Mr. Joseph Thomas did his schooling in the village of Marangatupilly and then graduated with Bachelors in Arts from St. Thomas College in Pala, Kerala. He went on to do his Masters in Arts from Indore University, Madhya Pradesh. He did his Bachelors in Education from Gorakhpur University in Uttar Pradesh. He began his career in education in 1970 when he joined as a Kindergarten teacher at Holy Cross School in Dimapur, Nagaland and then later worked as a Headmaster at the Government Middle School in Pimla, Nagaland. He subsequently joined as a lecturer of English at St. Thomas College in Benaras, Uttar Pradesh. In 1982 he left Benaras and came to Bahrain. His ambition was always to start a school of his own where his vision in the field of education could be put into practice. When he arrived in Bahrain, he saw potential for this dream to materialize and founded The Asian School on May 11, 1983 and has been running the school since inception in the capacity of Principal and Director until July 2009, when he moved to a purely management role.

Mr. Thomas was a dynamic personality who was a born educator and teaching was always his calling. He had relentlessly striven through every adverse moment of his life for the cause of education. He was the guiding force behind the institution. He believed in hard work, sincerity, dedication and perseverance and this had stood him in good stead and helped him achieve success in his life.