North India Institute of Post Graduate Theological Studies explained

North India Institute of Post Graduate Theological Studies (NIIPGTS)
Motto:	to educate women and men and mould them as leaders in religious life as scholars, teachers, ministers, and other professionals for leadership and service both nationally and internationally enabling them to build a world beyond cultural and religious divide.
Founder:	Bishop’s College, Calcutta and Serampore College, Serampore
Established:	1980^[1]
Head Label:	Registrar
Head:	The Rev. K. K. Chatry, PCI, Ph.D. (Birmingham)
City:	Kolkata and Serampore
State:	West Bengal
Country:	India
Address:	Bishop’s College, Calcutta, 224, A.J.C Bose Road, Kolkata 700 017, West Bengal
Website:	https://niipgts.in/

North India Institute of Post Graduate Theological Studies (NIIPGTS) is an academic institution of higher learning promoted by the Bishop’s College, Calcutta and the Serampore College, Serampore comprising faculty from both the institutions affiliated to the nation's first University, the Senate of Serampore College (University).

The NIIPGTS was started in 1980^[1] to offer postgraduate courses under the Senate of Serampore College (University) with select specialisations. In 1998,^[2] the Institute started offering specialisation in Missiology. In 1999,^[3] the NIPPGTS was recognised as an institution offering doctoral-level courses by the Senate of Serampore College (University).

Further reading

• Book: K. P. Aleaz . The role of Pramāṇas in Hindu Christian epistemology . 1991 . Punthi-Pustak, Kolkata . 9788185094397.
• Book: V. J. John (Edited) . Water Struggle . 2007 . Indian Society for Promoting Christian Knowledge, New Delhi . 978-81-7214-983-3.
• Book: V. S. Lalrinawma . Major Faith Traditions of India . 2007 . Indian Society for Promoting Christian Knowledge, New Delhi . 978-81-7214-961-1.
• Book: Joseph Mattam, Joseph Valiamangalam (Edited) . Building Solidarity: Challenge to Christian Mission . 2008 . Indian Society for Promoting Christian Knowledge, New Delhi . 978-81-8458-063-1.
• Book: Darren C. Marks (Edited) . Shaping a Global Theological Mind . 2008 . Ashgate, Hampshire . 978-0-7546-6003-3.
• Book: Elisabeth Schüssler Fiorenza, Kent Harold Richards (Edited) . Transforming Graduate Biblical Education: Ethos and Discipline . 2010 . Society of Biblical Literature, Atlanta . 978-1-58983-504-7.

Notes and References

1. K. P. Aleaz, Theology of Religions: Birmingham Papers and Other Essays, Moumita Publishers and Distributors, Calcutta, 1998, p.257. https://books.google.com/books?id=izjkAAAAMAAJ&q=1973
2. https://books.google.com/books?id=8BXkAAAAMAAJ&q=North+India+Institute+of+Post+Graduate+Theological+Studies Somen Das, Mission and Evangelism, ISPCK, New Delhi, 1998, p.130
3. Monica J. Melanchton, Graduate Biblical Studies in India in Elisabeth Schüssler Fiorenza, Kent Harold Richards (Edited), Transforming Graduate Biblical Education: Ethos and Discipline, SBL, Atlanta, 2010, p.120. https://books.google.com/books?id=Nzhvp2AtOCgC&q=niipgts&pg=PA120
4. http://niipgts.net/management/ NIIPGTS, Management
5. Indian Church History Review, Volume 19, Church History Association of India, 1985, p.94. https://books.google.com/books?id=H8XYAAAAMAAJ&q=D.+V.+Singh+theology
6. [Senate of Serampore College (University)]
7. [Louise Pirouet]
8. https://books.google.com/books?id=998XAQAAIAAJ&q=University+of+Edinburgh+Journal+serampore University of Edinburgh Journal, Volume 35, 1991, p.193
9. http://www.kabc.in/2013/03/the-genesis-of-kabc.html Karbi Anglong Baptist Convention
10. D. K. Sahu, The Church of North India - A historical and systematic theological inquiry into an ecumenical ecclesiology, Peter Lang, Frankfurt, 1994. http://www.peterlang.com/download/datasheet/31183/datasheet_46908.pdf.
11. Siga Arles, Theological Education in Relation to the Identification of the Task of Mission and the Development of Ministries in India: 1947 to 1987 with Special Reference to the Church of South India, University of Aberdeen, 1990. https://books.google.com/books?id=XCMbOAAACAAJ&q=siga+arles+aberdeen
12. . 2003 . Eco-feminism as a Paradigm Shift in Theology . Indian Journal of Theology. 45 . 1&2 . 15-29 . 31 July 2024.
13. http://indiamissionsummit.weebly.com/uploads/2/6/5/1/26512485/india_mission_summit_prg.pdf. India Mission Summit, 2014 Kohima
14. [Serampore College]
15. https://www.cbcnei.in/images/Baptist_News/65-2.pdf Baptist News, April-June 2014
16. http://niipgts.net/wp-content/uploads/2015/12/Mth_dth_information2016.pdf NIIPGTS 2016 brochure
17. http://www.seramporecollege.org/theology/wp-content/uploads/2014/08/profile_aswathyj.pdf Serampore College, Faculty profiles