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1. The Annual Report
for the Academic
Year 2004-2005
“You did not choose me but I chose you.
And I appointed you to go and bear fruit, fruit
that will last….”
(John 15: 16).

2. Y.M.C.A.
YELLAGIRI HILLS
TAMILNADU
Retreat for the Faculty
and
Senior Administrative Staff

3. SPEAKER
Dr ARUL DHAS
CHAPLAINCY DEPARTMENT
CMC, VELLORE
COORDINATORS
Rev. Dr JOSHVA RAJA & Rev. SOLOMON P. BENJAMIN

4. QUIET DAY
August 3-4, 2004
Rev. Dr. Packiam Samuel, NCCI
February 8-9, 2005
Fr. Dr. Thomas D’Sa
Director, NBCLCC, Bangalore
The Presence of God in the World:
Giving, Forgiving and Freeing

5. OBITUARY
Rt. Rev. Vasant P. Dandin
Expired on February 4, 2005 at Dharwar
Alumnus
President of Governing Council of UTC
Former Bishop of CSI Karnataka Northern Diocese
Former Moderator of CSI Synod

8. OBITUARY
Rev. Dr. John Philipose
Expired in Kerala on
August 23, 2005
Associate Professor at UTC (1992-1997)

9. STUDENTS
Total strength 178
40 women
138 men

10. STUDENTS
D.Th.
M.Th.
B.D.
YMCA
DPC
CCS
Special Course
21
38
96
7
8
7
1

11. SENATE OF SEAMPORE COLLEGE
PRIZES
B.D.
PRIZE FOR AUTONOMOUS COLLEGE
Mr. ALLAN SAMUEL

12. M.Th.
ALL THE THREE PRIZES
INCLUDING MASTER’S PRIZE
B.LALNUNZIRA - MASTER’S PRIZE
RADIANCY RYNGNGA - LATE Dr DEVASAHAYAM
PRIZE
VARGHESE T.J. - LATE Dr DAYANAND D. PITAMBER
PRIZE

13. INTERSEM - 6 PRIZES
SCM
NGOs

14. ECUMENICAL STUDENTS
USA 3
GERMANY 3
NETHERLANDS 1
TAIWAN 1

15. CWM 9 ORDINANDS
COORDINATORS Rev. Dr JOHN SAMUEL RAJ & Dr LALRINAWMI RALTE

16. KENT, UK
SEMINARIANS COURSE
Mr. ALLAN SAMUEL
Mrs. SHANA

17. MASTER’S PROGRAM, TAIWAN
RECENT ALUMNA – Mrs. SUJANNA RAJ
SPONSORED BY CWM

18. CHRISTIAN THEOLOGICAL
COLLEGE, INDIANAPOLIS, USA
Mr W.JACOB
EXCHANGE STUDENT
2 SEMESTERS
WE ARE THANKFUL TO Dr JAMES VIJAYAKUMAR

19. NEW VOLLEYBALL COURT
INAUGURATED ON
JULY 9TH, 2004

24. SPORTS DAY
12TH FEBRUARY 2005
VENUE
St JOHN’s HIGH SCHOOL PLAYGROUND

25. STUDENTS ADMITTED IN
JUNE 2005
D.Th. 2 (MEN)
M.Th. 19 (6 WOMEN AND 13 MEN)
B.D. 26 (3 WOMEN AND 23 MEN)
YMCA 6 (MEN)
DPC 4 (2 WOMEN AND 2 MEN)
CCS 5 (WOMEN)
SPECIAL COURSE 2 (MEN)

26. PROFESSORIAL LECTURES
 Dr JEYAKIRAN SEBASTIAN
 Dr SATHIANATHAN CLARKE
 Dr NALINI ARLES

27. RETURNED FROM
SABBATICAL LEAVE
Dr JEYAKIRAN SEBASTIAN
Dr JOSEPH MUTHURAJ

28. LEFT ON
SABBATICAL LEAVE
Dr LALSANKIMA PACHUAU

29. FAREWELL TO
Dr SATHIANATHAN CLARKE

30. WELCOME TO
Dr SHAM P. THOMAS

31. WILL BE JOINING US SOON
Rev. (Dr) DAVID JOY

32. ON STUDY LEAVE
Rev. JESURATHNAM - O.T.
Rev.SANTHOSH KUMAR - MUSIC & LITURGY
Rev. JOSE ABRAHAM - ISLAMICS

33. WILL BE LEAVING FOR
STUDIES
Rev. SHYAM KUMAR BASUMATARY
CHRISTIAN MINISTRY
AT TRINITY COLLEGE
UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO
CANADA

34. FAREWELL TO
Dr GEORGE OOMMEN

35. WELCOME TO NEW MEMBER OF
UTC FAMILY
Mrs. MARINA N. BEHERA
DEPT OF HISTORY OF CHRISTIANITY

36. THANKS TO VISITING
PROFESSORS
 Dr STEPHEN PATTERSON (NT)
 Dr TRAUGOTT STAEHLIN (HOMILETICS)
 Dr DON SCHWEITZER THEOLOGY)
 Dr ERIC LOTT (RELIGIONS)
 Dr ISRAEL SELVANAYAGAM (RELIGIONS)

37. PROMOTION
PROFESSORS
 Dr JOHN SAMUEL RAJ
 Dr EVANGELINE ANDERSON – RAJKUMAR
ASSOCIATE PROFESSORS
 Dr LALRINAWMI RALTE
 Dr SHAM P. THOMAS
ASSISTANT PROFESSOR
 Rev. J. JEYAKUMAR
(all from June 2005)

38. RETIREMENT
 Mrs. JAYAMMA RAGHAVELU
 Mr VICTOR LAZARUS

41. REFRESHER COURSE 2004
THEME:
HIV/AIDS AWARENESS:
CHALLENGES TO THE MISSION
AND
MINISTRY OF THE CHURCH

43. Dr EAPEN ENDOWMENT
LECTURE-2
SPEAKER:
PROF. U.R. RAO
FORMER CHAIRMAN OF ISRO

45. INDEPENDENCE DAY
CHIEF GUEST:
Mr SHARATH
PEOPLE FOR
ANIMALS

47. REPUBLIC DAY
CHIEF GUEST:
Mr RATHNAKUMAR
ASSOCIATE GENERAL SECRETARY
CITY YMCA
BANGALORE

48. DEPT OF COMMUNICATION
STREET THEATRE PROGRAMS
TO SPREAD AWARENESS ABOUT HIV/AIDS

52.  DEPT OF COMMUNICATION
AND
 CSI-KCD WOMEN’S FELLOWSHIP
JOINT PROGRAM

54. ON AWARENESS ABOUT
HIV/AIDS
Training on staging Street Theatre
These programs were done in
Telugu, Tamil and English
PROGRAMS of CSI Synod
Women’s Fellowship and
Department of Communication

57. ONE DAY WORKSHOP ON
MASS MEDIA AND ADULT
EDUCATION
JOINTLY ORGANISED BY
DEPT OF COMMUNICATION, UTC
AND
DEPT OF ADULT AND CONTINUING
EDUCATION,
BANGALORE UNIVERSITY

59. DEPARTMENT OF WOMEN’S STUDIES
SPECIAL LECTURES
BLACK THEOLOGIAN, Dr DWIGHT HOPKINS
UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO
BEVERLY HADDAH
AFRICAN WOMANIST THEOLOGIAN

60. DEPT OF
RELIGION AND CULTURE
SPECIAL LECTURE
“EXPLODING SCIENCE AND EXPLORING FAITH”
by
Dr MATHEW CHANDRANKUNNEL
DHARMARAM VIDYAKSHETHRAM
BANGALORE

61. NATIONAL CONSULTATION
JOINTLY ORGANISED
BY
THE DEPT OF RELIGION AND CULTURE
AND
THE CENTRE FOR THE STUDY OF IMPLICIT
RELIGION AND CONTEMPORARY
SPIRITUALITY, U.K.

63. “SPIRITUALITY OF
SECULAR IDEOLOGIES
AND
RELIGIONS IN
THE CONTEMPORARY INDIAN
SCENARIO”

64. CAREY SOCIETY
INTER – SUN 2004

66. CAREY SOCIETY
CHRISTMAS PROGRAM

68. DIRECTED BY
Mrs IRIS DEVADASON

69. DIRECTORS: PRAYER ELMORAJ & GUIDONGDAI PAMEI

70. COLLEGE DAY
26TH FEBRUARY 2005
CHIEF GUEST
PROF Dr M.S.THIMMAPPA
VICE-CHANCELLOR
BANGALORE UNIVERSITY

74. RELEASE OF COLLEGE MAGAZINE
SAPLINGS
FOR 2004-2005
BY THE VICE-CHANCELLOR

76. VALEDICTORY 2005
PRESIDED BY
THE PRESIDENT OF UTC
Rt.Rev.Dr.G.DYVASIRVADAM
VALEDICTORY ADDRESS BY
METROPOLITAN THOMAS MOR THEMOTHEOS
JACOBITE SYRIAN CHRISTIAN CHURCH

79. GRADUATING STUDENTS
 DOCTORAL
 M.Th.
 B.D.
 YMCA
 COUNSELLING
 CCS
1
19
23
7
7
7

81. JRC
INAUGURATED ON OCTOBER 4, 2004
CLASSES BEING CONDUCTED IN JRC FROM
JUNE 2005

83. WE THANK
 Rt. Rev. S. VASANTHAKUMAR
 Mr. BIJI K. KURIEN
 Mr. R.D. JOHN
 CHRISTIAN EDUCATION
INSTITUTIONS
IN BANGALORE
 CHURCHES IN BANGALORE
 ALL DONORS

85. JRC SECOND PHASE
IN PROGRESS
WHEN COMPLETED
WILL FACILITATE STRUCTURED PROGRAMS
FOR
CLERGY, LAITY AND THE NGOS

86. FURNITURE FOR CLASSROOMS
PROVIDED BY
 BISHOP COTTON BOY’S SCHOOL
 BISHOP COTTON GIRL’S SCHOOL
 BISHOP COTTON WOMEN’S CHRISTIAN
COLLEGE
 BISHOP COTTON CHRISTIAN LAW
COLLEGE
 CATHEDRAL COMPOSITE COLLEGE

87. SPECIAL THANKS TO
 CSI KARNATAKA INTER-DIOCESAN
A.F. AND P. BOARD
 COMMON GLOBAL MINISTRIES
BOARD (UCBWM)
 TRUSTEES OF JAFFNA COLLEGE
 CSI MEDAK DIOCESE
 CSI KRISHNA GODAVARI DIOCESE

88. AND ALSO TO
WARC (USA)
GENERAL BOARD OF GLOBAL
MINISTRIES OF THE UNITED
METHODIST CHURCH (USA)

89. WE STILL NEED
 FOR THE COMPLETION OF SECOND
PHASE WE STILL NEED
Rs. 5 LAKHS
APART FROM THIS WE NEED
FURNITURE AND EQUIPMENTS

90. ERC
AND
THE COLLEGE CAMPUS
ERC PROVIDES SPACE FOR PEOPLE
TO COME TOGETHER AND INTERACT
GARDENS HAVE WON SEVERAL
PRIZES FROM THE MYSORE
HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY,
BANGALORE

93. PUBLICATIONS
• BANGALORE THEOLOGICAL
FORUM
• MASIHI SEVAK

96. Dr. ERIC LOTT
RELIGIOUS FAITH, HUMAN
IDENTITY: DANGEROUS DYNAMICS
IN GLOBALAND INDIAN LIFE

98. WORSHIP COMMITTEE
NEW
BHAJAN BOOK

100. DEPT OF COMMUNICATION
ISPCK
A GUIDE BOOK FOR SCHOOL TEACHERS
WACC
COMMUNICATION IN THEOLOGICAL EDUCATION
Dr MICHAEL TRABER
RELIGION, MEDIA AND REPRESENTATION
Dr JOSHVA RAJA

103. AUDIO CDs
FROM THE DEPT OF COMMUNICATION
 HINDI
 TAMIL
 TELUGU

105. NEW
ENDOWMENTS
FOR PRIZES

106. Dr HENRIETTE BUGGE MEMORIAL
PRIZE
DONORS
Mrs. & Dr K. E. BUGGE
AMOUNT CONTRIBUTED
AROUND Rs. 8 LAKHS

108. Mr & Mrs. SAMUEL APPAJI
ENDOWMENT
M.Th. PRIZES FOR
 CHRISTIAN ETHICS
 CHRISTIAN MINISTRY
AMOUNT Rs.50,001

109. SCHOLARSHIP AND
STUDENT AID
EDUCATION FUND KASSEL
EDUCATION SUPPORT ACTION
SOUTH-INDIA BY Prof. Dr POEHLMANN
UNITING PROTESTANT CHURCHES IN
NETHERLANDS
EMW, HAMBURG
SCOTTISH EPISCOPAL CHURCH
SATHRI

110. LIBRARY
ADDITIONS THIS YEAR
 1,717 BOOKS
 930 BOUND PERIODICALS
 41 CDs AND VCDs
 BARCODE GENERATOR
 SCANNER

114. THANKS TO
Mr PAUL JENKINS
BASEL MISSION ARCHIVIST
BASEL
SWITZERLAND

115. THANKS TO
MAX MUELLER BHAVAN,
WHICH IS WORKING TOWARDS
DONATING
5000 BOOKS IN
ENGLISH & GERMAN TO THE UTC
LIBRARY

116. UTC’s FINANCE CAMPAIGN
 CHAIRMAN – Rev. VINCENT RAJKUMAR
CHIEF GUESTS
 INAUGURAL FUNCTION - Mr MODAYIL
PHILIP
 CLOSING CEREMONY – Dr LALITHA
MANOHARAN
Rs.3,79,887

119. BOMBAY CHAPTER
 INAUGURATED ON MAY 31, 2005
 Y.M.C.A. INTERNATIONAL HOUSE
 CHAIRPERSON – Mr. P.M. JOHN
FORMER PRESIDENT OF NATIONAL COUNCIL OF YMCAs
 SECRETARY – Mr STANLEY KARKADA
GENERAL SECRETARY OF BOMBAY YMCA

120. NEW INITIATIVES
MASTER’s PROGRAM IN COMMUNICATION
(BANGALORE UNIVERSITY)
WEBSITE FOR DEPT OF WOMEN’S STUDIES
(EVANGELISCHE LANDESKIRCHE IN BADEN)
THREE SOLAR PUMPS
N.M.Z., HAMBURG, GERMANY

123. TSUNAMI RELIEF
UTC EXPLORATION TEAM
STAFF
 Rev. J.JEYAKUMAR
 Rev. SOLOMON BENJAMIN
 Dr. I. JOHN MOHAN RAZU
 Dr. JOSEPH GEORGE
STUDENT
 DAVID EBENEZER

124. The team from UTC visiting
Tsunami hit areas Feb 2005
• Dr.Mohan Razu, Rev.Jeyakumar,Dr.George
Joseph, Solomon.P.Benjamin & David

126. Peoples agony in Chtrapatti
village, Cudalore

127. Listening to the cries of the victims in villages

128. We will certainly come back with concrete work assurance
to make life of the victims come to normalcy.

129. Nanjalingapettai aftermath,
unending woes

131. How do we commute? Sea crossing
…oh no. not again

133. TSUNAMI RELIEF
 FOLLOW UP TEAMS
FIRST BATCH OF 47 STUDENTS WENT TO
 CUDDALORE
 NAGAPATTINAM
 KANYAKUMARI
SECOND BATCH LEFT FOUR DAYS AGO

134. TSUNAMI RELIEF
THANKS TO
 ARCOT LUTHERAN CHURCH
 U.E.L.C.I.
 YMCA
 CSI – KANYAKUMARI DIOCESE
 THE WORLD VISION

135. FACULTY RETREAT
JUNE 2005
 AT CUDDALORE
 13 BICYCLES DONATED TO 9TH
STANDARD GIRLS OF SAMIARPETTAI
20 KILOMETERS FROM CUDDALORE

141. THANKS TO
 MEMBERS OF FACULTY
 FRIENDS OF THE COLLEGE
 FORMER FACULTY MEMBERS
 VISITING PROFESSORS
 CHRIST METHODIST UNITED CHURCH
 COLLEGE OF ASCENSION, U.K.

142. WE NEED
 DOCTORAL SCHOLARSHIPS
 ENDOWMENTS FOR SALARY AND PENSION
FUNDS
 ADDITIONAL STUDENT ACCOMMODATION
 ADDITIONAL FACULTY QUARTERS
 ASPHALTING OF CAMPUS ROADS, ETC
 FURNISHING & EQUIPPING JRC

143. CONCLUSION
THANKS TO
 INDIVIDUALS
 FAMILIES
 INSTITUTIONS
 CHURCHES

144. THANKS TO
• Rt. Rev. G. DYVASIRVADAM
• SECRETARY (INTERIM)
• MEMBERS OF UTC GENERAL BODY
• MEMBERS OF THE EXECUTIVE
• CHAIRPERSONS AND MEMBERS OF
STANDING COMMITTEES
• OFFICE-BEARERS AND MEMBERS OF
JRC MEMORIAL COMMITTEE

145. THANKS TO
 PARTNERS
 SUPPORTERS
 WELL-WISHERS
 FRIENDS OF THE COLLEGE
 MEMBERS OF OTHER COMMITTEES
 BTESSC

146. THANKS TO
 THE FACULTY
 THE VISITING FACULTY
 THE DIVISIONAL DEANS
 ACTING PRINCIPALS
 DEPARTMENTAL CHAIRPERSONS
 CONVENERS & CO-ORDINATORS
 EXTERNAL EXAMINERS & THESIS
GUIDES

147. THANKS TO
 SENIOR ADMINISTRATIVE STAFF
 OTHER NON-TEACHING STAFF
 STUDENT LEADERS
 OFFICE-BEARERS
 ALL THE STUDENTS
 ALL OTHER MEMBERS OF UTC
COMMUNITY

148. “NOW TO HIM WHO BY THE POWER AT
WORK WITHIN US IS ABLE TO
ACCOMPLISH ABUNDANTLY FAR MORE
THAN ALL WE CAN ASK OR IMAGINE, TO
HIM BE THE GLORY IN THE CHURCH
AND IN CHRIST JESUS TO ALL
GENERATIONS, FOREVER AND EVER.
AMEN.”
(EPHESIANS 3: 20-21)