University Institute Of Hotel And Tourism Management

Information under Section 4 of the Right to Information Act, 2005

1.	The particulars of its organisation, functions and duties.
	University Institute of Hotel Management and Tourism (UIHMT), Panjab University, Chandigarh is actively engaged in Teaching of Hospitality and Tourism related subjects. The Institute imparts education leading to the Professional Degree of B.Sc in Hospitality and Hotel Administration and B.Sc in Tourism Management. The Institute is also actively engaged in curricular and extracurricular activities.

2.	The powers and duties of its officers and employees.
	All the teaching faculty members are actively engaged in teaching, research and guiding the students at different levels in the domain of Hospitality Industry. Faculty members are also engaged in active research of their own.

3.	The procedure followed in the decision making process, including channels of supervision and accountability.
	At the department level, all the decisions are taken as per the Rules and Regulations of the University. As per Panjab University Calendar Vol. III there are three statutory committees, i.e., Academic Committee, Administrative Committee and Technical Committee and their respective functions are prescribed at page 386 of P.U. Cal. Vol. III. All the matters regarding admissions and migration are placed before the Board of Control, which is constituted by the university every year. All the decisions are taken by the appropriate committees/bodies of the department.

4.	The norms set by it for the discharge of its functions.
	All the functions are discharged by following democratic process by appropriate bodies/committees constituted under the Rules and Regulations of the University.

5.	The rules, regulations, instructions, manuals and records, held by it or under its control or used by its employees for discharging its functions.
	All the Rules and Regulations, instructions/manuals are given in the Panjab University Calendars which are available on the website of the university and no separate rules, regulations, manuals etc. are held under the control of the department as such except those records which pertains exclusively to UIHMT.

6.	A statement of the categories of documents that are held by it or under its control.
	Attendance registers, stock register, fee receipts, admission forms of students, internal assessment awards, correspondence files pertaining to the department, service books of teaching and non-teaching staff etc. are held under the control of the department.

7.	The particulars of any arrangement that exists for consultation with, or representation by, the members of the public in relation to the formulation of its policy or implementation thereof.
	In times to come UIHMT proposes to render consultancy to interested parties.

8.	A statement of the boards, councils, committees and other bodies consisting of two or more persons constituted as its part or for the purpose of its advice, and as to whether meetings of those boards, councils, committees and other bodies are open to the public, or the minutes of such meetings are accessible for public.
	Under the relevant Rules and Regulations of the university, the Board of Control, Board of Studies, Academic, Administrative and Technical Committees have been constituted to discharge their respective functions as given in the Panjab University Calendars. UIHMT has also constituted cells/committees such as Training and Placement Cell, Field Trips Committee, Financial Assistance Committee, Purchase Committee, Event Management Committee, Extra Curricular.

9.	A directory of its officers and employees.
	The directory of the teachers working in UIHMT is available on our website. Regarding other officers and employees, they keep on getting transferred in the university. Their complete record is available with the Establishment Branch of the University.

10.	The monthly remuneration received by each of its officers and employees, including the system of compensation as provided in its regulations.
	The record of monthly remuneration received by each of the officer and employee of the Institute is maintained by and held under the control of the Accounts Branch of the university.

11.	The budget allocated to each of its agency, indicating the particulars of all plans, proposed expenditures and reports on disbursements made.
	The budget allocation is also made by the University for every financial year and the details of which are available with the Budget Section of the University.

12.	The manner of execution of subsidy programmes, including the amounts allocated and the details of beneficiaries of such programmes.
	All programmes are executed after the approval of the appropriate bodies. The total amount allocated for any programme and utilized for any programme is subject to the approval of the auditors (appointed by the Govt.) and prior approval of the competent authorities. The beneficiaries of such programs are mainly the students and staff members working in the Department of UIHMT.

13.	Particulars of recipients of concessions, permits or authorisations granted by it.
	The Institute receives fees from the student as prescribed by the University from time to time. All concessions including fee concession are given to the students under the Rules and Regulations of the University.

14.	Details in respect of the information, available to or held by it, reduced in an electronic form.
	The information pertaining to the faculty members and the students in an electronic form is available in the Computer Centre of the University.

15.	The particulars of facilities available to citizens for obtaining information, including the working hours of a library or reading room, if maintained for public use.
	The facilities of the department are primarily available to the students and staff of the department. The working hours of the department are from 9.00 a.m. to 5.00 p.m.

16.	The names, designations and other particulars of the Public Information Officers.
	Dr. Prashant Kumar Gautam, Director In-charge is the Public Information Officer for the information held by the Institute of UIHMT, Panjab University, Chandigarh. His contact number is 0172-2541969, 2534498.

17.	Such other information as may be prescribed; and thereafter update these publications every year.
	The Department of UIHMT has its own website i.e. uihmt.puchd.ac.in and the important information is displayed on the said website from time to time.

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University Institute Of Hotel And Tourism Management

Information under Section 4 of the Right to Information Act, 2005