About ICPF

Learn about our origins, spiritual foundations, and the team leading our global campus outreach.

Our Journey

Our History & Growth

Founded in Kerala, India, in 1980 by Prof. Mathew P. Thomas, ICPF has grown into a global organization dedicated to mentoring students. We believe in reaching students with the Gospel of Jesus Christ, making disciples, and training leaders for global mission. Today, ICPF reaches thousands of college and university students across more than 25 countries, fostering spiritual stability, moral integrity, and social responsibility.

Statement of Faith

  • We believe in the Holy Scriptures as the inspired and infallible Word of God.
  • We believe in the Triune God: Father, Son, and Holy Spirit.
  • We believe in the deity of our Lord Jesus Christ, His virgin birth, sinless life, miracles, vicarious death, and bodily resurrection.
  • We believe in salvation by grace through faith in Christ alone, and the regenerating work of the Holy Spirit.
Prof. Mathew P. Thomas
The Pioneer

Prof. Mathew P. Thomas

Founder & Spiritual Director

"Mentoring students is not just a ministry, it is building the foundation of tomorrow's world."

In the early 1970s, student gospel camps in Kerala began stirring a spiritual awakening among youth. In 1980, Prof. Mathew P. Thomas, along with fellow academicians and prayer partners, officially founded the Inter-Collegiate Prayer Fellowship (ICPF). Today, his legacy lives on through hundreds of coordinators and thousands of students whose lives were transformed under his vision.

Our Team

ICPF Leadership

Meet the directors, executive board members, and global staff coordinators directing the ministry.

Executive Leadership

Prof. Mathew P. Thomas
Prof. Mathew P. Thomas
Founder & Spiritual Director

He is a retired chemistry professor served as the head of the department at Mar Thoma Collage, Tiruvalla

Dr
Dr. K Muralidar
President

Founder and director of Bethany Medical Center who previously served in cardiology departments in Pondicherry, Thiruvananthapuram, and Kollam

Dr
Dr. D. Joshua
Vice President

He is the very first staff worker and a long-serving Vice President of the Inter Collegiate Prayer Fellowship (ICPF), he also worked as a teacher in Nepal before dedicating himself fully to student ministry

Prof Raju K George
Prof Raju K George
Vice President

He is a Professor and Head of the Department of Mathematics, Dean and Outstanding Professor at the IIST

Dr
Dr. James George
General Secretary

Former Director and Principal Scientist at the Indian Council of Agricultural Research - Central Tuber Crops Research Institute (ICAR-CTCRI) in Trivandrum, retiring after 37 years of government service

Dr
Dr. Sini Joys Mathew
Member

Has worked as a consultant scientist, including with the UN Development Programme

K.
K. I. Mathew
Treasurer

Former Manager Of Federal Bank

Mr
Mr. Sam Philip
Member

Retried Bank Manager SBI

An
Andrew Cherian
Member

Mr
Mr. George Thomas
Member

Retired Engineer

Staff & Field Coordinators

Pr
Prof. M. K. Samuel
Member