Dr. Joseph Mar Thoma Institute of Pharmaceutical Sciences and Research is a professional, self-financing institution owned and managed by Mar Thoma Medical Mission of the Mar Thoma Syrian Church which is a registered society (Reg no 7/1971) under The Travancore Cochin Literary Scientific and Charitable Societies Registration Act XII of 1955. The Chairman of the society is the Mar Thoma Metropolitan Most Rev. Dr. Joseph Mar Thoma Metropolitan.