Centre for IPR Studies was originally established with Dr. K.N. Chandrasekharan Pillai, Dean, Faculty of Law as the Director and Dr. N.S. Gopalakrishnan as the Coordinator. The centre is also supported by the Ministry of Human Resources Development, Government of India, which has already established a Chair on Intellectual Property Rights in CUSAT in 2003. The Government of India also extended its financial support to develop a depository of Intellectual Property Rights materials. At present, the centre has one of the best collections on Intellectual Property Rights from different parts of the world.