Sandilyan Ramanujam Pagaldiviti

Sandilyan Pagaldiviti is a PhD in Tourism and Hospitality from IGNOU and earned his Masters in Tourism also from the same University. He has also completed M. Phil in Tourism Management from Madurai Kamaraj University. Dr. Sandilyan is a Tourism and Hospitality professional with over 25 years of experience. In 1995, he started his career with the Taj Group of Hotels as an operations management trainee. In his career he has worked with various prestigious organisation like P&O cruises, Jaypee Group of Hotels, as well as leading academic Institutions like IHM – Hyderabad, Bradford-Rex School of Hospitality & Management, Singapore etc. Having started as a Chef, Dr. Sandilyan is amongst a handful of chefs in the country to hold a PhD degree. Dr. Sandilyan has undergone several advanced learning programmes from Ecole Hoteliere, Lausanne and is also certified by EHL as a “Qualified Learning Facilitator”. Dr. Sandilyan has held various senior management positions like HOD for Hotel Management at KLEF – deemed to be University, Vice Principal at SRMIHM. In the industry he has been a General Manager for a QSR chain based at Bangalore as well as GM for SKHL.

Publications

The Future of Restaurants: How Technology Is Changing the Way We Dine Out
The Future of Restaurants: How Technology Is Changing the Way We Dine Out
Sandilyan Ramanujam Pagaldiviti, Birendra Kishore Roy. © 2023. 12 pages.
In the present day the restaurant and the food service industry has metamorphosed into such a sophisticated industry where every day some innovative and creative are happening....
A Study on Responsible Behavioural Practices at Tourist Attractions of Bangalore
A Study on Responsible Behavioural Practices at Tourist Attractions of Bangalore
Sachin Soonthodu, Sumit Kumar Singh, Sandilyan Ramanujam Pagaldiviti. © 2022. 15 pages.
Sustainable practices in tourist attractions aim at reducing the negative impacts of tourists’ activities to make a destination tourist-friendly. Bangalore is a world-class city...