The Rubber Institute was formally inaugurated by N.H.Godfrey, the then chairman of council, PRI, UK on 17th Sep. 1988 at New Delhi. Indian rubber Institute (IRI) is an organization of thought leaders involved in the endorsement of education and training in the field of rubber and allied materials.The institute upholds strategic associations with the leading academic and research fraternities in the country, such as Rubber Research Institute of India, Kottayam (RRII); Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur (IITK); Cochin University of Science & Technology(CUSAT), Kochi; Calcutta University, Kolkota; Indian Rubber Manufacturers Association, Mumbai; Madras Institute of Technology, Chennai etc., and with most of the tyre and non-tyre manufacturing and allied industries situated in different parts of the country.