The Ansal University, one of the top private universities in India, announced the launch of Vatel School of Hospitality in India. Vatel, a top international school of hospitality and hotel management based in France, is being brought to India by Ecole India to leverage their domain expertise in hospitality management education for the first time Indian at their Gurgaon campus.
This signifies a new era in hospitality management for Indian students, as with this, they now gain access to an extensive network of over 31 international schools spread across the Vatel network and over three decades of academic experience.
Speaking at the occasion, laurent Guichoux, academic director, Vatel India said: “France is known as the cuisine capital of Europe. Hospitality is a part of our culture and it’s ingrained in our lives. With over 90 million visitors, France is one of the most visited countries in the world and India with 7 million will only grow. It is in this scenario that Vatel India will help meet the needs of the hospitality industry in a unique way.”
Gracing the occasion, Pranav Ansal, vice chairman, API said: “Our tie-up with Vatel is very relevant keeping in mind that atithi devo bhava or ‘Guest is God’ is one of the major visions for India over the next few years. With the launch of this course, apart from hospitality, students will also have opportunities in luxury retail, events and have many other service industries open up to them. Companies are constantly on the lookout for people with the right service training and who have the right culture and background to meet their requirements. And with our campus in the burgeoning city of Gurgaon, and our tie-up with one of the best hospitality schools in the world, it will definitely help enhance skill sets and give our students a lot of scope and opportunity.”
Sarabjit Singh, CEO, Ecole India which has been instrumental in bringing Vatel to India had this to add about Vatel’s USPs — “With Vatel School of Hospitality management in India, we are bringing that passion from France to India. They have a dedicated French faculty; unique ‘Savoir faire’ manual and a history of 30 years of hospitality training across schools all over the world.
Having 7,000 students studying at Vatel schools; 27,000 alumni; and Marco Polo exchange programme, the school’s USP is their ability to create Vatel school across the world that meet the local needs of the students in that part of the world while preparing them for the international world of hospitality.” Vatel follows the European management methodology for hospitality training and is recognised throughout the world as a guarantee of quality.
Prof Raj S Dhankar, VC, Ansal University said; “It is critically important that we give to our students the best professional and experiential based learning so that they become industry ready. In order to do so we need to have associations and linkages with leading academic institutions of the world. We at Ansal University to help strengthen our hotel management and catering technology program have developed such a linkage with the well-known Vatel School of Hospitality, France.”