• 2.1 The scheme is to filter the best among the better to declare them eligible for Assistant Lecturer and Teaching Associates in NCHMCT affiliated IHMs and will be known as NHTET Scheme.
• 2.2 The scheme will be applicable to the citizen of India who fulfils the other eligibility criteria prescribed under this scheme.
• 2.3 The candidate declared eligible for Assistant Lecturer will have the only right to apply against any vacancy, if announced by NCHMCT affiliated IHMs, either of Government sector, PSU owned or Private sector. The NHTET qualified candidate will not have any right of automatic induction in NCHMCT affiliated IHMs. They have to face a separate selection process for induction as Assistant lecturer or Teaching Associates.
• 2.4 No NCHMCT affiliated IHMs shall recruit any Teaching Associate or Assistant Lecturer under direct recruitment against any regular vacancy if the candidate does not have a valid NHTET pass certificate.

• 3.1 Full-time Bachelor’s Degree (not on ODL mode) in Hospitality Administration/Hotel Management/Culinary Art after 10+2 from a recognized University/Institute with at least 55% marks and at least 2 years Hospitality Industry Experience after obtaining Degree (6 months IT is part of Courses, not to be considered as experience for this purpose).
• 3.2 OR Full-time Master’s Degree in Hospitality Administration/Hotel Management/Culinary Art with at least 55% marks from a recognized University/Institute after full-time Bachelor’s Degree or Diploma (not on ODL mode) for minimum of 3 years duration after 12th from a recognised Board (the diploma for which pre-requisite minimum qualification fixed by the Regulator viz NCHMCT/AICTE/SBTE/Recognised University, is 12th pass only and not 10th) in Hospitality Administration/Hotel Management/Culinary Art from a recognized University/Institute with at least 55% marks.
• 3.3 Candidates having full-time Bachelor Degree (not on ODL mode) in Hospitality/Hotel Administration/Management/Culinary Art with 55% or more marks in aggregate and thereafter appeared in the final semester (i.e., in 4th Semester)/final year exam of the master’s degree for which the result will be declared within 2 months from the date of NHTET exam and have passed all subjects of previous year/semesters, can also apply.

• 4.1 The Test will consist of three papers. All the three papers will consist of only objective type questions and will be held once in a calendar year. However, in case of insufficient candidates, the NCHMCT can hold the exam twice in a calendar year. The test will be held on a single day in two separate sessions.
• 4.2 The candidate will have to mark the responses for questions of Paper-I, Paper-II, and Paper-III on the Optical Mark Reader (OMR) sheet provided along with the Test Booklet.
• 4.3 Persons with Disability (Physically Challenged) candidates who are not in a position to write in their own handwriting can avail the services of a writer by making prior request.
• 4.4 After the NHTET exam is over, the answer key will be uploaded in www.thims.gov.in for candidates to challenge the answer with documentary proof.

Step I: Minimum marks to be obtained in NHTET for considering a candidate eligibility for Assistant Lecturer and Teaching Associates in NCHM and its any affiliated IHM:

The candidates are required to obtain the following minimum marks separately in Paper-I, Paper-II, Paper-III, and Aggregate of three Papers, to become eligible for both Assistant Lecturer and Teaching Associates, as given below:

The candidates are required to obtain the following minimum marks separately in Paper-I, Paper-II, Paper-III, and Aggregate of three Papers, to become eligible only for Teaching Associate, as given below:

Therefore, the candidate declared pass for applying against Teaching Associateship will not be eligible to apply against any vacancy of Assistant Lecturer. Such candidate has to take further chance in subsequent NHTET to pass with the required percentage prescribed for becoming eligible to the post of Assistant Lecturer.

Step II: Amongst those candidates who have cleared Step I, a detailed mark sheet-cum-certificate will be prepared and sent to such candidates. The said certificate will remain valid for the period mentioned on it, to apply for a post of Assistant Lecturer/Teaching Associates in NCHM or any of its affiliated IHMs.

Step III: Those candidates who have not cleared Step I, a detailed tabulation sheet containing marks will be prepared with a remark ‘not cleared’ and will be displayed in the web portal www.thims.gov.in.

It may be noted that the above qualifying criteria decided by NCHMCT is final and binding. However, the NCHMCT has the power to change the qualifying criteria if feel necessary and notify along with reason for change before declaring the result.

• 6.1 (a) The Certificate will have valid up to the period, the Candidate will remain in the maximum age prescribed to apply against any vacancy of Assistant Lecturer and Teaching Associates at NCHMCT and its affiliated IHMs.
• 6.1 (b) The eligibility criteria and validity period may change in future, but the interest of the already qualified candidates will be taken care of.
• 6.2 At any later stage during the validity period of the NHTET certificate, if found that the candidate furnished incorrect information and forged documents to prove his/her eligibility, his/her certificate of NHTET will be cancelled immediately, and a common circular to that effect will be issued to all the IHMs. His/Her candidature will also be debarred for the next two chances to sit in NHTET.

• 7.1 Candidate should go through the details of the Brochure and see the requirement to fill the application form on-line in the portal www.thims.gov.in.
• 7.2 Candidate has to purchase a demand draft from any scheduled Bank for the requisite amount of application fee before filling up the form, since the DD number will be required to fill in the form. In case of filling the wrong DD number, the DD sent by the candidate along with printout, cannot be matched by the system and such form will be liable to be rejected.
• 7.3 Scan copy of passport-size photograph in the required resolution and required pixel should be maintained to upload that in the application.
• 7.4 Scan copy of one of the valid ID cards in the required resolution and required pixel will also be required to upload in the application. ID card can be Aadhar Card, PAN Card, Voter ID, Driving Licence, and Passport.
• 7.5 All the information to be filled should be correct and spelling also be correct.
• 7.6 Mobile number and the e-mail id should be valid, since all information will come through those communication modes. No surface mail will be sent to any candidate.
• 7.7 Candidates not having Post Graduation Degree in Hospitality, need to fill the details of experience of at least two years in the Hospitality Industry (established Hotel, registered with Govt. or classified or other Hospitality Industry) after obtaining the Degree in Hospitality. The information should be correct and factual and having documentary proof. Industrial Training done to complete the degree, will not be counted as experience. The same experience will be recorded in the NHTET certificate on the event of qualifying the exam. Therefore, in case of false information about Experience during NHTET, and if a candidate fails to present the experience certificate from the same Hotel or Industry as mentioned in the NHTET Certificate, during their selection in any IHM, it will be treated under falsification of the Information and the NHTET Certificate will be cancelled at once with debarment of two chances from applying for NHTET.

• 8.1 ON-LINE APPLICATION FEE: Rs. 800/- for General/ EWS / OBC categories (male candidates only)
• 8.2 Rs. 400/- for all female candidates as well as SC/ST/PD categories.
• (Fee can be revised in future NHTET).
• 8.3 To be submitted along with the printout of the confirmation copy of the duly filled in and online submitted application form.

• 9.1 After online submission of the form, the candidate will be able to get a printout of his/her filled-in application form containing three pages. The same should be sent to the Council along with Demand Draft for the amount prescribed as application fee, latest by the stipulated date prescribed for the same positively. No other document needs to be attached.
• 9.2 Candidate must send the confirmation sheet along with Demand Draft to NCHMCT by recorded post only (Speed Post or Registered Post).

• 10.1 Candidates must download the Admit Card from the same portal between the specific time periods allotted for this purpose.
• 10.2 No printed Admit card will be sent by surface mail to any candidate.
• 10.3 No candidate will be allowed to enter into the exam hall without a printout of Admit Card and the original ID card uploaded in the application form.
• 10.4 Impersonation is a cognizable offense and the Exam Superintendent is authorized to hand over any impersonator to the police.

• Noida
• Jaipur
• Mumbai
• Gandhinagar
• Chennai
• Bhopal
• Kolkata
• Guwahati
• Chandigarh
• Bhubaneswar
• Gurdaspur
• Hyderabad
• Lucknow
• Bengaluru
• Hajipur (Near Patna)
• Thiruvananthapuram

• 12.1 Consolidated list of qualified candidates and unqualified candidates will be published on the portal www.thims.gov.in on or before the stipulated date fixed for declaring it.
• 12.2 If any candidate wants to see his/her answer sheet for satisfaction, they must come to the NCHMCT office at Noida within a period of 90 days from the date of declaration of the result. He/She may also request a copy of Answer Sheets under RTI by depositing the requisite fee within the said 90 days only. After that date, all the records will be disposed of.

• 13.1 Govt. of India has stopped interviews in the selection against Group B and C posts. As such, the selection of Teaching Associates and Assistant Lecturer will be in the following manner:
• 13.2 Minimum requirements for both posts are either NHTET qualified or having Ph.D. in Hospitality. There will be a weightage of NHTET score for those who have qualified the exam. However, those with a Ph.D. in Hospitality will have a different calculation. The details are as under:
• 13.3 The final selection will be made at the Institute Level through Skill tests for both NHTET-qualified and Ph.D. degree holders. Skills will be assessed for 50 marks and weightage for NHTET or Ph.D. will be up to 50 marks.
• Practical Skill test (to be taken for all the four core areas of Hospitality). Each practical is for 7 to 8 marks, and the total marks for the Practical Skill test is 30.
• 13.4 Candidates must score pass marks separately in both the Practical Skill and Teaching Skill tests. Therefore, merely qualifying the NHTET with the prescribed percentage or having a Ph.D. degree will not confer any right to a candidate for selection without obtaining pass marks in the Skill tests.

• 13.5 Pass marks prescribed in the skill test for all categories:

  Particular	Practical Skill Test	Teaching Skill Test
  Full Marks	30	20
  Pass Marks for Assistant Lecturer	15	10
  Pass Marks for Teaching Associate	12	8

• The assessment of Skill Tests will be done by the members of the Selection Committee as prescribed in the Recruitment Rules. If the Selection Committee feels the need to adopt a subject expert during Assessment, they may do so with the approval of the Chairman of the Selection Committee.
• Assessment of the Skill tests should be done on the basis of prescribed parameters and the marks allotted in each parameter, as per para 13.11 and 13.12 below.
• The Institute should make a separate assessment sheet for each candidate for both Practical Skill and Teaching Skill tests. Each Assessment sheet should be signed by the Assessor in the space provided in the prescribed Assessment form.
• Weightage of NHTET score should be calculated in the prescribed form as at para 13 below, and the weightage of Ph.D. should be calculated based on the score in the Skill test in the prescribed form as at Para 13.14 below.
• Those who secured the prescribed pass marks in both Skill Tests will be forwarded to the final tabulation sheet along with the weightage of NHTET and Ph.D. in the prescribed form as mentioned in para 13.15 below.
• Assessment of Practical Skill (Assessor means the selection committee members and other subject experts, if co-opted by the selection committee with the approval of the Chairman).
• Teaching Aptitude Test for 18 marks Classroom teaching (Assessment is more on the technique and not less on the topic).

• Calculation of weightage of NHTET Score (for the candidates not having Ph.D. in Hospitality Topic and became eligible on the basis of NHTET conducted by NCHM).

  Particular	Factor	Weightage Admissible
  NHTET - April/October or any batch	÷ 8	Weightage Admissible (to be rounded off up to two decimal)

• Those became eligible on the basis of Ph.D in hospitality topic, will not have weightage of NHTET and in those case to make a combined merit list with the NHTET qualified, a weightage of 95% of their aggregate number obtained in Skill test will be added in the final score sheet.

• Final Score Sheet to make the merit List for selection

• 13.1 At Present total number of 66 IHMs are under affiliation of the NCHMCT
• 13.2 21 Central IHMs, 24 State IHMs, 1 PSU run IHM and 20 Private IHMs. at Annexure I