Indian Institute of Tourism & Travel Management (IITTM) has launched new series of the `Earn-while-you-learn' programme in order to prepare volunteers for the Commonwealth Games 2010. The programme will be imparted to around 3,000 selected students from colleges and universities from the National Capital Region (NCR) and nearby States in batches in the next one year. The commencement of the programme was officially inaugurated by Sujit Banerjee, Secretary - Tourism, Government of India at a function held at the IHM Pusa campus yesterday.
According to Prof Sitikantha Mishra, Director, IITTM, about 870 students will undergo the training programme during this summer in batches. The duration of the course is three weeks with six-hour programme every day. "We also want to utilise the holidays like Durga Puja, Diwali etc. because most of the students are regular day scholars at colleges and universities. We will provide a stipend of Rs 1,000 for these students to meet their travel expenses for these 21 days," Mishra added.
Source:travelbizmonitor.com IITTM launches `Earn-while-you-learn' programme for Commonwealth Games 2010
