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Institute of Rural Management Institute of Rural Management (IRM) is a capacity development and learning facility in the not-for-profit sector of Pakistan. Over the last 22 years, IRM has been directly responsible for building the capacity of development professionals and communities across Pakistan, as well as working with most UN agencies, USAID, DFID and Federal and provincial government.

IRM has a Head office in Islamabad and sub offices in all four provinces i.e. Rawalpindi, Chakwal, Bahawalpur, Peshawar/Azakhail, Quetta, & Jamshoro-Sindh.

History IRM was established as a one-room human resource development organization under the patronage of National Rural Support Programme in 1992 with the mission is to eradicate poverty, reduce inequality and improve the quality of life of the rural communities by empowering them to harness their true human, social and economic potential through vocational and technical training.

In 2010, IRM was registered as a separate legal entity and underwent several strategic transformations. Roomi S. Hayat was appointed the first chief executive officer of the IRM.[1][2] Under his leadership, IRM evolved into a substantial training institute, having trained more than 1 million people with an annual turnout of over 50,000 trainees.[3][4]

Board Members Dr. Humayun Khan (Chairman), Shoaib Sultan Khan, Dr. Rashid Bajwa, Nazar Memon, Dr. Tariq Siddiqui, Fazalullah Qureshi, Dr Shahida Jaffrey, Dr. Muhammad Amjad Saqib, Dr. Aliya Khan, Shandana Khan and Roomi Saeed Hayat (C.E.O)

Other Programmes Apart from Vocational & Technical Training Programmes, IRM is also engaged in sectoral programs. IRM has signed a long term agreement with UNICEF. IRM is also the implementing partner of USAID for the Pakistan Reading Project.

References [1] http://www.rspn.org/index.php/about/our-board/ [2] Quality Conscious Training Institutes, views of Roomi Hayat published in NGORC Journal 2003 [3] Roomi Hayat speaking about the Role of HRDN, Press Coverage in Dawn News, 8 September 2007 [4] IRM Registration with SECP Archived 14 July 2010 at the Wayback Machine. Securities & Exchange Commission of Pakistan Grants Registration license to the NPOs