This Institute is a Central Autonomous Body under the financial and administrative control of the Ministry of Tourism, Government of India. The Institute is a Society registered under Societies Registration Act, 1860 to impart hospitality education in Craft Courses and was formerly known as ‘Food Craft Institute (Goa)’ registered in the year 1967 and later upgraded to Diploma level in the year 1984 and thereafter to Degree Level in the year 2002 onwards to its present name ‘Institute of Hotel Management, Catering Technology & Applied Nutrition (Goa) Society’.