Mahathma Gandhi College, Iritty, aided by Kerala Government and affiliated to Kannur University,is one of the prominent institutions of higher learning belonging to the jurisdiction of Kannur University.The college has secured a commendable track record of academic achievement owing to the joint efforts of the management, principal, teaching, non-teaching staff,students, parents, alumni and other stake holders associated with the college.
The College is ably managed by Iritty Educational Society,a non-profit society formed for promoting higher education in the region for which prominent people and leaders in the society irrespective of political affiliation joined hands togother and mobilised resources for the founding of the college.Iritty Educational Society is unique in the sense that it may be the only one society of this nature in Kerala which has created a harmonious platform for all political parties belonging to the broad spectrum of allegiances and ideological affiliations so that all political parties belonging to the U.D.F. and the L.D.F. and B.J.P. work together for the promotion of higher education in this region.Indeed it is a starting example for the reciprocity shown by discovering people for the development and progress and hence can be registered a commandable model for the whole nation.
Sri. K. P. Noorudeen (Ex-Minister) was the founder and President of Iritty Educational Society. He assumed the office of the manager of Mahatma Gandhi College Iritty from 1995 to 2016. In 2016 Adv. Sunny Joseph MLA became the President of Iritty Educational Society and Manager of Mahathma Gandhi College. Since 2023 Mr. Chandran Thillankeri is the President of Iritty Educational Society and Manager of Mahathma Gandhi College. A Director Board comprising twenty-one members controls the administrative matters of Iritty Educational Society, which is the educational agency that manages Mahatma Gandhi College. The present office bearers of Iritty Educational Society are the following personalities.