Now I taking electronic engineering degree course in local private university. From what I heard from people and also from the net, we can be a default graduate engineer member in IEM. To be able to have IR in front of your name, we have to do the extra work very much like taking masters during the first 2-3 years after graduation. Then finally we need a senior IR's approval on the proposal, and let him recommend us to IEM to become associate member.

It is very difficult to me to achieve that. As I am actually not interested into hardcore electronics stuff, I have failed electronics subjects before and my Maths sucks. I am aiming to work as sales engineer or administration stuff, with minimal involvement in circuit stuff. So I guess that having IR or not isn't that important to me.

But I still would like to know, how many of the electronic/electrical engineers today are Profesional IR? Will life be miserable for those non-IR engineers?

is up to u whether u wan to be a professional engineer (Ir)
but to be a Professional engineer(Ir) in electronic..quite difficult as u quite hard to find a mentor.
however,for electrical.u can easily get someone to be ur mentor.if u work in LV...abit hard...preferable in MV or HV...brighter future to be Proffesional Engineer.
not necessary must take Master course unless BEM not recognise ur college/Uni.