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"On behalf of the Oberoi Amarvilas team, please accept my heartiest felicitations to you on successfully completing your first year of operations.

"well begun is half done",and you have indeed made agood begining by putting in place not only the right infrastructure,but also a commited team of faculty members at your institute.

I trust that you will spare no effort to provide your student with an outstanding education in their chosen feild of Hotel Management, and will continually endeavor to shape not only great managers, but also industry leader oftomorrow.

The hospitality in India stands on the threshold of accelerated growth and i have no doubt that the young men and women who graduate from your institute will enter a world full of exciting career opportunities with premier Indian hospitality chains as well as major global players that are starting to see the enormous value of the INdian market. I look forward to working with some of them in future in the hopr together we can help realize the true potential of "Incredible India"as one of the most exciting hospitality destination on the planet!."

Visheshwar Raj Singh
General Manager, The Oberoi Bandra Kurla Complex, Mumbai
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I am Nitesh Saran, I am from Betiya, Bihar
Stars are far away, sun is too hot to touch and moon is unapproachable so I joined HIHT because I always wanted to have my own little universe.

Nitesh Saran
 
Places to visit

Kumhrar
Reveals the ruins of Patliputra from 600 BC to 600 AD and remains of the post 600 AD era. The most valuable finds are the wooden ramparts and the 80 Sandstone Pillar Hall of the Mauryan Palace, dating back to 400 - 300 BC.Located some six kilometers south to Patna railway station, Kumhrar can be reached by auto rickshaws which are easily available. Remnants of historical city are spread all over and remind us of great and glorious history of Kumhrar.

Golghar
Golghar or the round house, the huge granary was built in 1786 by Captain John Garstin. Alarmed by the situation faced by the people, this massive granary was constructed for the British army.The enormous structure is 29 m high and is 3.6 m wide at the base. Overlooking the river and the plains, it looks like the upper half of a gigantic, decorated Easter egg, with the spiral stairway winding around this monument. It offers a magnificent breathtaking view of the city and the river Ganges, flowing nearby

Patna Museum
Established in 1917, Patna Museum is situated on Budh Road, at Patna, the capital city of Bihar. The building is a unique blend of European, Mughal and Rajput architectural styles. The museum houses a First World War cannon and an excellent collection of stone and terracotta sculptures especially from the Mauryan period. Didarganj Yakshi, carved out of a yellowish stand stone, is the most noteworthy piece in the museum. The sculpture is over 2,000 years old, but still remains soft and shiny owing to its lustrous finish.

Gandhi Setu
Gandhi Setu was built to connect Patna with Hajipur. The bridge also connects north and south Bihar. The bridge is 5450 meters in length and the longest in the world. Gandhi Setu has helped in better traffic management and speedy transportation in the entire region.Mahatma Gandhi Setu stands on forty piers and for better navigational purposes the span arrangement has been done in such a manner that it does not affect the movement of ships and big boats.


Padri Ki Haveli
Built in 1772, the Padri Ki Haveli in Patna is the oldest church in the state of Bihar. The Padri Ki Haveli has an interesting history behind its inception. The church is seventy feet in length, forty feet wide and fifty feet in height. The magnificent monument was designed by Tirreto, the venetian architect who came from Calcutta. The church has withstand many attacks and act of destruction. The soldier of Nawab Mir Kasim, the ruler of Bengal looted the Padri Ki Haveli following their quarrel with the English traders.

Har Mandir
At the eastern end of the city in the chowk area of old Patna stands one of the holiest Sikh shrines. It was build by Raja Ranjit Singh marking the place where Govind Singh the tenth and last of the Sikh gurus was born in 1660.On the bottom floor of this dome –shaped structure there are holy Sikh scriptures and personal belongings of the Guru. The site where the present Harmandir stands was originally called the haveli of Salis Rai John, who was a great devotee of Guru Nanak.