The eastern regional branch of the Indian Institute of Tourism and Travel Management (IITTM), which provides postgraduate diploma in management courses in Tourism and Travel Management and International Business (Tourism and logistics), is now onwards going to conduct the entire admission process regionally creating more opportunities for Odia aspirants.
Though the institute was having its full-fledged operation here since 1996, the entire admission process was done centrally by its headquarters in Gwalior and, hence, a lot of Odia aspirants were not able to get admission because of the tougher all-India level competition.
The institute’s Nodal Officer Dr Sarat Kumar lenka said the admission for Post Graduate Diploma in ‘Travel and Tour Management’ and ‘International Business Management’ is now open.The Bhubaneswar centre of the institute is the only regional centre for the eastern and north-eastern States.
The centre is the second oldest of the Indian Institute of Tourism and Travel Management (IITTM) which is named after the State’s famous freedom fighter Baji Raut.The institute offers 100 per cent free education to a topper boy and a topper girl from each batch.