Sikkim Manipal University, Manipal

I work as an Assistant Professor in the Hospitality and Tourism department here at Sikkim Manipal University. My office is located in Syndicate House in Manipal, which is in the 576104 area of Karnataka. Manipal is a real student town, and you can feel that energy as soon as you walk through the streets. Most of my day is spent preparing for classes, grading papers, and talking to students about their futures in the tourism industry. It is a lot of work, but it keeps me busy. Syndicate House is an old building with a lot of history, and it is right in the heart of the university activities. I have been teaching here for a while, and I have seen many students come and go. Hospitality is an interesting subject because it is all about how you treat people, which is something we try to practice ourselves. The weather in Karnataka can be quite humid, but the campus is green and nice to walk around. I don't really use all those big academic terms when I am talking to my colleagues. We just try to make sure the students are learning something useful that they can actually use when they graduate. It is a straightforward life of teaching and administration, and Manipal is a great place to be doing it. I usually carry my own lunch from home and eat at my desk while looking over some notes for the next seminar.