from his website- I am an alumni of NCHMCT Pusa campus the batch of 1990. With nearly three decades of experience under my wing I have been a part of a variety of segments of Food and Beverage trade. I started my culinary career with the Taj Group of Hotels and continued to work there for the next two decades plus learning the art under the tutelage of masters Chef Satish Arora and Chef Arvind Saraswat. TAJ gave me immense opportunity to hone my skills on various platforms. I had the opportunity to train at the top restaurants of the chain. Orient Express,Machaan,Handi,Golden Dragon among others. I worked at the TAJ SATS Air Catering Ltd, the flight catering wing where i learnt the art and Science of Bulk Cooking. I also had exhaustive exposure to international cuisines while developing menus for top of the line airlines such as Singapore Airlines, Virgin Atlantic,Cathay Pacific,United Airlines,Emirates, Air India and Jet Airways to name a few. I led teams targeted at implementation and training of various quality Tools such as ISO 9001 and HACCP I also cooked and traveled with the Honorable Prime Ministers ,Presidents and Vice presidents of India to various destinations in the world on their official tours and summits. Visit of Then Prime Minister Mr. Atal Bihari Vajpayee to the Russian Federation and Visit of Mr. Bhairon Singh Shekhawat the Vice President to Cairo for the G20 summit are my most memorable ones. While at TAJ I also headed teams for product development for retail and institutional catering Businesses.I have lead teams of chefs from as small as five members in hotels to more than three hundred staff at the flight kitchens.I was a part of various project and Pre-opening teams. As a career change I moved to Specialty Restaurants Ltd,The Largest multi brand Restaurant Chain in India as the Executive chef,Product development and Quality. Successfully implemented Quality and product development goals during my tenure. I conducted hugely successful culinary promotions across the Non-Chinese brands of the chain which included Global Grill ,Afghan and Awadhi Cuisines. In the year 2013 joined the Indismart Group as the Director of Culinary Arts. The group runs IIHM and IAM brands of hotel Schools supported by Indismart brand boutique hotels. International Institute of Hotel management promotes and supports Culinary arts By various Initiatives such as IIHM YOUNG CHEF INDIA SCHOOLS, TEACHER CHEF INDIA. I lead the culinary academics team of the group and I am also the Chief Culinary support of the YOUNG CHEF OLYMPIAD; World's largest competition for culinary students