• J. Yuvaraj
• S. Kanimozhi
• A. Arun

Mentoring is a professional act of enhancing the capability of a person in developing his skills, knowledge and overcome difficulties. The prime fact of the study is to actively exhibit the expectation, need and importance of the academic mentoring system at hospitality institutions in mentoring their students. The study revolves around the students from hotel management colleges and institutions. An organized questionnaire is circulated among the students (N= 127) to bring out the influence of the mentoring practices at their institutions, the data is analyzed with SPSS (21.0) software. The result show signs of the expectation, relationship quality and area of need for the mentoring system. The study concludes suggesting more practical and personalized practices to be induced in the mentoring systems and a substantial training program to be provided for the mentors.

Hospitality, Educator, Mentor, Student

"THE PRAGMATIC STUDY ON NECESSITATE ROLE OF ACADEMIC MENTORING AT HOTEL MANAGEMENT INSTITUTIONS", International Journal of Emerging Technologies and Innovative Research (www.jetir.org), ISSN:2349-5162, Vol.6, Issue 3, page no.601-604, March-2019, Available :http://www.jetir.org/papers/JETIR1903I92.pdf

"THE PRAGMATIC STUDY ON NECESSITATE ROLE OF ACADEMIC MENTORING AT HOTEL MANAGEMENT INSTITUTIONS", International Journal of Emerging Technologies and Innovative Research (www.jetir.org | UGC and issn Approved), ISSN:2349-5162, Vol.6, Issue 3, page no. pp601-604, March-2019, Available at : http://www.jetir.org/papers/JETIR1903I92.pdf