United Theological College, Bangalore

United Theological College, Bangalore
File:UTC logo.JPG
Motto	SICUT FILIUS HOMINIS NON VENIT MINISTRARI SED MINISTRARE ET DARE ANIMAM SUAM REDEMPTIONEM PRO MULTIS
Motto in English	Even as the Son of man is not come to be ministered unto, but to minister and to give his life a redemption for many.
Established	1910
Type	Seminary
Academic affiliation	Senate of Serampore College (University), Serampore 712 201, Hooghly District, West Bengal
Location	63, Miller's Road, Benson Town, Bengaluru 560 042, Telephone: 091 080 23333438, Karnataka, India
Director	Rev. Dr. Daniel Sadananda, CSI (President)
Principal	Rev. Dr. J. R. John Samuel Raj, CSI
Academic staff	10+
Website	http://www.utc.edu.in/

United Theological College (UTC) is a seminary founded in 1910 situated in the southern city of Bangalore in the state of Karnataka in South India and affiliated to the nation's first University, the Senate of Serampore College (University) {a University under Section 2 (f) of the University Grants Commission Act, 1956}with degree-granting authority validated by a Danish Charter and ratified by the Government of West Bengal.

Since 1976, it has been granted the status of an autonomous college under the University. The college has welcomed world leaders. Mahatma Gandhi visited it in 1927 and declared, “To live the gospel is the most effective way…I can say that the life of service and uttermost simplicity is the best preaching”. India Post released a centenary commemorative stamp in honor of the United Theological College (UTC) on 8 July 2011. The current Principal is Rev. Dr. John Samuel Raj.

Motto

UTC's motto comes from Matthew 20:28 in the Vulgate: SICUT FILIUS HOMINIS NON VENIT MINISTRARI SED MINISTRARE ET DARE ANIMAM SUAM REDEMPTIONEM PRO MULTIS which translates as "Even as the Son of man is not come to be ministered unto, but to minister and to give his life a redemption for many". It is sometimes condensed to Not to be Served but to Serve.

In the University emblem the motto is in Greek (not in Latin): οὐ... διακονηθῆναι ἀλλὰ διακονῆσαι

Courses offered

File:Utc bengaluru.jpg

The Administrative building of the United Theological College, Bangalore. {Picture credit: Colette Cook}

The UTC was granted autonomy in the year 1976 by the Senate of Serampore College (University). The following are the courses offered by the College:

• Diploma in Women's Studies
• Certificate Course in Christian Studies
• Diploma for Proficiency in Counselling
• Diploma in Young Men's Christian Association Professional Secretaryship
• Bachelor of Divinity
• Master of Theology
• Doctor of Theology

Exchange programs

The UTC has exchange programs with the Theological Faculty of the University of Basel Switzerland and the Divinity School of the University of Edinburgh, Scotland. It has a Memorandum of Understanding with the University of Edinburgh wherein a post-graduate student can study a semester in Bengaluru.

Publications

File:Bangalore Seminary - Copy.jpg

Bangalore Seminary (1843) From the 'Evangelical Magazine and Missionary Chronicle: Vol XXI' (p.193)

• The Bangalore Theological Forum, an academic journal brought out twice a year.
• Masihi Sevak, a pastoral magazine with three releases in a year.
• Hymns of the Tamil Śaivite Saints an English Translation of the Tiruvacakam, by Francis Kingsbury and GE Phillips (edited by Fred Goodwill)

Campus life

Mahatma Gandhi visited the College in the year 1927. The college had been a recipient of prizes from the Mysore Horticultural Society, Bengaluru for well-maintained gardens and lawns.

Library

The college has a massive library including 200-year-old palm leaf manuscripts. The United States Embassy awarded a grant for preservation of these rare palm leaf manuscripts in 2006.

Faculty

List of Principalships
1910-1911, Rev. J. Matthers, 1911-1924, Rev. Dr. L. P. Larsen, Rev. D. S. Herrick, Rev. Dr. W. J. T. Small, Rev. Dr. W. H. Thorp, 1937-1954, Rev. Dr. M. H. Harrison, 1954-1984, Rev. J. R. Chandran, 1984-1993, Rev. Dr. E. C. John, 1993-1999, Rev. Dr. G. Robinson, Rev. Dr. O. V. Jathanna, Rev. Dr. S. I. Selvanayagam, Rev. Dr. J. R. Samuel Raj,

2