National Level Virtual Conference on “Rural and Urban tourism in India: Current trends and issues”
Mangaluru, Dec 24, 2020: Department of Hotel Management & Tourism of Srinivas University organized a national level virtual conference on the theme “Rural and Urban tourism in India: current trends and issues.”
The program was held at the Pandeshwar Campus on Wednesday.
Suraj Kana, Manager, Planning and Services, Reservations field support, Marriott Singapore, inaugurated the event.
In his address, he highlighted the major changes in tourism and hospitality sectors in the backdrop of pandemic. He illustrated the major steps taken by both sectors to cope up with the uncertainty.
Dr. B. George, Principal, Madurai Kamaraj University College, Tamilnadu and Dr. Senthil Kumaran P, Professor, Hospitality & Tourism, Manipal Academy of Higher Education-WGSHA, Manipal were the key note speakers of the conference.
A Raghavendra Rao – Chancellor, Srinivas University and Dr. A Srinivas Rao, Pro Chancellor, Srinivas University released the abstract books containing 15 abstracts received from various researchers and intellectuals across India.
Dr. P S Aithal Vice Chancellor, Srinivas University released the Conference Proceedings books. Professors and research scholars from various colleges and Universities of Mangalore, Kerala, New Delhi and West Bengal presented their papers.
Prof. S Swaminathan, Dean, welcomed the dignitaries and delegates. Subrat Saraf, Convener of the conference addressed the delegates on the theme of the conference. Arjun K, Organising Secretary delivered the vote of thanks.
