Kavya Prabhakar- She came to us for 3 months Hospitality Skill development training towards livelihood for tribals from BRT Tiger reserve, this program was sponsored by both BRT Tiger reserve and TVSSST(TVS Srinivas Sundaram trust.) Soon after the training Kavya got selected to join the one-year apprenticeship program with ITC Gardenia.

In the beginning, Kavya was very shy, our faculty spent a lot of time to bring her and the rest of them out of their shell to open. It even took close to 3 weeks, for them to get used to wearing uniforms with shoes, the girls had never worn trousers.

Its so nice to see her steadily grow in her program at ITC Gardenia, very soon she will be completing one year.

We would like to thank TVSSST and BRT Tiger reserve in trusting us and with 20 candidates for this training for tribals.

Meet Sathish Nayak who is a Food & Beverage associate at Lalit Mahal Palace Hotel. He came to us from Bandipur Forest as part of the tribals batch sponsored by Jungle Lodges & Resorts under the leadership of Mr Kumar Pushkar during his tenure as MD Jungle Lodges and Resorts. Sathish, never knew anything about hotels, his father is a farmer and there were not too many job opportunities in the forest area for Tribals. Today he is gainfully employed and working in a wonderful environment few hours away from his home.

Puneet, after 3 months got selected for the apprenticeship program and has now completed one year with them.
This is what Ashika Theresa D’souza, Assistant Manager Food and Beverage, ITC Windsor has to say about Puneet – “Puneet has played an important role in handling Luxury hour operations and supporting the Dum Pukht restaurant. I have the honour to put on record that AVS students Pavan, Bheemaiah and Puneet have shown great diligence and hard work during the past months towards F&B Service Operations. Their peers have fondly shared their appreciation with the F&B Manager as well. The young talents have shown great discipline and enthusiasm in day-to-day operations and can be trusted upon for operational and administrative work. They have certainly set the standards high for rest of the team members to follow. We are privileged to have them as strong pillars to the team of Food and Beverage at ITC Windsor.

Natasha Kabra, our faculty who was their mentor says “Bheemaiah, Puneeth and Pavan started off like most other students – very shy, lack of confidence, poor communication skills and with absolutely no knowledge of how the hospitality industry works. Slowly, with a lot of individual attention, each 1 of them grew more confident, knowledgeable and sure of what they wanted to pursue. By the end of the course, they were amongst the top students of the class. We were sure they would get through their interviews with flying colors. During COVID our center was shut, despite poor connections they still logged in for class as often as they could. Today, seeing where they’ve reached with ITC Windsor Manor, makes us absolutely proud to call them AVS students.”

Bheemaiah, after 3 months got selected for the apprenticeship program and has now completed one year with them.
This is what Ashika Theresa D’souza, Assistant Manager Food and Beverage, ITC Windsor has to say about Bheemaiah – “Bheemaiah has solely taken care of In Room Dining services multiple times and has equivalent experience in Dakshin operations.
I have the honour to put on record that AVS students Pavan, Bheemaiah and Puneet have shown great diligence and hard work during the past months towards F&B Service Operations. Their peers have fondly shared their appreciation with the F&B Manager as well. The young talents have shown great discipline and enthusiasm in day-to-day operations and can be trusted upon for operational and administrative work. They have certainly set the standards high for rest of the team members to follow. We are privileged to have them as strong pillars to the team of Food and Beverage at ITC Windsor.

Natasha Kabra, our faculty who was their mentor says “Bheemaiah, Puneeth and Pavan started off like most other students – very shy, lack of confidence, poor communication skills and with absolutely no knowledge of how the hospitality industry works. Slowly, with a lot of individual attention, each 1 of them grew more confident, knowledgeable and sure of what they wanted to pursue. By the end of the course, they were amongst the top students of the class. We were sure they would get through their interviews with flying colors. During COVID our center was shut, despite poor connections they still logged in for class as often as they could. Today, seeing where they’ve reached with ITC Windsor Manor, makes us absolutely proud to call them AVS students.”

Its time to highlight some of our boys…
I would like to feature our student Pavan Nair, who after 3 months of training with us, got selected at ITC Windsor for their apprenticeship program. He has successfully completed the one year training and is working at Raj Pavilion & Dum Pukht. This is what Ashika Theresa D’souza, Assistant Manager Food and Beverage, ITC Windsor has to say, “I have the honour to put on record that AVS students Pavan, Bheemaiah and Puneet have shown great diligence and hard work during the past months towards F&B Service Operations. Their peers have fondly shared their appreciation with the F&B Manager as well. Pavan has been a vital part of the Raj Pavilion & Dum Pukht operational team. The young talents have shown great discipline and
enthusiasm in day-to-day operations and can be trusted upon for operational and administrative work. They have certainly set the standards high for rest of the team members to follow. We are privileged to have them as strong pillars to the team of Food and Beverage at ITC Windsor.”
Natasha Kabra, our faculty who was their mentor says “Bheemaiah, Puneeth and Pavan started off like most other students – very shy, lack of confidence, poor communication skills and with absolutely no knowledge of how the hospitality industry works. Slowly, with a lot of individual attention, each 1 of them grew more confident, knowledgeable and sure of what they wanted to pursue. By the end of the course, they were amongst the top students of the class. We were sure they would get through their interviews with flying colors. During COVID our center was shut, despite poor connections they still logged in for class as often as they could. Today, seeing where they’ve reached with ITC Windsor Manor, makes us absolutely proud to call them AVS students.”

The one on the right in this picture is Sharanya our AVS student at Evolve Back Kabini.

Sharanya came to us in March 22, within 3 months- on 1st June she was selected to join Evolve Back Kabini as F&B Hostess. She has completed her 12th and continues to pursue her graduation by correspondence.
She was initially selected to join Evolve Back Coorg, however she never wanted to work here, as she was sure that if she stayed in Coorg, her parents would get her married. HR head at Evolve Back understood and moved her to Kabini, where she has blossomed.

As per Kanthi Aneesh, GM- Evolve Back Kabini- “Sharanya is always smiling, and is excellent with guests, she is also a quick learner”
Sharanya says “I love my job, this opportunity was only possible because of my training at AVS, where I learned so much about the Hospitality industry from the teachers, who remain my mentors even today. Special mention of Seema mam Sony mam Shilpa mam and Shalini Mam. I am really liking my job at Evolve Back Kabini, they treat me so well, and teach me if I don’t know something”
Sharanya has been a great student, who was always an eager learner, what touched us most, when she got her first salary, she sends us a picture of her salary slip and wrote a beautiful thank you note to all the teachers.” – Shalini Charles – Founder AVS