about KIMI

Kohinoor – IMI has close networking with several leading Universities and Professional colleges around the world.

International Hotel Management Institute (IMI)

IMI, Lucerne is amongst the handful of accredited hotel schools in Switzerland that imparts the famous Swiss hotel school pedagogy of hospitality education that is famous all over the world. IMI is a residential hotel school officially recognised by the education department of the Canton of Nidwalden. Three leading hotel management educators with many years of experience established it. Its unique modular program is changing, stimulating and intensive. It lays the foundation stone for the ongoing learning adventure of professional life. The staff, both academic and support are carefully selected for their skill and experience, and inject enthusiasm and sense of reality into the classroom. The philosophy of IMI is to give the best possible education based on traditional Swiss hotelier, combined with the most modern management methods. IMI offers its students the perfect environment in which to study. The facilities and the support services are ideally suited for young people from all around the world, originating from a variety of cultural backgrounds. IMI places its primary emphasis on the quality of teaching and students experience. The school is large enough to offer state-of-art learning and small enough to allow students to develop their own interest and personality.

Yashwantrao Chavan Maharashtra Open University

Yashwantrao Chavan Maharashtra Open University (YCMOU) was established in July 1989 by the ‘Act XX-(1989)’ of the Maharashtra State Legislature. The ‘University Grants Commission (UGC)’ of India recognizes this university. ‘The Commonwealth of Learning (COL)’ Canada, conferred the prestigious ‘Award of Excellence for Institutional Achievement’ for the year 2002 to this university. YCMOU is the first Open University in India, which is honored with this prestigious award. It is the fifth Open University in the country. A recent amendment in the act allows this university to establish study centers, even outside the state of Maharashtra.
The jurisdiction of this university extends throughout the state of Maharashtra. The Head office of the university is located at Nashik. The university operates through its eight Regional Centers (RCs) at Amaravati, Aurangabad, Kolhapur, Mumbai, Nagpur, Nanded, Nashik, Pune and many Study Centres (SCs). The goal of the University is to become a ‘Mass Varsity’.
The programmes are therefore conceptualised and designed with this goal in sight with a, wide network of study centres. Flexibility in course combinations and credit transfer facilities with special attention to Quality& Global Outreach. The university has more than 120 Academic Programs, covering the entire range from Certificate to Post Graduate & Research levels and embracing a wide variety of academic disciplines. It has International Collaborations with Commonwealth of Learning, Canada, & commonwealth Secretariat, London.


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