Culinary institute to come up at Haryana’s Pinjore
December 1st, 2011 - 10:39 pm ICT by IANSChandigarh, Dec 1 (IANS) A National Culinary Institute (NCI), the first of its kind in north India, would soon be set up at Haryana’s Pinjore to boost employment opportunities in tourism sector, an official said Thursday.
State Financial Commissioner and Principal Secretary, Tourism, Dhanpat Singh told reporters at the Yadvindra Gardens at Pinjore, 20 km from Chandigarh, that the union tourism ministry had already accorded in-principle approval to the Rs.5 crore project.
The project will be located close to the Mughal-era gardens for which Pinjore is famous.
“For this purpose, seven acres of land had been acquired from horticulture department. The institute would be funded by the central government and it would be maintained by Haryana Tourism,” Singh said.
He said that students would be imparted training about cookery and also advanced training in different cuisines like Indian, continental, Chinese, Thai and other recipes.
He said that those already associated with the field of tourism could also get advanced training in this institute to further widen their scope in the tourism industry.
The institute will start functioning next year.
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