Oriental Group of Educational Institutions (OGEI) spread over 28 acres of land in three different campuses is located at Lakkidi and Vythiri, Wayanad District of Kerala on the NH 212. It is owned and managed by the Malabar Hotel Management & Catering Promotion Trust (MHMCPT) – a charitable trust formed with an intention of promoting the Hospitality and Tourism industry and promoting quality education in Hospitality management and allied management studies. It is amongst the select few premier institutes in India which practices what it preaches. Students undergo real life training programmes incorporated in their day to day activity to facilitate their on the job training. The College Management owns and operates a 5 star facility Resort (The Vythiri Village Resort) with 2000 seater convention centre adjacent to the Vythiri campus. Students are the key force behind the operations of all the resorts. The students actively participate in all major conferences, conventions, seminars and food festivals organised at the resorts. The group’s first venture- a Hospitality Management Institution, Oriental School of Hotel Management (OSHM), Lakkidi came into existence in the year 1995. The campus is spread over 10 acres of land and the institute block has a built up area of 90,000 sq. ft. which manifests the glint of architectural beauty. Located atop the ghat section on Calicut-Ooty-Mysore-Bangalore highway at Lakkidi, the land of greenery, spice scented breeze, mist clapped mountains, salubrious climate, hypnotizing scenic beauty, OSHM is just 55 kilometres from Calicut city. Every detail at the Institute has been designed to give students an atmosphere of learning and a feeling of being at home. Students all across the country and from abroad attend the programme and make this Institution an ideal setting for cross- cultural exchanges. OSHM has been adjudged as the “Best Hotel Management Institute” for five times by the Tourism department, Government of Kerala and is a pioneer in the field of Hotel Management education in Kerala. The second venture, Oriental College of Hotel Management & Culinary Arts, situated at Vythiri with a total built up area of 150,000 sq. ft. came into existence in the year 2009. The campus is surrounded by picturesque hills, and is nested at height of 3000 ft. above the sea level and is a conducive location for studying Hospitality Management. The 5 star facilities Resort- Vythiri Village is located adjacent to this Institution where students are exposed to the nuances of administration and management at the operational level. Students immensely benefit in terms of acquiring Industrial knowledge and assimilating management of Hotel operations by being directly involved the day-to-day operations of the deluxe resort. Oriental Group of Hotel Management Institutions is the largest in India in terms of infrastructure and student strength with all modern facilities that a Hospitality management education Institute can think of. Oriental Institute for Management Studies situated at Lakkidi was instituted in the year 2013 with the aim of offering a broad range of career to the students in the Management and IT sectors.Its sprawling campus has several units including the Main Block housing the Management Institute with classrooms, training Laboratories, libraries, administrative offices, and the hostels.
