Setting up of New Tourism Colleges

The Ministry of Tourism (MoT) has so far sanctioned 12 Institutes of Hospitality Management in the North Eastern States, list of these Institutes are at Annexure. Out of these Central Institute of Hotel Management, Guwahati, Central Institute of Hotel Management, Shillong, State Institute of Hotel Management, Gangtok and Food Craft Institute, Nawgaon are operational.

 The State Government/Union Territory Administrations have been advised by the MoT to set up Hospitality Development Boards if the same do not exist in their respective States/Union Territories. The State Government of Maharashtra has reportedly setup Hospitality Development and Promotion Board.

List of Institutes in North Eastern States for which Central Financial Assistance has been granted by MoT.

1. Central Institute of Hotel Management, Guwahati , Assam
2. State Institute of Hotel Management, Itanagar, Arunachal Pradesh
3. State Institute of Hotel Management, Imphal, Manipur
4. Central Institute of Hotel Management, Shillong, Meghlaya
5. State Institute of Hotel Management, Aizawl, Mizoram
6. State Institute of Hotel Management, Dimapur, Nagaland
7. State Institute of Hotel Management, Gangtok, Sikkim
8. State Institute of Hotel Management, Agartala, Tripura
9. State Institute of Hotel Management, Jorhat, Assam
10. Food Craft Institute, Nawgaon, Assam
11. Food Craft Institute, Tura, Meghlaya
12. Food Craft Institute, Namchi, Sikkim