Dr. Prof. Sudhir Andrews
Dr. Sudhir Andrews is a graduate of English Literature (Honors) from St. Stephen’s College Delhi, and an MBA from IIM Ahmedabad. He is the first MBA from the IIMs to join the Hospitality Industry in 1971 when he joined the Oberoi Hotels. He rose quickly to Corporate Head the Human Resources of the Oberoi Hotels and set up the Oberoi Hotel School (now referred to as OCLD) as the Director. He later led the Human Resources of ITC Welcomgroup and rose to be the Member Personnel on the Divisional Board. He also commissioned the Welcomgroup Graduate School of Hotel Administration in Manipal, Karnataka.
He later joined the Government and was Principal of The Institute of Hotel Management and Catering Technology, Pusa, Delhi. He was sent on a Fellowship by the Government of India to Ireland and England, bringing back a model of Hospitality Education.
He was on the Boards of the National Council of Hotel Management and Catering Technology and several IHMs in the North and West of India. He was on the National Hotel Classification Committee and also worked with the UNDP, ILO and WTO on education and training projects.
He moved to Dubai and spent 15 years serving as a Director HR of a prestigious Hotel Chain, Group Vice President HR for a multinational Arab company, Consultant to the Ruler of Dubai, and Consultant with a British HR Firm. He set-up the first Arab Hotel School in UAE in collaboration with Hotel School Montreaux, Switzerland.
He was the Dean of the Hospitality School at IIMT Oxford Brookes, Gurgaon for a year.
He later set up Ecole Hoteliere Lavasa as Dean Academics, which was set up in collaboration with Ecole hoteliére de Lausanne, Switzerland. He was sent to Switzerland for training.
He is presently a Distinguished Adjunct Professor of Management with Auro University, Surat. He is also the Chairman of the Advisory Board.
He is the first author in India of 11 Hospitality books published by McGraw-Hill Education Publishing. They are accepted as the official textbooks/reference books of hospitality education in India and South-East Asia. For his contribution to hospitality education in India he has received the following awards:
- Rashtriya Gaurav Award
- Rajiv Gandhi Award for Excellence for
- Best Citizens of India Award
- International Intellectual Achievement Award
- All India Business & Community Award for Educational Excellence
- International Status Award (Excellence in Hospitality Education)
- Sri Ram Award for “Best Management Thought-1986” presented by the President of India
- He has been conferred a Doctor of Literature (Honoris Causa) by the Open International University (promoted by WHO, UN) based in Colombo.
- He is presently a thought leader giving specialist lectures universities and colleges all over India. He is affectionately considered as “The Father of Hospitality Education in India”.
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