Thangam Elizabeth Philip was an Indian nutritionist and a pioneer of hospitality education in India.
17 Facts About Thangam Philip
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Thangam Philip was the Principal Emeritus of the Institute of Hotel Management, Mumbai and was the author of several books on cookery.
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Thangam Philip was born on 12 May 1921 at Kozhikode in the south Indian state of Kerala in a central Travancore family by name, Thevarthundiyil, to T P Philip and Elizabeth Philip.
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Thangam Philip started her career by joining the faculty of home science at St Thomas School, Kolkata where she worked for a short time before moving to Sri Lanka in 1949 to work at Southland Methodist College to establish a Home Economic department at the college.
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Thangam Philip returned to India in 1950 and accepted the invitation of the Ministry of Agriculture to manage one of the cafeterias under the brand name, Annapurna, where subsidized food was served to the middle class.
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Thangam Philip did radio and television programmes and visited US where her programmes were telecast.
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Thangam Philip started writing articles in the periodicals and opened a cookery programme at the All India Radio.
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Thangam Philip was the author of several books on cookery and hospitality industry.
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Thangam Philip's two volume work, Modern Book for Teaching and the Trade, is a prescribed textbook in IHM curriculum.
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One of her books, Thangam Philip's Book of Baking is a work written for the Ministry of Tourism.
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Thangam Philip involved as a consultant with several projects of UNDP, Food and Agriculture Organization, International Labour Organization and the Government of Kuwait.
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Thangam Philip served on the boards of many hospitality enterprises and organizations such as Air India, Indian Institute of Tourism and Travel Management, Sterling Holiday Resorts Limited and Kamat Hotels.
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Thangam Philip was a member of the Remuneration Committee and Member of Shareholders' Grievance Committee of the Kamat Hotel group.
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Thangam Philip, who remained unmarried throughout her life, died on 28 January 2009, at the age of 87, of cardiac arrest which followed related illnesses at a nursing home in Kottayam.
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Thangam Philip's body was buried at St Andrew's CSI Church cemetery at Pannimattom, Kottayam.
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Thangam Philip was a fellow of the Hotel Catering and Institutional Management Association, UK as well as the Cookery and Food Association, UK and served as a member of the Royal Society for Public Health, UK.
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Thangam Philip was a recipient of the Firestone Award from the Indian Association of Occupational Health.