Cyriac Thomas

Cyriac Thomas, Ph.D. (born October 10, 1943 in Palai) is a Member of the National Commission for Minority Educational Institutions of India^[1] and the former Vice-Chancellor of Mahatma Gandhi University, Kottayam, Kerala, India.^[2]

Personal profile

Thomas's father was Shri. R.V. Thomas, Member of Constituent Assembly of India and Speaker of the Kerala State Legislative Assembly, a prominent freedom fighter and Congress leader from Kerala. His mother was Mrs. Aleykutty Thomas (popularly known as Mrs. R.V.) who was also a freedom fighter from Kerala; she was the first woman Municipal Councillor of Palai and a renowned Congress leader and social activist of her times.

Awards and honours

The Berchmans Award for the Best College Teacher of Kerala, 1998

Rev. Parakkal Cor-Episcopa Award for the Best Prohibition Worker of Kerala, 1999

The Acharya Award of Dr. K.M. Tharakan Foundation for Exemplary Leadership in Public Life and Education, 2003

Kerala Sabha Tharam Award (Star of the Church) by the Better Life Movement, Kerala, Trichur, 2005.

Academic and administrative career

M.A. (1965) and Ph.D. (1979) in Political Science (University of Kerala, Trivandrum

Declared Passed the IPS & Central Services Examination of U.P.S.C., 1967 (Roll No. 6268)

Lecturer in Political Science, St. Thomas College Palai (1967–1989)

Professor and Head of the Research and Post Graduate Department of Political Science, St. Thomas College, Palai (Affiliated to Mahatma Gandhi University, Kottayam, Kerala) 1989-1998.

Research Guide for Ph.D : Produced 8 Ph.Ds.

Pro-Vice-Chancellor (1998–2000) & Acting Vice-Chancellor (2000), University of Kerala, Trivandrum.

Vice- Chancellor –in charge- Cochin University of Science and Technology (2004), Kochi.

Vice-Chancellor, Mahatma Gandhi University, Kottayam (2000–2004)

Member Secretary, Inter University Consultative Council, Kerala (1998–2003)

Experience & Positions held

Vice-Chancellor, Mahatma Gandhi University, Kottayam, Kerala, 2000-2004.

Vice-Chancellor, Cochin University of Science & Technology, Kochi, Kerala March to November 2004.

Acting Vice-Chancellor, University of Kerala, Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala, March to May, 2000.

Pro-Vice Chancellor, University of Kerala, Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala, August 1998-November 2000.

National General Secretary, Indian Political Science Association, 1996-2000.

National Vice-President, Catholic Council of India of the Catholic Bishops Conference of India, 1997 - 2002.

National Vice-President, Indian Political Science Association, 2000-2003.

Member Secretary, Inter University Consultative Council, Kerala State, 1998-2003.

President, Kerala College Teachers Forum, 1978-1983.

General Secretary, Kerala Council of Researchers 1981-1987.

General Secretary, Kerala State-Prohibition Council, 1976-1980.

General Secretary, Nava Bharatha Vedi, Kerala 1981-90

Secretary General, Religious Fellowship Foundation, Kottayam, 1995-2000.

President, Kerala Political Science Forum, 1997-2004.

President, Gandhi Peace Center, Palai, Kerala, 1981-1986.

Chairman, Religion for Reconciliation, Kerala Kottayam, 2002.

Member, Advisory Board, Academic Staff College, University of Calicut, 2004

Member, Inter Church Council for Education, Kerala, 1992 - 2000.

President, Palai Town Mandal Congress Committee (Undivided Congress) 1965-69

Member K.P.C.C. & A.I.C.C. (O) 1969-72

Director, National Integration Samiti, St. Thomas College, Palai, 1975-1979.

Advisor, Kerala Center for Christian Higher Education, Kottayam, Kerala (1995–2000)

Director, Student Training Forum for National Integration, St. Thomas College, Palai, Kerala, 1991-1994.

Member, Finance Council of the Synod of Bishops of the Syro - Malabar Catholic Church (2006 -)

Member, Advisory Board, Test House India Pvt. Ltd., Trivandrum-(2007 - )

Member, Pastoral Council, Catholic Diocese of Palai, Kerala (1975 -)

Books and publications

Gandhi and Eco-ethics, All India Association for Christian Higher Education Seminar, Cochin, 1993.

Dynamics of State Politics: Kerala (English, Contributor), Sterling Publishers, New Delhi, 1986.

Kerala Assembly Election, 1987, Issue of a Stable Government: (English), Religion and Society, Vol. XXXV, No. 4, Bangalore, 1988.

The Church and Politics in Kerala (English) - Doctoral Thesis, 1979.

Participatory Politics and Democratic Decentralization: The Kerala Experiment of District Councils (English) U.G.C. Seminar, Madras, 1995, University of Madras, 1995.

K.P. Madhavan Nair: Leader of Leaders (Malayalam), Deepika, Kottayam, 1994.

Rashtra Thanthram (Malayalam), Part I & II, Sudarsana Publication, Cochin, 1983.

Elements of Political Science (English), Part I & II, Vidyarthi Mithram, Kottayam, 1980.

Bishop Vayalil: The story of an Era (Malayalam), Biography of Bishop Sebastian Vayalil, First Bishop of Palai, St. Thomas Press, Palai: 1983

Politics: The Ideal and the Practical (Malayalam), Mathavum Chinthayum, Pontifical Institute Alwaye, 1987.

Corruption: The Gandhian View (Malayalam), Assissi Monthly Bharananganam, 1988.

Education: The Criterion should Change (Malayalam), Yuvadeepam Monthly, Kanjirappally, 1990.

Gandhiji: A Rare Star in History (Malayalam), Deepanalam Weekly, Palai 1994

Restructuring of Political Values (Malayalam), Mathavum Chinthayum, Bimonthly Vol. IV, Pontifical Institute Alwaye, 1992.

The Challenge of Secularism in India (English), Bishop George Punnakkottil Endowment Lecture, Idukki, Kerala, 2001.

Christian Involvement in the Building up of the Nation, Kerala Catholic Bishops Conference, Kochi, Kerala 2002.

The Tsunami in the Educational Sector (Malayalam), Arivu Magazine Feb 2005, Kottayam

Mar Chrisosthom: Manushya Snehathinte Mahavriksham (Malayalam), Bhadrasana Deepam, Thiruvalla, 2006.

Samthrupthiyude Sankeerathanam (Malayalam Interview), Kudumba Jyothis, Changanacherry, 2006.

A Guideline for Prohibition and Temperance workers (Malayalam), Kerala Prohibition Movement, Kottayam, 1996.

Distance Mode of Education: Quality and Content (English), Conference of Center co-ordinators, Mahatma Gandhi University Kottayam, 2002

Swathanthriyathinte Adimathvam (Malayalam) (Bondage of Freedom), Amala Publications, Kanjirappally 2005

Easterinte Suvishesham (Malayalam) (Gospel of Easter), Amala Publications, Kanjirappally 2006.

Murivetta Simhangal (Malayalam) – (Wounded Lions – Profile of 14 freedom fighters of Kerala) – Poorna Publications, Calicut, 2007.

References

1. ^ "College management, SFI harden stand". The Hindu. 19 June 2010. http://beta.thehindu.com/news/states/kerala/article474377.ece. Retrieved 11 December 2010. 
2. ^ "B.Ed. centre opened at Elanthoor". The Hindu. 25 June 2004. http://www.hindu.com/2004/06/25/stories/2004062507400300.htm. Retrieved 11 December 2010. 

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