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Serampore College
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Motto GLORIAM-SAPIENTES-POSSIDEBUNT
Established 1818
Type State University & College
Chancellor Master Dr. K. Rajaratnam
President Rev. Dr. J. W. Gladstone
Staff --
Location Serampore, West Bengal, India
Campus Rural

Serampore College is located in Serampore Town, in Hooghly District, West Bengal, India.

It has two entities, one as an individual College with faculties of Arts, Science, Commerce and also Theology and the other as a University - Senate of Serampore College which runs the academic administration of all the theological colleges affiliated with it. The Council of Serampore College holds the Charter and has the power to confer degrees in any subject, which it currently exercises only for conferring theological degrees as recommended by the Senate. <ref>World Council of Churches [1] Ministerial Formation, July 2003. Retrieved April 23, 2006.</ref>

Degrees are awarded to the Arts, Science and Commerce students of the Serampore College by the University of Calcutta<ref>Education Info India [2] Colleges under University of Calcutta, July 2003. Retrieved April 23, 2006.</ref> while the theology students are awarded degrees by the Senate of Serampore College (University). Theological Colleges and Seminaries all over India including Nepal, Bangladesh and Sri Lanka are affiliated to the Senate of Serampore College (University).

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[edit] History

[edit] Founding By English missionaries in 1818

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Serampore College was founded in 1818 by English missionaries William Carey, Joshua Marshman, and William Ward to give an education in Arts and Sciences to students of every 'caste, colour or country' and to train a ministry for the growing Church in India (See: Christianity in India). From the beginning the College has been ecumenical, but this means that it has no automatic basis of support from any one branch of the Christian church. Prior to 1818, the Serampore Trio had worked together in providing education for their own children and the children -- including females -- of the native Indians.

Joshua Marshman

[edit] Charter from Danes in 1827

Since Serampore was then a Danish colony, King Frederick VI, the King of Denmark, issued Serampore College its Royal Charter of Incorporation on February 23, 1827, in Copenhagen, Denmark (Charter, 1, Charter, 2, Charter, 3). The charter came in response to Joshua Marshman's visit to King Frederick in August 1826; the charter gave Serampore College the privilege of awarding degrees in Arts and Theology. William Carey, Joshua Marshman, and John Clark Marshman (Joshua's son) were designated as members of the first Council. At its opening, the Trio released a prospectus which proposed "A College for the instruction of Asiatic Christian and other Youth in Eastern Literature and European Science." The College was open to all persons of any caste or creed, and the founders ensured that no denominational test would apply to faculty members. The charter has also been confirmed by the Bengal Govt Act.IV of 1918.

The status accorded by the Danish Charter has since been re-affirmed for the study of Theology and now forms the basis for degrees of all levels conferred by over forty theological colleges throughout India, and is administered by the Senate.It was incorporated by Royal Charter of 1827 and Bengal Government Act.IV of 1918.

John C Marshman

[edit] Control passed back to the British in 1845

After February 22, 1845 when Denmark sold all of its Indian assets to Great Britain the management and operation of the College continued without interruption under the direction of a Master and Council. In 1856, the Baptist Missionary Society in England took over the management of the College, and in 1857, the College became affiliated with the newly established University of Calcutta and became a constituent college of that university.

[edit] Arts College closes to become full-time seminary in 1883

In 1883, the College closed as an Arts College and began functioning as a Christian Training Institution and a theological institute for the Baptist Churches in Bengal. Affiliating again with the University of Calcutta in 1911, Serampore College, in 1913, was authorised to award the Bachelor of Arts degree. The College faculty was interdenominational.

[edit] Twentieth Century at Serempore

On December 4, 1915, the first group of Bachelor of Divinity students graduated:

Between 1916 and 1927, sixty-nine further students earned their Bachelor of Divinity degrees through Serampore College.

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During the Centenary Year of the College in 1918, the Bengal Legislative Council passed the Serampore College Act (1918 Act, i, 1918 Act, ii, 1918 Act, iii, 1918 Act, iv) for the purpose of enlarging the College Council and forming a new interdenominational Senate that would confer theological degrees for all Christian denominations in India. By 1960, twenty other Indian colleges and seminaries affiliated themselves with Serampore.

The name of the College and its founders are honoured today more widely than just within Christian circles – the Carey Library at Serampore houses 16,000 rare volumes and is used by scholars from across the world.

The Hindu saint Paramahansa Yogananda was an alumnus of this college and the Scottish Church College.

Recent B D and M Th Candidates from Serampore 1980 to 95 - Rev Juria Burdhan, Principal, Kerala, Rev John Perumpallath, UK,Rev Dr Joshva Raja,Selly Oak Mission Centre, Birmingham, Rev Diponkar Haldar, Serampore, Rev Dr Peter Chiru, Principal Manipur, Rev Dr Kavito Sema, Principal, Nagaland. Bishops - Rt Rev Jeyapaul David, NCCI president, Rt Rev Samatharoy, Bishop Amrister, Rt Rev D K Sahu, NCCI General Secretary.

[edit] Registrar

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The present Registrar of the Senate is Rev.Dr.Ravi Tiwari<ref>ATEN [3] Aten's Occasional Newsletter. Retrieved April 23, 2006.</ref>.

Rev.Ravi Tiwari's predecessor was Rev.D.S.Satyaranjan<ref>TEENET[4] Global links for local learning. Retrieved April 23, 2006.</ref>, the long-time Registrar since the 1970s who was preceded by Rev.Chetti Devasahayam.

[edit] Degrees conferred by the Senate

The Senate of Serampore College (University) confers the following degrees:

For residential students:

For external students:

By Honoris Causa:

[edit] See also

Some affiliated colleges

Affiliated bodies

Some denominations

[edit] References

Notes

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Further reading

[edit] External links

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