Surya School of Hotel Management & Catering Technology (SSHMCT), Patiala was established in 2009.

The college is affiliated to the Punjab Technical University.

The college is established by Surya Educational & Charitable Trust (SECT).

There is ample scope of opportunities for those graduating from here. Surya Pharmaceutical has its own state-of-the-art manufacturing plants and Research & Development Centre.

The institute's aim is to emerge as the most respected and premier institute of tertiary education in the region – creating motivated scholars ready to embrace the professional challenges of working in the industry within a competitive global business environment.

The institute's faculty is qualified, mature, proactive, student friendly, research oriented with excellent teaching skills backed by sound subject knowledge and research.