In a landmark moment for global hospitality and AI innovation, the NamAIste IIHM Hospitality GPT—the world’s first generative AI knowledge engine dedicated to the hospitality industry—was unveiled before a global audience of hospitality leaders, students, and stakeholders.
On February 2, on the banks of the River Mandovi, close to 50 young chefs from hospitality institutions in 50 countries, their mentors, and some of the world’s best hospitality educators held hands to signify the bridges of love and bonding that only hospitality can build. They were participants in the annual Young Chef Olympiad-the largest congregation of young chefs in the world-organised by the International Institute of Hotel Management (IIHM), India’s most internationally recognised hospitality institute with campuses across India, including Goa, as well as abroad. They also pledged to work together and share knowledge and earnings so that hospitality students and professionals can learn, share, and better the world of hospitality.
A little over three months later, the iconic Chairman of IIHM, Dr. Suborno Bose, and his technical partner team launched the industry-disrupting world’s first hospitality GPT- NamAIste IIHM Hospitality GPT-a self-created, India-made and India-controlled GPT. Importantly, this hospitality GPT, unlike a conventional ChatGPT, will host knowledge and information on all aspects of hospitality, created and shared by over 60 of the best hospitality colleges across the world.
There is a new dawn in the world of hospitality. The global unison of technology and human touch, in the form of the world’s first-ever hospitality-exclusive GPT, was launched in Kolkata, India, following the vision of Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s dream for a ‘Make in India’ technology in the spirit of Viksit Bharat
Dr. Suborno Bose – Chairman IIHM and creator of NamAIste.
Beyond the realms of a chatbot or a normal GPT, the NamAIste – IIHM Hospitality GPT is a repository of extensive, inclusive, and exclusive knowledge, information, research, innovation, and trends-galaxies beyond what a normal search engine or chatbot can provide.
This was welcomed by the industry as nothing less than a giant satellite launch into space. In effect, it wasn’t far from that, as the NamAIste IIHM Hospitality GPT will traverse new horizons, offering closed-user access to unmatched information and research.
The industry is ready to accept it. The industry is waiting. It’s a global mind-changer. It is not just a tech marvel but the dawn of a new way of thinking-the dawn of reimagining things
Dr. Suborno Bose – Chairman IIHM and creator of NamAIste.

