IIU is sponsored by Kartha Education Society (Mumbai), a not for profit society with its mission to provide higher education & research opportunities in under- represented areas which haven't been served by the traditional public universities. Kartha Education Society (Mumbai) has been active in the field of education with proven experience of running colleges, schools & other institutions for over 19 years in India and abroad.

Indus International University (IIU) has been established under Establishment and Regulation Act,2009, of Himachal Pradesh Government with the right to confer degree as per sections 2f and 22 of the UGC Act 1956.

IIU has been set up as a not-for-profit institution with its primary objective of providing access to educational opportunities in various higher education areas in rural India so that students need not travel to the other cities wherein the major public universities have been housed.