Dr Asish Thomas Koshy serves as the Interim Principal of SAIACS and also as Professor of New Testament. Before joining SAIACS in 2021, he served as Associate Professor of New Testament at Union Biblical Seminary, Pune and at Gospel for Asia Biblical Seminary, Kerala. He was awarded a scholarship for a six-month exposure study at an Academy at the…
Dr G. John Daniel serves as the Academic Dean and also as the Head of the Department of Intercultural Studies at SAIACS. He is an alumnus of SAIACS, having completed both his MTh (Old Testament) and PhD studies (Intercultural Studies) here. John has served as an adjunct faculty in several Bible schools in Europe, South Asia, and Southeast Asia. He is…
Dr Havilah Dharamraj, an alumnus of SAIACS (MA, Christian Studies), is Head of the Department of Biblical Studies. She previously served as Head of the Department of Old Testament (2008-20), and then as Academic Dean (2012-20). Two of her research interests are Intertextuality and Comparative Literature, which several of her students have used with skill in their MTh and…
Dr Varughese John has served on SAIACS’s faculty in the Department of Theology and History since 2011 and is now the Dean of Doctoral Studies & Dean of Students. During his PhD, he was a Junior Research Fellow of the Indian Council of Philosophical Research, New Delhi. Before joining SAIACS, he was a post-doctoral Kierkegaard House Foundation Fellow at the Howard and…
Dr Roji Thomas George has served as Professor of New Testament at SAIACS since 2016. He is also the Specialization Head for New Testament in the Department of Biblical Studies. Before joining SAIACS, he served as Assistant Professor of New Testament at Luther W. New Jr. Theological College, Dehradun (2005-2016), and as Managing Editor of the Doon Theological Journal…
Dr Varghese Thomas, a SAIACS alumnus (MTh, Pastoral Theology and Counselling), serves as Head of the Department of Practical Theology and Counselling, and as Chaplain of the SAIACS community. Before joining SAIACS in 2018, he was a faculty at Hindustan Bible Institute for more than twenty years and also served as principal there for three years. Books Written/Papers…
Dr David Muthukumar serves as Head of Department of Theology and History. Before joining SAIACS in 2021, he served as faculty in the department of Theology at Union Biblical Seminary, Pune, for eight years. Books Written/Papers Published: “Conceptualization And Analysis Of Systemic Corruption Through Augustinian Doctrine Of Original Sin.” UBS Journal. Pune, 2014; “Joy to the World”: Understanding…
Dr Amritraj Joshua Paul serves as Associate Professor of Theology in the Department of Theology and History. He did his Bachelor of Divinity (BD) program at Union Biblical Seminary, Pune, and his Master of Theology (MTh) program from the Federated Faculty for Research in Religion and Culture (FFRRC), at Kottayam. He also did his doctoral studies at FFRRC, and received…
Dr Joshua George an alumnus of SAIACS (MDiv and MTh) joined SAIACS as faculty-in-training and currently serves as the Dean of Online studies and teaches in the department of Practical Theology. He has completed his PhD from the Australian College of Theology (ACT) through Malyon College, Brisbane. His PhD was titled, “Understanding the attitudes of Urban Indian Millennials to…
Mrs Karishma Paul, a SAIACS alumnus (MDiv and MTh, New Testament), serves as Faculty in Training in the Department of Biblical Studies (New Testament), while pursuing her PhD studies on the Historical Jesus from an Asian perspective. Before joining SAIACS, she worked in the rural belt of Koraput district with Asha Kiran Society for three years. Alongside teaching at…
