With the aim of offering employment driven educational advantage to those aspiring for a career in hospitality, the soon-to-be-launched Lexicon Institute of Hotel Management has joined hands with Marriott Hotels India. After spending over 20 years in the hospitality industry, primarily with Marriott International and now into education as the CEO of The Lexicon Group of Institutes, Abdul Nasir Shaikh said that it became personally important to him to contribute towards creating the next generation Leaders in hospitality. “Together with industry colleagues, including Gurmeet Singh, Nikhil Kapur, Gladvin Rego and Anup Sheth, we come together in the form of the Governing Council of this institute, which is by the hoteliers, for the hoteliers,” he added.
The focus of the hotel school is not just imparting theoretical knowledge, but to develop students skillfully. True to its vision of creating ‘Day Zero Professionals’, the institute’s partnership will be seen as a purposeful step to involve the industry, in nurturing the very people it will employ in the future.
As part of the partnership agreement, Marriott India will own a class in the second and third year of the program, whereby the students will receive mentoring and will be given career guidance. Further they will be assisted in projects and will be a part of problem-solving teams in their hotels, understanding issues through research and analysis. Senior leaders would assist in curriculum design, thus bridging skill gaps prevalent in traditional Hotel Management programs.
In addition, students will enjoy inputs through guest lectures and faculty development programs that will keep the students and faculty abreast of the latest in the hotel industry. The Executive Leadership Program of the Lexicon IHM, will be supported by Marriott leadership, that will help mould young hospitality aspirants into confident hospitality professionals.
Further, the Lexicon IHM students will get preference for internships and placements at Marriott Hotels itself. All this is going to be backed by consistent evaluation and performance grading.
“We are truly thankful and grateful to Ranju Alex, Market VP–West India of Marriott Hotels India. For inking this prestigious association. This will help us raise the bar for ourselves and stay focused at working on our personal commitment of ‘Creating the Next Generation Leaders in Hospitality,” added Shaikh.
