Dr. P Rajshekhar

Principal-In-Charge & Associate Professor

Welcomgroup Graduate School of Hotel Administration | WGSHA Manipal - Manipal Academy of Higher Education

CURRENT ACADEMIC ROLE & RESPONSIBILITIES

    Dr. P Rajshekhar is the Principal-In-charge & Associate Professor

    He:

    • is responsible for program review and improvement, accreditation, assessment of student learning and fostering an environment for student success, academic personnel decisions, budgeting, admission management, the fiscal health of the college, use of technology within the academic and administrative environment, curriculum development which is on par with industry standards  

SUBJECTS CURRENTLY TEACHING

Subject Semester / Year
Food and Beverage Service Management Bachelor of Hotel Management - Fourth Year
Food and Beverage Service Management Bachelor of Culinary Arts - Third Semester
Hospitality Tourism and Event Management MSc Hospitality and Tourism Management - Third Semester

ACADEMIC QUALIFICATIONS

Degree Specialisation Institute Year of passing
PhD (Doctor of Philosophy) Hospitality Bharathiar University 2022
DTS(Direct Trainer Skills) and DOT (Design of Training) Training UP Academy of Administration and Training 1999
DHMCT (Diploma in Hotel Management and Catering Technology) Hotel Management Institute of Hotel Management & Catering Technology Bhubaneswar 1988

Experience

Institution / Organisation Designation Role Tenure
Institute of Hotel Management and Catering Technology, Kovalam, Trivandrum Lecturer Taught F&B Service and Management to Undergraduate students. Managed all the F&B Events at the Institute. 11 years
Food Craft Institute, Udaipur Assistant Lecturer Taught Food and Beverage Service to Craft Course in F&B Service students. 2 years

AREAS OF INTEREST, EXPERTISE AND RESEARCH

Area of Interest

A study about the Green Practices adopted by the Restaurant and Hotel Industry in India.

Area of Expertise

Food and Beverage Service Management in Restaurants and Hotels.

Area of Research

Food Service Quality Enhancements and its impact on the guest satisfaction.

Mangalore and Manipal - an ideal destination to promote medical tourism

2012-01-01

Annual International Conference on Tourism and Hospitality Research (THOR 2012) at Singapore, 2012. An exploratory study about promotion of medical tourism in Mangalore and Manipal.

Corporate social responsibility and hospitality industry in India

2013-01-01

MGV college of Hotel Management and Catering Technology, Nashik, 2013. An exploratory study about the CSR activities taken by Leading Hotel chains in India.