NIPM - the National Institute of Personnel Management, is an institute of Personnel Management and the only all – India body of professional managers engaged in the profession of personnel management, industrial relations, labour welfare, training and HRD in the country. It came into existence in March 1980 as a result of merger of two professional Institutions, namely the Indian Institute of Personnel Management, established in 1948 in Kolkata and the National Institute of Labour Management, established in 1950 in Mumbai. With its National Office in Kolkata, NIPM has a total membership of more than 10,000 spread over 52 Chapters all over the country. NIPM is a non – profit making body devoted to the development of skill and expertise of the persons engaged in the management of human resources through regular lecture meetings, seminars, training courses, conferences and publications through its Chapters all over the country.
NIPM, has been consistently serving the cause of HRM profession in the country for the last five decades and representing the practitioners in industry, both in private and public sectors governments and academics. As the premier forum in the country, it is constantly striving for excellence in professionalism in the personnel and industrial relations fields through exchanges of knowledge and experience of experts from all parts of the world.
NIPM has also evolved a model curricula for imparting education to the persons in the profession as well as to them who wish to join this profession. It has started Post Graduate Diploma Examination in Personnel Management (PGDPM) since March 1978 towards this direction. This Diploma has been recognised by the Govt. of India for the purpose of recruitment to superior posts, as also by the State Govts. Of Bihar, Goa, Karnataka, Kerala, Andhra Pradesh, Rajasthan, West Bengal, Orissa and Maharashtra as a prescribed qualification for appointment as Welfare Officers under the statue. The All India Council for Technical Education has also recognised this Diploma as equivalent to MBA (Personnel).
NIPM is a Member of Asia Pacific Federation of Human Resource Management (APFHRM) which in turn is a member of World Federation of Personnel Management Association (WFPMA). It has constant interaction with Institute of Personnel and Development (IPD) UK, Society for Human Resource Management (SHRM), USA, Australian Human Resource Institute (AHRI), Australia, International Labour Organisation (ILO), Geneva , and IIRA, Geneva by exchange of journals and delegates.
