27th Meeting of Board of Governors of the Foodcraft Institute, University Polytechnic

*ALIGARH April 13:* The 27th meeting of Board of Governors of the Foodcraft
Institute, University Polytechnic was held at the University Polytechnic
Workshop, Aligarh Muslim University. The Director General & Secretary
(Tourism), Govt. of U.P., Shri Awanish Kumar Awasthi, IAS presided over the
meeting. Other members who participated in the meeting included
Vice-Chancellor' s nominee Prof. Ziauddin Khairoowala, Prof. Ainul Haque,
DSW, Prof. S.M.A. Rizvi, Dean, Faculty of Engineering and Technology, Mr.
A.K. Singh, Principal, Institute of Hotel Management, Lucknow, Dr. V.K.
Tripathi, the nominee of the Director, Horticulture & Food Processing
Department, Lucknow, Mr. T.E. Mishra, nominee of the Director, Technical
Education, Kanpur, Prof. V.K. Parashar, nominee of the Principal, University
Polytechnic, AMU, Mr. Minhaj Khan, nominee of the Registrar, AMU and Actg.
Secretary/Principal , Foodcraft Institute, Aligarh.

The Secretary (Tourism), Govt. of U.P. inaugurated the new building of
Larder Lab of Foodcraft Institute, Aligarh after the meeting Board of
Governors was over. Prof. S. Iqbal Ali, Principal, Foodcraft Institute
welcomed the distinguished guests and briefed about the development of
Foodcraft Institute.

The keynote address was delivered by Shri Awanish Kumar Awasthi. He
explained the development of tourism and hotel industry in India, which
increased the demand of manpower. He emphasized that Foodcraft Institute
could play a vital role in providing manpower to Tourism & Hotel Industry.
He announced a plan to elevate the status of the Foodcraft Institute to the
Institute of Hotel Management which was appreciated by the students, staff
and the guests. He further requested the University authorities to expedite
the process of Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) of land, which was already
allotted to Foodcraft Institute and had to be handed over by the University
under Lease Deed. Shri Awasthi also appreciated the efforts made by the
staff for the development of the Institute under the supervision of
Principal, Prof. S. Iqbal Ali.

Prof. V.K. Parasher, senior faculty of University Polytechnic proposed the
vote of thanks and explained that Mr. Awanish Kumar Awasthi in spite of his
extremely busy schedule, devoted sufficient time to us and gave assurance to
elevate the Foodcraft Institute to the status of Institute of Hotel
Management.

The other eminent guests who graced the inaugural ceremony were Prof.
Saleemuddin, Prof. Nazim Ali, Mr. Sabir Ali Khan, Mr. Rizwan-ur-Rehman Khan
etc. Mr. Ehsan Akhtar, senior faculty of Foodcraft Institute coordinated the
programme.