The Manipal-based Welcomgroup Graduate School of Hotel Administration has launched two ventures as part of entrepreneurship activities for its students. Two more ventures will be taken up soon.
‘Welcomgroup Entrepreneurial Development Cell’ (WEDC), jointly established by the Manipal Academy of Higher Education (MAHE) and ITC, has been set up with a vision to evolve as a centre for promotion of entrepreneurship in hospitality, tourism, culinary arts and nutrition in the country.
New initiatives
A MAHE statement said here that K Thirugnanasambantham, Principal of WGSHA, has taken up a few new initiatives for the students, in association with Fortune Inn Valley View.
WEDC is planning to launch a gourmet store, food truck and a student-run restaurant and a bake shop to give the students hands-on experience. The initiative will help student start-ups to solve problems associated with launching new businesses. This initiative provides mentoring, technical services, and training, apart from space for product development.
WEDC’s venture Classic Cafe enables students to understand restaurant management at an early stage on a real-time and hands-on basis. Students are entrusted with vital roles from marketing to menu planning, table layout, etc, apart from the kitchen aspect.
‘Ministry Of Bakery’ is another venture, which is a shop run by students, that stocks a wide variety of pastries, cakes, cookies, savories etc.
New venture
It said that ‘Gourmet Store’ is the other upcoming venture of the college. By selling artisan breads, preserves, pickles, jams and sauces, the store will teach students how to highlight and yet preserve the best, seasonal local produce.
A food truck will give students a look into fast-food and trendy cooking apart from the ordering, preparing and pricing aspects, it added.