Clarissa Group Signs SRHU MoU for Hospitality Talent Development

Dehradun, May 2026: The word from hiring desks is blunt, graduates are showing up with degrees, not skills. Clarissa Group has now signed an MoU with Swami Rama Himalayan University (SRHU) to fix that gap and tighten the pipeline between classrooms and hotel floors.

The partnership is built to close the disconnect between theory and real work. It focuses on structured internships, training, leadership grooming, and direct placement routes.

Focus on industry-ready hospitality talent

This move is about one thing, getting students job-ready before day one.

The programme pushes students into real hotel environments instead of limiting them to classroom drills. Clarissa Group will open up its properties and corporate setup for hands-on exposure.

Because right now, the industry isn’t short on degrees. It’s short on people who can actually run operations.

Internships and practical exposure across hospitality functions

Students will go through 3–6 months of industrial training across Clarissa Group properties in Jim Corbett, Mukteshwar, and Goa. They’ll also get exposure at the company’s corporate office in Noida.

The training isn’t narrow. It covers:

• Front office
• Food and beverage service
• Kitchen operations
• Housekeeping
• Sales and marketing
• Digital marketing
• Revenue management
• Market research

It’s designed to give students a full view of how hotels actually run, not just one department.

Campus recruitment and leadership development included

The deal also brings hiring straight to campus.

Students will get access to recruitment drives, pre-placement offers, and fast-track management trainee programmes.

And it doesn’t stop there. Clarissa’s senior team will run guest lectures, masterclasses, and leadership sessions.

There’s also a focus on outbound leadership programmes and real-world learning around communication, teamwork, and management.

Strengthening industry-academia collaboration

This is part of a wider shift.

Hotels and institutes are finally working closer because the old model isn’t holding up. What’s taught and what’s needed on the job often don’t match.

And as hotels move toward experience-led service, they need people who can think fast, adapt, and handle guests, not just follow SOPs.

Growing importance of experiential hospitality education

India’s hospitality sector is expanding. And the hiring pressure is rising with it.

Hotels need trained staff across operations, guest services, and management roles. Fast.

Partnerships like this are becoming less optional and more necessary. They build a steady talent pipeline and improve how employable graduates actually are.

For Clarissa Group, it’s a long-term play on talent. For SRHU, it’s about making education match the real world.