The Padanilam Welfare Trust  was formed in 1992 to promote social vision focussed healthcare services for the marginalised communities and tribals, the welfare of the minority Malayalam speaking community in the region, and to provide quality Education to rural students. The culmination of the determined efforts of the trust in the field of higher medical education has borne fruit in the form of educational institutions which have emerged as ones focussing on quality and overall development of a responsible citizen.

The institutions under the umbrella of the trust are:-

1. Sree Mookambika School of Nursing
2. Sree Mookambika College of Nursing
3. Sree Mookambika Institute of Dental Sciences
4. Sree Mookambika Institute of Medical Sciences
   • Sree Mookambika Institute of Medical Sciences Hospital
   • Sree Mookambika Cancer Centre 
   • Institute for Allied Health Sciences
5. Thrayambika Vidya Mandir