TheresS food news for all vegetarians who were reluctant to join a hotel management course because they'd have to cook meat — the National Council for Hotel Management and Catering Technology ( NCHMCT) has introduced a vegetarian- only option for practical exams in its undergraduate hotel management course. This will be available for students at all affiliated institutes of hotel management from 2019.

The option has been mentioned in the recently released public notice for NHCM JEE 2019. The notice, which enlists details regarding the admissions process in Institutes of Hotel Management (IHMs) for the next academic year. The notice states, "Vegetarian only practical option in B.Sc. (HHA) program will be available in all the affiliated IHMs, for which the candidate has to opt for veg-practical only option while joining the allotted institute."