INTRODUCTION This chapter will provide a deep insight into Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) in The hospitality industry in India and the last part will establish the importance of CSR in the hospitality industry. 1.2 CORPORATE SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY 1.2.1 Origin and Development The concept of CSR was first used in Barnard's book "Functions of Managers" published by Harvard University Press, Cambridge in 1938. Later, other writers used CSR in different forms." CSR analyzes the cultural, legal, political, social and physical facets of the world" has been evolving in recent times and has created an ethical edifice for various factors to be accountable for their corporate responsibility and their subsequent effect on the global climate in which they function and work.