Roger Gaikwad (born February 13, 1953) was[4] General Secretary of the National Council of Churches in India (comprising Protestant and Orthodox Church Societies in India) and has been in office from 2010[3] through 2019.[5]
Roger Gaikwad, PCI | |
|---|---|
| Born | February 13, 1953 |
| Nationality | Indian |
| Education | B.A. {honours (special[2])} (Bombay University), B. D., M. Th., D. Th. {Senate of Serampore College (University)}[3] |
| Occupation | Theologian |
| Church | Mizoram Presbyterian Church Synod[1] |
| Ordained | Deacon: 1976 by Methodist Church in India; Minister: 1981 by Mizoram Presbyterian Church Synod |
Congregations served | English Methodist Church, Jabalpur (1977-1978), English Congregation Church, Aizawl (1978-2002), |
Offices held | Professor, Aizawl Theological College, Aizawl (1978-2002), Director, Senate Centre for Extension and Pastoral Theological Research of the Senate of Serampore College, Kolkata (2003-2006), Principal, Aizawl Theological College, Aizawl (2008-2010) |
| Title | The Reverend Doctor |
Gaikwad also served as a Senator of the Senate of Serampore College (University), the nation's first University[6] from 2011-2014[7] representing the Presbyterian Church.
Studies edit
After Gaikwad's graduate studies at the Wilson College, Mumbai,[3] he was awarded a Bachelor of Arts degree in honours (special)[2] by the Bombay University. For ministerial formation, Gaikwad enrolled at the Leonard Theological College, Jabalpur, a Seminary where the Old Testament Scholar Wolfgang Roth once taught, affiliated to the nation's first University[6] as a Methodist student from where he obtained a Bachelor of Divinity degree awarded by the Senate of Serampore College (University) after his three-year course from 1974-1977. During Gaikwad's stint at the Aizawl Theological College, Aizawl, he went on study leave and enrolled at the North India Institute for Post Graduate Theological Studies,[3] a joint initiative of the Bishop's College, Kolkata and the Serampore College, Serampore where he pursued a Master of Theology degree specialising in Religions. During the penultimate year of his study, Gaikwad moved to Bangalore and pursued a one-year special course at the United Theological College, Bangalore in 1981,[8] then under the Principalship of Joshua Russell Chandran, where he worked on his dissertation entitled Karma and Transmigration in Modern Hinduism: An evaluation of the interpretation of the concepts of the thought of M. K. Gandhi, Aurobindo and S. Radhakrishnan.[9]
For doctoral studies, Gaikwad joined the South Asia Theological Research Institute where he researched and worked out a dissertation entitled Major Issues in Dialogical Pluralism for Inter-relationship.[10] after which the Senate of Serampore College (University) under the Registrarship of D. S. Satyaranjan awarded him a Doctor of Theology degree in 1995.[11]
Ecclesiastical ministry edit
Gaikwad was a Teacher at the Aizawl Theological College, Aizawl from 1978 through 2010.[12] From 2002[13] through 2008, Gaikwad went on leave and served as Director of the Senate Centre for Extension and Pastoral Theological Research of the Senate of Serampore College in Kolkata and returned in 2008 to take over as the Principal of the Aizawl Theological College.
Writings edit
- 1997, Rethinking Indian Christianity From A Tribal Perspective[14]
- 2002, Forces of communalism in India[15]
- 2002, Issues in Christian Relationships with People of Other Faiths in Asia[16]
- 2004, Diversified Theological Education,[17]
- 2006, Some stances of Christians on integrating peace concerns in our lives[18]
- 2006, The Jubilee - an Alternative to Globalisation - (Luke 4:16-21 and Leviticus 25)[19]
- 2008, The Extension Programme of the Senate of Serampore College[20]
Honorary commitments edit
Gaikwad was Chairperson of the World Student Christian Federation, Asia Pacific Region[21] from 2005 through 2008. In fact Gaikwad had already been Chairperson of the Student Christian Movement of India during the terms 1996-2001 and again 2003-2005.[1]
As General Secretary of the National Council of Churches in India, Gaikwad is ex officio member of the following ecclesiastical organisations,
- Board of Theological Education of the Senate of Serampore College,[22] Bangalore,
- Council of Management of the Christian Literature Society, Chennai,[23]
- Henry Martyn Institute,[24] Hyderabad.
References edit
- ^ a b Presbyterian USA, Presbyterian theologian takes helm at Indian church council, December 16, 2010. [1]
- ^ a b The nomenclature of the Honours degree in B. A. had two types, general and special. Sunderrao Ramrao Dongerkery, A history of the University of Bombay, 1857-1957, University of Bombay, 1957, p.106.[2]
- ^ a b c d Christianity Today, NCCI installs new general secretary
- ^ NCCI Introduction; Officers
- ^ a b c Asir Ebenezer takes over as NCCI general secretary, Matters India, January 5, 2019.[3]
- ^ a b Murli Manohar Joshi, Higher Education in India Vision and Action, A paper presented at the UNESCO World Conference on Higher Education in the Twenty First Century, Paris, 5–9 October 1998. Internet, accessed 22 August 2008. "Department of Secondary&Higher Education". Archived from the original on 23 February 2012. Retrieved 15 November 2015.
- ^ Senate, Members of the Senate (2011)
- ^ K. M. Hiwale (Compiled), Directory of the United Theological College 1910-1997, Bangalore, 1997. Special course, p.98.
- ^ Roger Gaikwad, Karma and Transmigration in Modern Hinduism: An evaluation of the interpretation of the concepts of the thought of M. K. Gandhi, Aurobindo and S. Radhakrishnan in Thesis Titles, Board of Theological Education of the Senate of Serampore College, Bangalore, 1991, p.31
- ^ Roger Gaikwad, Major Issues in Dialogical Pluralism for Inter-relationship, Doctoral Dissertations on Mission: Ten-Year Update, 1992-2001, International Bulletin of Missionary Research, Volume 27, Number 3, p.108. [4]
- ^ Senate, List of the Recipient of the Degree of Doctor of Theology
- ^ Aizawl Theological College, About Us. [5]
- ^ a b Dwight N. Hopkins, Being human: race, culture, and religion, Fortress Press, Minneapolis, 2005. [6]
- ^ Roger Gaikwad, Rethinking Indian Christianity From A Tribal Perspective, Religion and Society, Volume 44, CISRS, Bangalore, 1997. [7]
- ^ Roger Gaikwad, Forces of communalism in India in Samson Prabhakar (Edited), Inter-play of Religion, Politics, and Communalism in India, BTESSC/SATHRI, Bangalore, 2004, pp.26-42. [8]
- ^ Roger Gaikwad, Issues in Christian Relationships with People of Other Faiths in Asia in The Journal of Theologies and Cultures in Asia, February 2002, pp.33-58. Cited in P. Solomon Raj, New Wine Skins: The story of the indigenous missions in coastal Andhra Pradesh, ISPCK, New Delhi, 2003, pp.44, 132, 137. [9]
- ^ Roger Gaikwad, Diversified Theological Education in Samson Prabhakar (Edited), Together with People: Essays in honour of Rev. D. S. Satyaranjan, BTESSC/SATHRI, Bangalore, 2004, pp.80-88. [10]
- ^ Roger Gaikwad, Some stances of Christians on integrating peace concerns in our lives, National Council of Churches Review, Volume 126, 2006, p.477. [11]
- ^ Roger Gaikwada, The Jubilee - an Alternative to Globalisation - (Luke 4:16-21 and Leviticus 25) in Leslie Nathaniel, Adrian Watkins (Edited), Gospel and Globalisation: 2nd South Asia Christian Youth Conference, 8–14 June 2005, Whitefield, Bangalore, India, CMS/ISPCK, New Delhi, 2006, p.101.[12]
- ^ Roger Gaikwad, The Extension Programme of the Senate of Serampore College in Ross Kinsler, Diversified Theological Education: Equipping All God's People, William Carey International University Press, Pasadena, 2008, pp.91-106. [13]
- ^ WSCF Theological Reflections
- ^ BTESSC Board Members, Institutional Members
- ^ CLS Council of Management & CLS Association
- ^ The Annual Report (2013 - 2014) of the Director
- ^ a b c Y. Ravi Tiwari, University Report Book 2012
- ^ Theologia Viatorum, Saturday, July 12, 2008, Bachelor of Christian Studies Contact Classes in Chennai. [14]
- ^ UCA News, India, January 12, 2005, National Council of Churches Has Well-known Theologian as New General Secretary. [15]