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@article{183493,
        author = {Mr. S. Karthikeyan,},
        title = {AN ANALYSIS OF THE IMPORTANCE OF SCHOLARLY RESEARCH IN INDIAN HOSPITALITY AND TOURISM EDUCATION},
        journal = {International Journal of Innovative Research in Technology},
        year = {2025},
        volume = {12},
        number = {3},
        pages = {1755-1765},
        issn = {2349-6002},
        url = {https://ijirt.org/article?manuscript=183493},
        abstract = {Academic scholarship in academic life is the cornerstone of academic excellence, innovation, and evidence-based decision-making in higher education. In hospitality and tourism education in India, research is not only necessary for pedagogic content development and curriculum design but also for making academic work relevant to the changing needs of the global industry. The present study examines the Indian hospitality and tourism school postgraduate students and faculties' perceived importance, current level of involvement, and institutional issues. Under a mixed-methods design, 120 participants were interviewed across India. The study acknowledges a high appreciation of research as an important factor for scholarship but acknowledges active participation to be hindered by the likes of inadequate funding, limited access to scholarly literature, inadequate research training, and inadequate institutional support facilities. The study promotes the role of well-defined research policies, improved academic infrastructure, and collaborative inter-institutional research. To enhance hospitality and tourism education in India to be more innovative, academically robust, and globally competitive, the research-based scholarship culture has to be nurtured.},
        keywords = {Hospitality education, Tourism education, scholars' research, Higher education in India, Academic engagement, and Research challenges},
        month = {August},
        }