About the TRAINERS
| Jiten Acharya Managing Partner HTI India Pvt Ltd. - Pune Operations IHM Kolkata, 1984. Jiten has worked as an Executive Chef, F & B Manager, Operations Manager and Chef Trainer with national and international chains – Club Med International (Singapore and Indonesia); Elephant Bay Beach Resort, Yemen (A Subsidiary of Taj); Lou Lou Al Dugong, Dubai; and Space City, Abu Dhabi. He has over 11 years in training with IHM Dadar; IMI |
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Luzern,Switzerland; KDU College, Malaysia; ICHM, Adelaide and
Cordon Bleu, Sydney. He did a stint at Cidade de Goa and
was Principal of Kohinoor - IMI – Khandala and Indore. Jiten is married to Karuna and they have two sons - Sourav and Gaourav. His philosophy – ‘Fun with Learning’. He is highly influenced by management gurus like Edward de Bono, Arindham Chaudhary, Robin Sharma and Pramod Batra. Jiten passionately focuses on training those with no formal professional education and heads HTI’s Pune operations. |
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| Ayan Pal, Manager – Training, HTI India Pvt Ltd, IHM Bhubaneswar, 1999. Worked for Club Himalaya Nagarkot, Nepal; Royal Mirage, Dubai; Al Bustan Intercontinental, Muscat; and Move n Pick, Doha. He joined Aramak Patman Services Pvt Ltd as Training Executive – Pan India. |
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Ayan is married to Archita. When not busy training or eating
his favourite Bengali fish curry, he enjoys good Bengali
authored novels by Nimay Chatterjee, Samoresh Bose and Shirshndu
Chatterjee. Ayan heads HTI’s training in House Keeping and F & B
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| Sarayu Iyer Manager - Trainng, HTI India Pvt Ltd Airline Diploma, Trade Wings; and Tour Managers, Kuoni Academy. Worked with – Hotel Leela, American Express, E-funds International, Kuoni Academy and Fullerton India Pvt Ltd. Held jobs like Front Office Executive, Team Leader, Trainer, Mentor and Manager Customer Service. Sarayu has |
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coached teams of up to 150 people in customer service, communication, English grammar, telephone etiquette, service quality and has mentored individuals.
Sarayu loves travelling, movies, reading – humour, fiction and about spirituality. She took a sabbatical to pursue her dream of being a yoga instructor and also conducts corporate yoga sessions. She is married to Ravi Kiran, Vice President - Sales and Operations, Audatex Solutions Pvt Ltd. Sarayu heads the Customer Care and Front Office training for HTI. |
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Rudolph Almeida Manager - Training, HTI India Pvt Ltd HAFT, Sophia Polytechnic, 1996 and Basic Food Hygiene Course, Chartered Institute of Environmental Health, UK. Served with RTI, Oberoi Flight Services and Hotel Marine Plaza. Did a stint with P & O Cruises as ‘Bar and |
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Wine Steward’ on board MV Oriana and MV Arcadia. Worked for Sophia’s, IHM Dadar and consulted for MM Poonjiaji Spices Ltd and Kamani Oil Industries. Married to Annie, Manager HR, Kesari Tours Pvt Ltd; and they have a son, Aarav. Rudolph constantly updates his skills and knowledge, and loves challenging assignments. Hot-tempered, friendly and passionate about teaching, Rudolph heads HTI’s training programs in F&B – Production and Bar. |
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