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The Department Marine Catering and Hotel Management organized, (SLCS- Samaaj Seva), an outreach Activity on “Share the Meal” -Donate Food at Teppakulam, Madurai on 18.5.22. 24 students from I year have taken part in the program. They prepared and distributed variety rice (around 50 packets of food) to the deserted people in the area.

Through this outreach program, we were able to sensitize our students to gain social values, widen their responsibility and receive a wide spectrum of knowledge in societal issues and problems by making them to work with community. Students were immensely satisfied after witnessing the smile on the faces of the homeless people on receiving the food packets.

World Earth day is celebrated every year on April 22^nd to protect the planet earth from the pollution and deforestation. The Department of Marine Catering and Hotel Management and Institution’s Innovation Council (IIC) of our college jointly organized a Seminar on “Steps to Make Our Earth More Sustainable” on 17.5.2022.   We have invited Mr.M.Elango., Asst. Conservator of Forest, Madurai as a resource person. 64 students of various departments actively participated in the programme. The resource person created  awareness among the students regarding action on climate change, renewable energy, natural resources management, environmental protection, etc. A healthy planet is not an option — it is a necessity. Besides it was a memorable experience for all the participants.

          The Department of Marine Catering and Hotel Management organized, (SLCS-Samaaj Seva), an outreach activity on “An awareness program on the Impact of Traditional Food Culture and donating food to the Rural Women” at Mallankinaru, Virdhunagar Dist. on 17.5.22. Three Marine catering and Hotel Management department faculty members and 15 students visited the Place. Mr.K.Perumal Kannan, Asst.Professor delivered a speech in which he said that Food is the linchpin of society and it creates a connection between our belief, ethnicity, individual cultures and our cultural heritage.  On a larger scale most people realize that food is not just a part of the culture it can reflect our cultural values and also explains that traditional food is definitely tastier than other healthy food. Many of the traditional foods have fewer calories and helpful for weight control and it has less saturated fat, therefore, it is much better for the heart. Many essential oils and vitamins are present only in the traditional food. The food packets prepared by our students were distributed to 70 rural women in the village. At the end of the Program the rural community have appreciated the efforts made by the students and the coordinator.

The HEN, an Association of Department of Marine Catering and Hotel Management, organized an industrial visit to Munnar and Cochin for two days from 13.5.2022 to 14.5.22. 56 students from I and II year MC&HM and Five faculty members participated in it. The Students visited various places in Munnar such as Rose garden, Mattupetty Dam, Top Station, Photo point, Attukkadu falls on 13/05/202 and the next day the Students visited various places in Cochin like LuLu Mall,Kerala Kathakali Centre, Chottanikkara Temple and Kerala Folklore Museum. Through this educational tour the students gained experiential learning which helped them to understand the History, art and culture of the people, food habits, and social background of the local people in Kerala state. In this trip students built closer bonds with their classmates, experienced new environments and enjoyed the day away from the classroom.