Cyriac Thomas

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Cyriac Thomas (born 24 October 1943 in Pala, Kottayam) is a Member of the National Commission for Minority Educational Institutions of India{{cite news |title=College management, SFI harden stand |url=http://www.thehindu.com/news/national/kerala/article474377.ece |work=The Hindu |date=19 June 2010 |access-date=11 December 2010 }}{{Cite news|url=https://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-national/tp-kerala/Indian-women-owe-much-to-Gandhiji-Cyriac-Thomas/article14953313.ece|title=Indian women owe much to Gandhiji: Cyriac Thomas|work=The Hindu|access-date=2018-11-23|language=en-IN|issn=0971-751X}} He started his career as a college lecturer in Politics at St. Thomas College Pala.{{Cite web|URL=http://www.stcp.ac.in/Dep_pol_exfaculty_members.php|title=Ex-Faculty Members}} He served as the Vice-Chancellor of Mahatma Gandhi University, Kottayam, Kerala, India from November 2000 to November 2004.{{cite news |title=B.Ed. centre opened at Elanthoor |url=http://www.hindu.com/2004/06/25/stories/2004062507400300.htm |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20040718093640/http://www.hindu.com/2004/06/25/stories/2004062507400300.htm |url-status=dead |archive-date=18 July 2004 |work=The Hindu |date=25 June 2004 |access-date=11 December 2010 }} He had served as the acting Vice-Chancellor of Cochin University of Science and Technology (CUSAT). He had also served as the pro Vice-Chancellor and acting Vice-Chancellor of University of Kerala.

His father R.V. Thomas was a former speaker of the Travancore- Cochin Legislative Assembly as well as a freedom fighter. His mother Mrs. R.V. Thomas was also a freedom fighter and a social activist.

He lives in Pala in Kottayam District, Kerala.