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GENESIS OF THE INSTITUTION OF HR PROFESSIONALS
	The Institution of Labour Officers subsequently called as Welfare Officers, Personnel Officers and now Human Resource Managers in factories and industrial establishments had its origin in the recommendations of the Royal Commission on Labour made in 1931. In the early days, the Cotton Textile Mills in Mumbai used to appoint ”Jobbers” (Group Leaders) who were given unrestricted power and authority in the matter of recruitment, deployment, promotion, discipline, and work extraction from workers. Due to unlimited powers and authority there was wide spread nepotism, favoritism and corrruption amongst the Jobbers. They were asking for money for offering jobs to villagers who were coming from villages in search of employment to the city of Mumbai. It was alleged that the Jobbers were not only demanding bribes for giving jobs from these new workers, but also monthly “Haftas” on their pay days after their employment. In order to curb the power and authority of Jobbers, the Royal commission on Labour in its Report recommended the appointment of Labour Officers to look after labour related functions such as recruitment, employee records, wage administration, discipline etc.
INFORMAL GROUP OF LABOUR OFFICERS:
	Pursuant to these recommendations by about 1940-45 most of the cotton textile mills in Mumbai and other industrial undertakings had already appointed Labour Officers. For some years after their initial appointments, these Labour Officers used to meet periodically at the Bombay Millowners' Association to exchange views, pool their experiences and discuss questions of topical interest and importance to their New and growing profession. In view of the growing importance of labour in the national economy and the passing of a number of enactments pertaining to labour the need was felt to form an association of Labour Officers, where members could meet, discuss and formulate sound labour policies, which would be helpful for the industrial progress of the country and improvement of the conditions and status of labour and for building better employer-employee relationships. This led to the formation of an Association of Labour Officers, under the Chairmanship of late Shri R. G. Gokhale who was the first Labour Officer to be appointed by the Bombay Millowners' Association to look after the well being of workers and to promote harmonious relation between the textile employers and the workers working in member mills of the Association,
NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF LABOUR MANAGEMENT (NILM):
	TheNational Institute of Labour Management (NlLM) was established on 26th January, 1950 with its own constitution framed and adopted by the informal Association of Labour Officers, The late Dr. V.V. Giri, Ex-President of India, who was the then Union Minister for Labour, formally inaugurated the institute at the FIrst All India Conference of Labour and Welfare Officers held in April, 1953 in Mumbai. The institute was registered under the Bombay Societies Registration Act, 1860 (No. 3261 of 1955/56)
LATE SHRI NAVAL H. TATA FOUNDER PRESIDENT:
	The NILM had been very fortunate in having Late Shri Naval H. Tata, of House of Tata's,a Member of the Governing Body of the International Labour Organization, as its President since its inception till its merger in 1980 with the Indian Institute of Personnel Management (IIPM) which was the Other institute of Personnel Officers functioning from Kolkata to form ‘The National Institute of Personnel Management(NIPM)‘. The long and continued association of Late Shri Naval Tata with NILM had been a Source of strength and inspiration to the members. While formally inaugurating the Institute the late Dr. V. V. Giri had stated that no better person than Shri Naval Tata could have been elected as its Founder President, who possessed expert knowledge of problems relating to labour and industry.