admission will be offered on 60 (sixty) seats in each batch.
There will be reservation for SC/ST/PH candidates as per rules of the institute/ Government of India

Scheme of instruction, evaluation and progression

There shall be three semesters of taught programmes. Each taught semester is of 4-5 months duration.
Total credits for the programmes are equivalent to 32 courses. Each course of 32-35 hours instruction and equal hours of self study.
Each course of 3 hours duration (per week) is of 100 marks. Each taught semester is of 900 marks. The total marks for whole programme are 3200.
Each course shall be evaluated in part on the basis of internal assessment by the concerned teacher administering 3 feedback tests normally after 10-11 hours of teaching. Each test shall be of 20 marks, two best out of these three shall determine the internal assessment score of the candidate in the course concerned (total 40 marks). Feedback test may be a written exam, quiz, presentation, exercise, essay, personal interview etc. as considered relevant by the teacher concerned.
There shall be a semester-end external examination of 60 marks. There is no fixed pattern of question paper. Depending up on the demands of the course, a question paper may be designed.
Courses 401 and 402 shall be evaluated as per scheme given in syllabus.
To pass each taught semester a student shall have to score 40 % marks in each course and also 50% marks in aggregate (of all the courses in the semester, 9 in this case) internal and external marks taken together.
A student will be Allowed To Keep Term (ATKT) to next semester if he obtains 50% marks in aggregate and fails in not more than 3 courses of the semester.
A student who fails in one or more courses will appear for the exams with the subsequent same semester examinations.
Wherever a student appears at an ATKT examination s/he will do so according to the syllabus at that time and fulfill the requirements of the course in force at that time.
A student can hold at most 6 ATKTs (back courses) of all previous semesters at any point of time to be promoted to next semester.
A student must pass all his/ her courses within 4 years of admission to the programme.

Practical exercises and trainings

Programme shall increasingly depend up on practical exercises and trainings as a part of pedagogy.

Intervening period between second and third semester shall be used for summer training in an industrial/business unit
Learners shall be required to undertake study tours and prepare project reports.
During the fourth semester students shall undertake an on-the-job training with a company. Training outcome and project report shall be equivalent to 400 marks.
Another 100 marks are for summer training project report based on training undertaken between second and third semester.

Specializations to be offered

This programme shall offer dual specialisation.
Student will have a choice to opt for two specializations from amongst Travel trade, Events management, and Adventure tourism.
Electives will be offered during second and third semesters.
Center however, depending upon its resources, shall decide whether or not to offer a particular specialisation in any academic session.

Attendance

A student to be eligible to appear at final examination must have at least 75% attendance in the concerned course. A relaxation of 15% may be allowed by the Director on grounds on ill-health and other reasons and engagements

Minimum number of classes per week/per paper

Each of the nine courses in the semester shall have an obligation equal to 3 hours per week. Chair shall organise non-credit course, seminars, syndicated exercises, assignments, etc. as and when required.

Programme structure

As in Annexure A
Curriculum development is a continuous process. Course structure for Semester III and IV may change subject to recommendations of Faculty Councilew Delhi

Annexure A:
Programme structure for PGDM (TL) programme of
Indian Institute of Tourism and Travel Management, Gwalior

Code	Area	Nomenclature	Hours per week	Internal assessment	External assessment	Total marks
Semester 1
L-101	Foundations of leisure, recreation and tourism		3	40	60	100
L-102	Business communication and personality development-I		3	40	60	100
L-103	Leisure and tourism products of India		3	40	60	100
L 104	Accommodation and food service industry		3	40	60	100
L-105	Introduction to events management		3	40	60	100
L-106	Management concepts and organization behavior		3	40	60	100
L-107	Marketing for leisure and tourism		3	40	60	100
L-108	Geography and international tourism		3	40	60	100
L-109	Business environment for leisure and tourism		3	40	60	100
		Total				900
Semester 2
L-201	Introduction to sports management		3	40	60	100
L-202	Human resource management for leisure		3	40	60	100
L-203	Business communication and personality development-II		3	40	60	100
L-204	Accounting and finance for managers		3	40	60	100
L-205	Consumer behavior, advertising and sales promotion		3	40	60	100
L-206	Information systems and technologies for leisure and tourism		3	40	60	100
L-207	Research methodology		3	40	60	100
L-208	Elective group I- Paper 1		3	40	60	100
L-209	Elective group II- Paper 1		3	40	60	100
		Total				900
Semester 3
L-301	Sustainable tourism- principles and practices		3	40	60	100
L-302	Foreign exchange management for leisure and tourism		3	40	60	100
L-303	Planning and development for leisure and tourism		3	40	60	100
L-304	Entrepreneurship development and management		3	40	60	100
L-305	Strategic management for leisure and tourism industry		3	40	60	100
L-306	Elective group I- Paper 2		3	40	60	100
L-307	Elective group I- Paper 3		3	40	60	100
L-308	Elective group II- Paper 3		3	40	60	100
L-309	Elective group II- Paper 3		3	40	60	100
		Total				900
Semester 4
L-401	Summer training project report		3	50	50	100
L-402	On-the-job training and report		12	200	200	400
		Total				500
		Grand Total				3200

Post Graduate Diploma in Management (Tourism & Leisure)

Annexure A: Programme structure for PGDM (TL) programme of Indian Institute of Tourism and Travel Management, Gwalior

Annexure A:
Programme structure for PGDM (TL) programme of
Indian Institute of Tourism and Travel Management, Gwalior