Amala Cancer Research Centre is an integral part of Amala Institute of Medical Sciences (AIMS) situated amidst of 40 acres of green landscape in the valley of Vilangan Hills, 8 KM from Thrissur town. The Centre is started in 1982 with the idea “to undertake scientific research in the area of cancer and other related branches of medical sciences both basic and applied fields” and registered as an independent society in 1984 under the Travancore-Cochin Literary, Scientific and Charitable Societies Act, 1955. The Centre is managed by the Trusteeship of Christian Missionaries, CMI Devamatha Province. It is a non-profit organization and is recognized under Income Tax Act Section 35 (1) (ii) with which the money donated to the centre will be 100% tax free. It received a sanction from Govt. of India to receive donation in the form of cash or instruments from foreign institutions/individuals for undertaking research. It got recognition from Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR), Dept. of Scientific and Industrial Research (DST), Council of Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR) and Dept. of Biotechnology (DBT) and these Governmental bodies provided project grants to the Centre from 1984 onwards.

Centre has a Managing Director, Deputy Managing Director, Research Director and has a separate Governing Body, Executive Committee and Research Advisory Council. These bodies have eminent scientists or educationalists from several Institutions of India. The Centre with its remarkable facility and expertise in cancer research has shown its excellence during the last 27 years.

Amala Cancer Research Centre is recognized by University of Calicut and Mahatma Gandhi University, Kottayam for the Ph.D programme in the areas of Biochemistry, Immunology and Microbiology. Total 62 students have received Ph.D degree through the Centre during the last 27 years. Presently, the centre has 6 Scientists and enrolled 25 students for Ph.D degree.

The Centre has published nearly 400 original research papers during the last 25 years since its inception. These papers have appeared in National and International journals of repute and generously cited in Scientific Journals. Centre also published one annual publication, Amala Research Bulletin that documents the work ongoing in the centre.