Amongst many migrants George Williams came to London in 1841 looking for employment and worked as an assistant in the drapery establishment of M/s Hitchcocks and Rogers. Later he married Hitchcock's daughter Helen and took over proprietorship of the firm after Hitchcock died. During the days of his struggle he formed a group of 12 young men coming from different Protestant denominations, three each from the Methodist, Independent, Presbyterian and the Church of England, to take care of the spiritual and human needs of young men who came from rural Britain to find a living in the oppressive conditions of urban society. It was in George William's room that twelve young men met on 6 June, 1844 to form a society for improving the spiritual conditions of young men engaged in drapery and other trades. Two weeks later the society was given a new name "The Young Men's Christian Association".

In the summer of 1851, the London YMCA took advantage of the Great Industrial Exhibition held at the Crystal Palace, London and made the Y-concept known to the visitors by distributing tracts and other information. The visitors, who came from all over the world, took the idea to their countries and that is how the first American YMCA took birth on December 29, 1851 and the Montreal YMCA was founded on 25 November, 1851 as the first Canadian YMCA.

True to tradition, the New Delhi YMCA has been in the forefront in socio-professional fields for the past eight decades. Beginning with imparting of training in shorthand and typewriting, the institute has come a long way in the field of professional education and training in keeping with the demands of the time. Today, the institute offeres professional programmes in the field of office management, fashion technology and interior desinging.

IOM has an enviable record of achievements and is one of the premier institutes of its kind in the country. The institute has grown in stature from year to year with the demand for admission to its courses growing apace and this Institute has carved a niche for itself amongst other such institutes offering similar courses. The Institute aims at imparting comprihensive training to young men and women irrespective of their caste, creed, community, social status and making them suitable for employeement in the highly competetive job market.

The students of IOM are sought after by organizations which look for competence, talent and proficiency in the choice of their employees.

The Institute takes pride in the fact that a number of alumanai's are working in senior lavel manegerial positions both in the public / Govt. as well as in the corporate sectors which clearly shows the relevence of our courses.