Mr Farhat Jamal

Currently Chairman & Managing Trustee of the Maulana Azad Educational Trust, Aurangabad, Mr Farhat Jamal has been managing eight colleges with diverse streams and two schools with a student population of over twelve thousand.

An alumnus of Institute of Hotel Management, Pusa, New Delhi, he received his CHA—Certified Hotel Administrator form American Hotel and Educational Institute. He completed Cornell University Program for General Managers at the National university of Singapore in 1993 and also participated inn a short training program for Senior Managers at Cornell University.

He is a seasoned hospitality professional having worked with IHCL ( Taj Hotels, Resorts and Palaces) India’s leading hotel Group for over three decades and for over six years with Shangri-La Hotels and Resorts, the leading hospitality group of South East Asia headquartered in Hong Kong. He has been awarded the Lifetime Achievement Award 2017 for Contribution to Hospitality Industry by Pacific Area Travel Writers Association, ITB, Berlin. He has been selected among the 100 most influential people in the Hospitality Industry-2013, Hotelier India

Before he retired he was the Sr Vice President-Operations( West and Africa) and Advisor- Special Projects with (IHCL) Taj Hotels, Resorts and Palaces. Post his retirement he worked as Group Advisor- Hospitality, Hiranandani Group, Mumbai for two year. Has been on Boards of several subsidiary companies of the IHCL and chaired various committees. Presently Vice Chair of the Board of Governors of the Institute of Hotel Management- Aurangabad