About department
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The Department of Tourism Administration, Dr. Babasaheb Ambedkar Marathwada University is the pioneer university department in western India offering Tourism education at the Post Graduate level, Doctoral and Post-doctoral Research.
The Department is actively involved with the Tourism related activities of the Union and State government tourism departments, the Archaeological Survey of India,Directorate of Tourism, Maharashtra Tourism Development Corporation, other corporations and the industry.
The Department is well known in the country for the quality of Research; now the faculty has initiated international collaboration with the university faculty from Chile, Brazil, Portugal, China, Japan, France, Turkey, Malaysia, and Thailand.
The students are working on senior positions in the Tourism, Travel, Aviation and Hospitality sector. ( Air India, Indigo Airlines, Thomas Cook, Cox & Kings, Holiday Inn Express, Lemon Tree, Welcom Hotel, Fern, Radisson, India Tourism, Maharashtra Tourism Development Corporation etc)
Several Students have started their start ups and successfully running their Travel companies in India and abroad.
118 students are working as Assistant Professors in prominent Polytechnics, Colleges, Institutes and Universities in India and abroad.
The Department faculty Dr Rajesh Ragde and Dr Madhuri Sawant are working as Expert Members on the various Academic , Research and Tourism Committees of the Ministry of Tourism, Government of India through the Indian Institute of Travel and Tourism Management, Gwalior, University Grants Commission New Delhi, Maharashtra Public Service Commission Mumbai, Govt of Maharashtra Mumbai , Central Board of Secondary Education New Delhi , Central Institute of Vocational Education Bhopal, Jawaharlal Nehru University and other prominent 40 Universities in India