Thomas Aykara CMI (born 23 January 1937) is the rector of Dharmaram College in Bengaluru, India.
Thomas Aykara was born to Joseph and Elisabeth on 23 January 1937 in Mevada, Palai, Kottayam district in Kerala, India.
He joined the Carmelites of Mary Immaculate (CMI) congregation, St. Joseph's Province Kottayam in 1954.
He was sent to the Université Catolique de Louvain, Belgium in 1966, where he pursued his PhD in Philosophy on Alfred Schutz, a German Philosopher, in 1970, under the guidance of Jean Ladriere.
Afterwards, he was sent to the Oxford University in 1970, where he pursued a PhD in Theology on Cosmic Consciousness:A Study on Sri Aurobindo and Teilhard De Chardin under the guidance of John Macquarrie in 1975.
[citation needed] Thomas Aykara made his first religious profession on 16 May 1957 and was ordained[2] on 6 April 1964.