The Delhi Institute of Hotel Management & Catering Technology (DIHM), erstwhile Food Craft Institute, was established in 1983 by the Ministry of Tourism, Government of India in association with the Government of Delhi as Food Craft Institute (Polytechnic) for training in trades & crafts in hotel & catering operations.
The Institute made a humble beginning from a portion of the Polytechnic building at Kashmere Gate, Delhi . Subsequently the Institute moved into its present location at Lajpat Nagar-IV. The growth in the Hospitality industry has necessitated upgradation of Food Crafts Institute to a full- fledged Institute of Hotel Management and Catering Technology with unstinted support of the Government of Delhi in 1999. The first batch of the three-year diploma students passed out in the year 2002 and got successfully placed in the Hospitality Industry. In the year 2003, the first batch of the Degree programme passed out. Over the years, the Institute has made rapid progress and earned qualitative reputation in its own field. It is heartening to state that DIHM is shifting shortly in its own sprawling Campus