The college is located on a small hilltop with a campus encompassing hundreds of acres in Sreenivasapuram area of Varkala municipality.
The college is affiliated with the University of Kerala, headquartered in Trivandrum and currently offers 11 undergraduate and five postgraduate courses, with eight departments as approved research centers.
R. Sankar, then Chief Minister of Kerala and an ardent believer of the Principles and teachings of Sree Narayana Guru.
Now it offers various research programmes including Ph.D.he B+ grade conferred by the National Assessment and Accreditation Council (NAAC) in 2003-2004.
Debates, music, dance, sports, games, social work, and other cultural programmes are available at Mar Ivanios campus.