The Himalayan IIM

I choose tourism & hospitality management because I love travelling to identical destinations. Also, tourism will add 10% to the GDP of India by 2030. The faculty members of IIM Sirmaur have Phd. from the National University of Singapore, Central University & various IIMs. There is 6 trimester. Each trimester is of approximately 3 months and includes Mid-Term & End-Term exams. Grades for each subject are calculated by taking class participation, group assignments, quizzes, and mid-term & end-term scores. You could easily pass the exam if you have attended the classes well.

The companies that came for sip opportunities are Adani group, Daimler Truck Innovations, digit insurance, decathlon, TravClan, GoStops, RBI, One24 etc. The roles provided by them were research intern, HR Intern, Finance Intern, and Brand Management Intern. The average stipend was 45000. And the highest stipend was 200000.

Students are eligible for campus placement from the 5th trimester. The average package offered is 11 Lakhs for the batch 2022. The highest package was the 22 LPA offered by Kotak. There are also other companies like Indigene, booking jini, Infosys, and Belgian waffle which visited for the placement of THM students. 100% of student was get placed.

The total fees for the course of tourism & hospitality management are approximately 13 Lakhs including mess & hostel fee. There is a scholarship for SC/ST candidates provided by the college. Several banks like SBI, CBI, and Union banks visit IIM Sirmaur Campus for giving loans to the desired candidates.

The annual fest of IIM Sirmaur is called Sierra. It is conducted in the month of February. Havard journals are available in the library. The classrooms are equipped with Air conditioners, projectors, speakers etc. There is a facility for football, cricket, 8 ball pool, table tennis, and a gym at the campus. It is a student-driven campus which provides debate competitions, poetry competitions etc. There are clubs like markaizen, horizon, scope, prodman etc which have a presence across social media sites.

The hostel rooms are provided with Almirah, study table, bed, ceiling fan & a Crompton exhaust fan. The meals cover a balanced diet which includes kadai paneer, lassi, milk, coffee, tea, salad, and buttermilk for vegetarians & chicken chilli, biryani, chicken curry, omelette, and boiled eggs for non-vegetarians.

IIM Sirmaur has a lush green campus. Currently, It is operating through its temporary campus. The permanent campus will run by the end of the academic year 2023. The admission process starts with the Cat exam. You can find the form on the iimcat.ac.in on August of each year. The fee for the form is rs 2200 for general and obc candidates. There should be 50% in 10th, 12th and graduation for appearing in the CAT exam. I got admission through the NC-OBC quota. You can get in touch with the admission through Facebook, pagalguy group of IIM Sirmaur.

I prepared personal interviews through T.I.M.E Institute materials & various YouTube channels. The admission process starts with the Cat exam. After that, you have to appear for WAT & Personal Interview. My interview was taken by two professors of IIM Sirmaur. One was Prof. Amrinder Singh & the other one was Prof. Ram Kumar Dhurkari. The interview lasted for 25 minutes. They basically ask about the scenario of tourism in the budget of April 2022, the main tourism sites in my place, why West Bengal is called West Bengal etc.