Institute of Hotel Management, Aurangabad, was born with the coming together of two great institutions: the internationally renowned scholar, Dr. Rafiq Zakaria?s - Maulana Azad Educational Trust and Taj Hotels Resorts and Palaces. Dr. Zakaria and the Taj were determined to create a world-class centre in hospitality education, with the technical assistance of India?s largest hotel chain, with over a century?s experience in hoteliering. In one and a half decades from its inception, IHM-A has retained its position of being the most sought after Institute of Hotel Management in Asia and has been nominated as one of the eight Leading Hotel Schools of the World.