WGSHA students win country-wide hotel management competition

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September 16, 2011

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Manipal, September 16: Welcomgroup Graduate School of Hotel Administration (WGSHA) emerged the best overall team at WGSHA Quest-2011, which concluded at a hotel on Wednesday, retaining the top ranking that it enjoys in the country.

The two days of the competition with 12 teams from across the country, brought out the best in students, who put up a splendid show.

Culinary Academy of India, Institute of Hotel Management and Applied Nutrition from Hyderabad along with Apeejay Institute of Hospitality, Mumbai, were the other teams to do well.

Culinary Academy were the winners in one event and runners-up in another. Institute of Hotel Management and Applied Nutrition were runners-up in two events while Apeejay Institute of Hospitality were runners-up in one event. Culinary Academy were joint winners with WGSHA in Carte D'imagination or the preparation of a menu card.

WGSHA were winners in all the other events. They won Homme de Barre, Essentials, Le Receptionists and Culinaire to bag the overall title. Winners and runners-up are decided on the basis of points. Institute of Hotel Management and Applied Nurtition had the second highest number of points and were awarded the runners-up trophy.

The various events entailed menu making, front desk operations, quiz, bartending, flower arrangement and kitchen operations. Vice chancellor of Manipal University, K Ramnarayan gave away the trophies.

In his speech he advised students, "Such events will help you learn from each other and give a clear guide in how to excel in every field."

The best of techniques, cuisines, tactics, knack and formulae came up while showcasing various skills, knowledge and acumen. "WGSHA Quest is not only about competition, it is important to search and attempt to look for new ideas, methods, systems, procedures and techniques in the trade," said vice principal of WGSHA, Kulmohan Singh, at the valedictory function.

"WGSHA Quest is considered as the top end competition, preferred by leading hotel management colleges in India. It is highly rated due to its professionalism and transparency in conduction of all events," says Prof. YG Tharakan, the chief coordinator of the Quest.

The teams this year were: Department of Hotel Management, Christ University; Culinary Academy of India, Hyderabad; Asia Pacific Institute of Management, Indian institute of Hotel Management & culinary Arts, Hyderabad; Institute of Hotel management, Catering Technology & applied Nutrition, Hyderabad; Amro college of Hotel Management, Pune; Apeejay Institute of Hospitality, Mumbai; KLE college of Hotel Management, Bangalore; T. John College of Hotel Management, Bangalore; Sarosh College of Hotel Administration, Mangalore; Institute of Hotel Management, Catering Technology & applied Nutrition, Jodhpur.


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June 3,2020

Bengaluru, Jun 3: Lack of awareness on rail travel norms led to a tense situation on a Karnataka train as a female passenger was forced to disembark midway after her fellow passengers raised a hue and cry on seeing her knuckle stamped, mistaking it for a quarantine stamp, an official said on Tuesday.

"Many passengers on the train with the woman raised a hue and cry on seeing her stamped and complained to the TTE. She was later disembarked at Tumkur," a South Western Railway (SWR) zone official said.

The woman was travelling from Bengaluru to Belagavi as a transit passenger. Her status as such a passenger was stamped on her knuckle.

However, after some time, her fellow passengers observed her stamped hand and misunderstood that she was violating the quarantine norms.

Without realising that she was just a transit passenger who will be quarantined on reaching her destination, they created pandemonium and complained to the travelling ticket inspector.

"Following the public pressure, she was forcibly disembarked in Tumkur station," said the official.

Incidentally, the railways allows transit passengers to travel.

The official said the TTE would not have been aware of the rules and must have yielded to the passengers' pressure.

Later, the woman was allowed to board another train and reach her destination, the official said.

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August 6,2020

Chennai, Aug 5: Karnataka on Wednesday crossed the 1.5 lakh mark in respect of COVID-19 cases and Kerala was on the verge of 30,000 while Andhra Pradesh witnessed a five- digit daily caseload after a lull. 

Tamil Nadu saw a small jump in its daily cases as compared to Tuesday while Telangana and union territory Puducherry reported their respective record single-day spikes. 

The five states and the union territory reported a combined 24,415 fresh confirmed coronavirus cases and 316 fatalities on Wednesday. 

A Puducherry Minister tested positive for the deadly virus while an opposition AINRC legislator who contracted the coronavirus earlier was discharged after being cured of it. 

In Karnataka, the coronavirus cases stood at 1,51,449 with the addition of 5,619 fresh cases while 100 deaths were reported, pushing the total fatalities to 2,804, the health department said.

According to a health bulletin, 74,679 persons have been discharged so far, leaving 73,958 active cases. Andhra Pradesh''s COVID-19 surge continued on Wednesday too, with 10,128 cases reported afresh after easing a little in the last four days. 

The overall tally rose to 1,86,461 on Wednesday. The state had last reported its five-figure daily tally on July 31 when it was 10,376. 

The state also saw a record number of 77 coronavirus deaths in a day, pushing the toll to 1,681, the latest bulletin said. 

In the last 24 hours, 8,729 patients had also recovered from the infection and there were 80,426 active cases. 

As many as 1,04,354 patients have been cured and discharged so far. Kerala was on the verge of 30,000 cases, as its tally stood at 29,145 with the addition of 1,195 new COVID-19 cases on Wednesday.

The toll from the virus so far climbed to 94 with seven more deaths. Thiruvananthapuram continued to top the districts in infections with 274 cases on Wednesday, of whom 248 had been infected through contact. 

Malappuram (167), Kasaragod (128), Ernakulam (120) and Alappuzha (108) reported over 100 cases. As many as 112 patients died of COVID-19 in Tamil Nadu, the highest reported in a single day so far, taking the toll to 4,461 on Wednesday while 5,175 more people tested positive, propelling the case count to 2.73 lakh.

Recoveries outnumbered fresh cases with 6,031 people getting discharged from various hospitals, taking the total cured to 2,14,815 as the active cases dropped to 54,184, a government bulletin said. 

In Telangana, 2,012 new cases emerged while 13 related fatalities were reported, taking the total infection tally in the state to 70,958. Out of the new cases, 532 were from the Greater Hyderabad Municipal Corporation (GHMC), followed by Medchal-Malkajgiri 198 and Rangareddy 188, a state government bulletin said on Wednesday, providing data as of 8 PM on August 4. 

The total number of people who recovered from the infectious disease touched 50,814, while 19,568 were under treatment.

The COVID-19 fatality rate in the state was 0.81 per cent, while it was 2.10 per cent at the national level, it said. The recovery rate was 71.6 per cent in the state, while it was 66.31 per cent in the country, it added. 

Puducherry clocked its worst single-day spike of 286 infections, recording seven deaths, even as the overall tally of cases went up to 4,432. 

The deaths during the 24 hours in the Union Territory took the toll to 65 so far since the outbreak of the virus, Health Minister Malladi Krishna Rao told a virtual press conference. 

His cabinet colleague M Kandasamy and his son reported positive for the virus and were admitted to JIPMER.

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