The College is managed by the Iqbal College Trust, Peringammala, Thiruvananthapuram. The trust started its functions aiming to provide charitable and educational services to the society, in 1964, when higher education was totally inaccessible to the general public in the area. The venture was geared and accelerated by some visionaries and social reformers of the Muslim community in South Kerala. Their united effort with sincerity fructified into giving shape of this college as the signature institution of the trust. The college has been named after the great poet – philosopher Sir Dr. Allama Muhammed Iqbal, the auther of the famous patriotic song,
“Sare Jahhan Se Achchaa………..Hindustan Hamara…”
Through decades of hard work and social commitment of the management the college could reach the zenith of modern education. At present the Trust facilitates kindergarten to post graduate studies within the vicinity of Iqbal College campus. The prime body of the Trust is the executive committee. The executive members of the trust are elected by the general body as per bye-laws.