Antony Thomas Ittikunnath OCD is a Carmelite Priest belonging to the Manjummel Province (Kerala, India) of the Order of Discalced Carmelites. In 2011, he obtained his Licentiate in Family Science and Counseling from CANA/NCFFLP, Kerala, the Asian Section of the John Paul II Institute for Studies on Marriage and Family of the Lateran University in Rome. He then proceeded to LST for the Doctorate in Sacred Theology, major in Spirituality and Pastoral Psychology, and obtained the degree in 2019. At present, he is a visiting professor at the St. Pius X Seminary of the Archdiocese of Mumbai and Jyothir Bhavan Institute of Theology and Spirituality.