Department of Marine Catering and Hotel Management organized National Seminar on the topic “ Tourism and Hospitality Education in India”on 15.9.2017.   We have invited Mr. Lenin Balakrishnan, Lemuria India Holidays, as Chief Guest. Mr. M.S. Rajmohan, Head, GTN College of Arts and Science & Alumni of our college enthusiastically participated in this National Seminar. Nearly around 7 colleges from TamilNadu and other states have actively participated in this seminar. Nearly 150 (including staff and students) paper presentation script was received and totally seven students from our college & other colleges have taken seminar. The outcome of this seminar was excellent, many of the students gained the importance of tourism and its development in india as well as in other countries. The basic requirement essential to uplift the hospitality professionals in their own field, the prospects of tourism in the world wide, the upcoming of digital tourism based on technological implementation and the various steps taken by the government to develop, improve the tourism in India.