The beginning of the Department of Tourism Studies (DTS), Pondicherry University, may be traced back to 1991, when, with the seed financial support from the Ministry of Tourism and Civil Aviation, Government of India, a Centre for Tourism Studies (CTS) was established in as a nodal centre for advanced tourism education and research. The CTS was subsequently elevated to the status of a Department during 2005- 06. The Department is supported by the University Grants Commission's SAP.
Placement Service Available: The Department has a track record of excellent placements for its students. The percentage of students who get placed is consistently over 90%. The students get an early exposure to the industrial life at the time of six to eight weeks long Summer Internship Training, the opportunity is provided usually at the end of the second semester. The final placements, coordinated by the students’ committee under the Head of the Department and the University’s Placement Officer, start at the beginning of the fourth semester. The placement committee strives to cultivate long-lasting relationship with potential employers and encourages them to participate in the campus placement programs.
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