"National Institute of Personnel Management (NIPM), is the only all India body of professional managers engaged in the profession of Human Resource Management, ,Industrial Relations, Labour Welfare, and Training & Development in the country. It came in to existence on 15th March 1980 as a result of merger of two professional institutions, namely the Indian Institute of Personnel Management (IIPM) established in 1948 in Kolkata and the National Institute of Labour Management (NILM) established in 1950 in Bombay, now Mumbai.With its National Office at Kolkata, NIPM has a total membership of about 10,000 spread over 53 Chapters all over the country.All endeavors of the Institute are aimed at continuously defining and redefining the benchmarks of Professional Excellence for People and People Processes and supporting the professionals and organizations achieving them.