City Manager’s Association, Rajasthan is a registered society and membership fees based organization. All urban local bodies and development authorities and institutions working in the area of urban development are the institutional members of the association.

Formation workshop of CMAR was held on 22nd April 2002 in HCM RIPA, Jaipur and was jointly organized by the Government of Rajasthan, Indo- USAID Financial Institutions Reform and Expansion (FIRE) project, National Institute of Urban Affairs (NIUA), and USAEP with International City/ Count Management Association (ICMA).

According to the byelaws & MoU of the association, all the decisional authority of the association is with the executive committee of the association.