National Conference:

Tourism and Hospitality in India: Challenges, Potentials, Possibilities and

New Dimensions

INDIRA GANDHI NATIONAL OPEN UNIVERSITY REGIONAL CENTRE BHOPAL

In Collabora�on with

Regional Institute of Education (RIE) NCERT Bhopal & PSS, Central Institute of Vocational Education NCERT

Shamla Hills, Bhopal (M.P.) 462013

Organized by

Venue : Auditorium, PSSCIVE, Shamla Hills, Bhopal - 462013Date of Na�onal Conference : 15th & 16th September 2017

BackgroundTourism sector is an important source of income for a region and country. Tourism is an essential activity to the life of nations because of its direct impact on the social, cultural, educational and economic sectors and on international relations. Hospitality is also one of the parts of tourism. Today global industry depends not only on tourism but also depends on the quality of Hospitality provided to International Travelers. Tourism and hospitality are the highest employment generators for many countries of the world. India is having immense natural resources, spiritual environment, cultural heritage and historical importance but in spite of such huge potential and possibilities, we are not optimally utilizing such possibility of tourism and hospitality. As fsr as World Tourism Report 2016 is concerned, India is still not comes under 10 destination (Countries) as most visited by the international travelers. Recently the Union Government of India has taken many initiative like “Swachchha Bharat Abhiyaan”, creation of at least 100 Smart Cities and Incredible India etc. for attracting more travelers towards India. We have received better results by better planning and management, for instance in M.P., Ujjain Simhasth 2016 was counted as huge success regarding tourist satisfaction.

IGNOU has developed and launched many quality educational programmes in Tourism and Hospitality specialization which are attracting many students and professional who are engaged partially or full time in tourism sectors. IGNOU has more than 20,000 students enrolled in both tourism and hospitality programmes. IGNOU has taken the tourism and Hospitality Management as part of the curriculum of its academic programs as a result IGNOU is regularly encouraging the research, development and discussion on tourism and Hospitality to bring to positive change

The aims of the conference are to delineate the three Ps (Problems, Possibilities and Potential) in tourism & hospitality in India.

Objectives · to bring the diverse and valuable thoughts, researches and conclusion at one platform to extract the

solutions, · to share the best practices and various case studies, · to judge the potential of employability and self employment in tourism, · to present and develop the role of Open and Distance Education in tourism & hospitality

Theme: Tourism and Hospitality in India: Challenges, Poten�als, Possibili�es and New Dimensions

1. Environment for Tourism· Business Environment· Safety and Security· Health and Hygiene· Human Resources · ICT Readiness

2. Infrastructure for Tourism· Air Transport Infrastructure· Ground and Ports Tourist· Service Infrastructure

3. Natural and Cultural Resources· Cultural tourism · Rural Tourism · Tribes in India and tourism · Tourism and folk / tribal art· Indian cuisines and food· Emerging trends · Eco Tourism

4. Tourism Policy of Government of India · Prioritization of Travel & Tourism · International Openness · Price Competitiveness · Environmental Sustainability

5. New Dimensions of Tourism in India· New dimensions of tourism and hospitality · Innovations in tourism· Use of technology for tourism development

6. Ancient Indian History and Archeology in Tourism

· Indian heritage and tourism· Indian archeology and it’s challenges· Indian history and tourism

7. Potentiality of Employment Tourism Industry · Employment potential in tourism industry · Participation of women in tourism industry· Role of Handicraft, Handloom and other Craft in

tourism Industry · Tourism growth centers· Linkages of tourism industry to other sectors

8. Tourism, ODL and Skill Development · Tourism and skill development· Tourism and role of distance learning programmes · Online programmes and tourism · Digital learning and Tourism

Prof. Ravindra Kumar, the senior most professor amongst the Directors of the School of Studies has taken over the charge of Vice Chancellor of IGNOU on 28th April 2016..Prof. Ravindra Kumar, a noted Historian, has served the field for more than three decades. His work and publications are very well accepted work in the discipline. Besides Distance Education his academic interests have been Indian Culture & Heritage Studies, Art and Architecture, wherein he has traced the evolution of different cultural, art and architectural forms in 'vogue in India historically'. He is with IGNOU for last 25 years, and he has been guiding force for School of Social Sciences, School of Tourism, Hospitality and Service Sectoral Management, Research Unit, Academic Coordination Unit, etc.

Chief PatronProf. Ravindra Kumar

Vice ChancellorIGNOU

PATRONS

Prof. Kapil KumarProfessor, SOSS IGNOU New Delhi

Dr. V. V. Reddy Director, RSD,

IGNOU New Delhi

Prof. Nityananda PradhanPrincipal, RIE

NCERT Bhopal

Advisory CommitteeProf. Rajesh P. Khambayat, Joint Director, PSSCIVE, NCERT BhopalDr. Rashmi Singhai, Associate Professor, RIE, NCERT, Bhopal Dr. S. S. Jena, Deputy Director, RSD, IGNOU, New DelhiDr. Sanjeev Pandey, Regional Director, RC- Delhi-3Dr. V. P. Rupam, Deputy Director, RSD, IGNOU, New DelhiDr. Manorama Singh, Regional Director, LucknowDr. P. Shivswaroop, Regional Director, RC- NagpurDr. Umesh Chandra Pandey, Regional Director, IGNOU REC– Bhopal Dr. Anil Kumar Dimri , Regional Director, IGNOU RC-ChandigarhDr. PurnenduTripathi, Deputy Director, VCO, IGNOU, New DelhiDr. Bini Toms, Director (I/C), Student Support Service Centre, New DelhiDr Harkirat Bains Associate Professor SOTHSM, Bhopal

Convener , Regional Director, IGNOU BhopalDr. Amit Chaturvedi

Organizing CommitteeDr. Amit Chaturvedi, RD, IGNOU Bhopal ( )ChairpersonMs. Kumud Verma, ARD IGNOU RC-BhopalDr. Amit Shrivastava, ARD, IGNOU,RC LucknowDr. Bhanu Pratap, ARD, IGNOU RC-NoidaDr. Subash Ranjan Nayak, ARD, IGNOU RC-BhopalDr. Smriti Gargava, ARD, IGNOU RC-BhopalDr. Harish Kumar Kewat, ARD, IGNOU RC JabalpurDr. Vivek Shrivastava, ARD, IGNOU RC JabalpurDr. K. S. Tiwari, Ex- Regional Director, IGNOU RC- Bhopal

Organizing SecretaryDr. Smriti Gargava, Assistant Regional Director, IGNOU RC-Bhopal

Protocol ofcer Mr. Chandra Prakash Mursenia, Assistant Registrar (I/C) IGNOU RC- Bhopal

Call of PapersOriginal and unpublished research papers are invited from Teachers, Academics, stakeholders engaged in tourism industry & government departments, best practitioner, research scholars and tourism students across the India on the given themes and sub themes. Those candidates who will submit the full paper (after acceptance of the abstract) on or before the due dates, will be entitled for the AC –3 Tier {to and fro} travel allowance .

Guidelines for Submission of Abstract/Paper1. Authors must submit papers based on the themes and sub-themes of the conference in English or Hindi version.2. Paper should be original. Authors are required to enclose a declaration in this regard. 3. Abstract should be within 350 words with key words. Author’s name, postal address, e-mail Id, telephone/mobile number,

and designation must be mention. 4. Full paper should be within 3000-4000 words including gures and tables. 5. Abstract and paper should be submitted using MS-Word, font Times New Roman for English and Ariel Unicode for Hindi font

size 12, and 1.5 line spacing on A4 size. Only soft copies of the abstract and full length paper should be submitted on a before the given dates. Submission of abstract and full paper in PDF, image format etc. will not be accepted.

6. Abstract and full paper should be submitted through only e-mail to rcbhopalnationalconf@gmail.com

Registration Fee and Important Dates

Teachers/Academic/others

Research Scholars/Students

Conference dates

Date of announcement

Last date: Abstract submission

Acceptance of Abstract

Last date: full paper submission

Last date for early bird registration

Rs.1500/- (Early bird Rs. 1000/-)

Rs.750/- (Early bird Rs. 500/-)

15th & 16th September 2017

th22 May, 2017

th20 June, 2017

th30 June, 2017

th19 August, 2017

th19 August, 2017

Payments to be made by Demand Draft or CTS account payee cheque , in favor of IGNOU, payable at Bhopal

Indira Gandhi National Open University, Regional Centre Bhopal

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Signature of the participant(s)

Dr. Smriti Gargava

Assistant Regional Director,

IGNOU, Regional Centre

12, Arera Hills, Bhopal

Mobile no. 9425008729

Mr. C. P. Mursenia

Assistant Registrar(I/C),

IGNOU, Regional Centre

12, Arera Hills, Bhopal

Mobile no. 9425014242

Dr. Amit Chaturvedi

Regional Director,

IGNOU, Regional Centre

12, Arera Hills, Bhopal

Mobile no. 9415796654

e. mail: rcbhopalnationalconf@gmail.com

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