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.

The Punjab Chapter was founded in 1986 under the able leadership of Mr PC Sharma (DCM), Mr M.K. Bhardwaj (NFL), Mr P. K. Verma (PTL) , Mr. Darshan Kumar, Punwire,  Ms Amar Deepika  (PTL),  Ms Renu R.P. Singh (NFL) and Mr. Balbir Singh SAIL .

National Institute of Personnel Management (NIPM) is one of the Premier All India Body of Professional Managers engaged in the profession of Personnel Management, Industrial Relations, Labour Welfare and HRD in the country.