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	'''David Udayakumar''' (born 30 September 1955) was Principal of [[Gurukul Lutheran Theological College]], [[Chennai]], affiliated to the nation's first<ref name="UNESCO">[http://unesdoc.unesco.org/images/0017/001790/179035eb.pdf UNESCO Structures of University Education in India, 1952]</ref> University, the [[Senate of Serampore College (University)\|Senate of Serampore College]].		'''David Udayakumar''' (born 30 September 1955) was Principal of [[Gurukul Lutheran Theological College]], [[Chennai]], affiliated to the nation's first<ref name="UNESCO">[http://unesdoc.unesco.org/images/0017/001790/179035eb.pdf UNESCO Structures of University Education in India, 1952]</ref> University, the [[Senate of Serampore College (University)\|Senate of Serampore College]].

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{{Infobox clergy
| name = Kurapati David Udayakumar
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| birth_date = 30 September 1955<ref>[http://www.oikotree.org/members/david-udayakumar/profile/ Oikotree]</ref>
| birth_place = [[Andhra Pradesh]]
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| church = [[South Andhra Lutheran Church]]
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| education =
* [[B. A.]] ([[Sri Venkateswara University|Venkateswara]]),<ref name="Hiwale"/>
* [[B. D.]] ([[Senate of Serampore College (University)|Serampore]]),
* [[M. Th.]] (Serampore),
* [[Doctor of Theology|D. Th.]] (Serampore)
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| writings = 1981, ''A Study of the Pauline View of Sin with special reference to Romans 1–8 in comparison with the teaching in the Gita''<ref name="Gita">[https://books.google.com/books?id=eEoQAQAAIAAJ&q=K.+David+Udayakumar&dq=K.+David+Udayakumar&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0CCYQ6AEwAmoVChMI2tCFstjsyAIVguWmCh1ELAus K. David Udayakumar, ''A Study of the Pauline View of Sin with special reference to Romans 1–8 in comparison with the teaching in the Gita'', UTC, Bangalore, 1981. Cited by Masaryk University (Brno), ''The bible in cultural context'', Czech Society for the Study of Religions, 1994, p. 43. ]</ref> 1998, ''Church-in-Mission: Facing Contemporary Challenges''<ref name="Contemporary">[http://www.religion-online.org/showarticle.asp?title=1110 K. David Udayakumar, ''Church-in-Mission: Facing Contemporary Challenges'' in Abraham P. Athyal, Dorothy Yoder Nyce (Edited), Mission Today, p. 24. ]</ref> 2001, ''Impact of Context on Missionary Paradigm: Hermannsburg and Joint Synod of Ohio Missions in [[South Andhra Lutheran Church]] (1864–1945)''.<ref name="Context">[http://www.internationalbulletin.org/issues/2003-03/2003-03-104-dissertations.pdf K. David Udayakumar, ''Impact of Context on Missionary Paradigm: Hermannsburg and Joint Synod of Ohio Missions in South Andhra Lutheran Church (1864–1945)''. Cited in International Bulletin of Missionary Research, Volume 27, Number 3, p.123.]</ref>
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| offices_held = Pastor, [[South Andhra Lutheran Church]] {{small|(1981–1992)}} professor, [[Gurukul Lutheran Theological College]], [[Chennai]] {{small|(1992–''Present'')}}
| title = The Reverend Doctor
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{{Portal|Christianity}}
'''David Udayakumar''' (born 30 September 1955) was Principal of [[Gurukul Lutheran Theological College]], [[Chennai]], affiliated to the nation's first<ref name="UNESCO">[http://unesdoc.unesco.org/images/0017/001790/179035eb.pdf UNESCO Structures of University Education in India, 1952]</ref> University, the [[Senate of Serampore College (University)|Senate of Serampore College]].

==Studies==
After early ministerial formation at the [[United Theological College, Bangalore]] from 1977–1981<ref name="Hiwale">K. M. Hiwale (Compiled), ''Directory of the United Theological College 1910–1997'', Bangalore, 1997. Past students of the college diploma course, p.59; Postgraduate course, p.121.</ref> at the [[United Theological College, Bangalore]], affiliated to the nation's first<ref name="UNESCO"/> University, the [[Senate of Serampore College (University)|Senate of Serampore College]], under the Principalship of [[Joshua Russell Chandran]], he obtained a [[Bachelor of Divinity]] and in the ensuing year, he returned to the Seminary for pursuing a postgraduate course, [[Master of Theology]] from 1982–1985<ref name="Hiwale"/> specialising in [[New Testament]] under Professors K. James Carl and J. G. Frank Collison where he worked out a dissertation entitled ''"Inheritance" in Pauline eschatology''.<ref>K. David Udayakumar, ''"Inheritance" in Pauline eschatology'' in ''Thesis Titles'', [[Board of Theological Education of the Senate of Serampore College]], Bangalore, 1991</ref>

Udayakumar also registered for research studies with the [[Senate of Serampore College (University)]] and specialised in Missiology for which the University awarded him a [[Doctor of Theology]] degree in 2001.<ref>[http://www.senateofseramporecollege.edu.in/hall-of-fame/doctor-of-theology/ Senate of Serampore College (University), List of the Recipient of the Degree of Doctor of Theology. ]</ref>

All the three successive theological degrees, [[B. D.]], [[M. Th.]] and [[D. Th.]] were awarded by the [[Senate of Serampore College (University)]] during the Registrarship of [[D. S. Satyaranjan]].

==Ecclesiastical career==
After a brief 1-year ministry between 1981–1982, Udayakumar again became a Pastor from 1985 onwards pastoring Churches of the [[South Andhra Lutheran Church]] established by the [[Hermannsburg Mission]] in the districts of [[Chittoor]] and [[Nellore]]. In 1987, Udaykumar was Exchange Pastor of the [[Evangelical-Lutheran Mission in Lower Saxony]] from 1987 to 1992<ref>[https://books.google.com/books?id=RHN8KrEGB1QC&pg=PA129&lpg=PA129&dq=David+Udayakumar+gurukul&source=bl&ots=apf0iPTpKy&sig=1wqdyHvowKFrSTKyM_Y47NOw5oo&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0CDEQ6AEwBDgKahUKEwi6nMjf9enIAhVhrqYKHXzrDYE#v=onepage&q=udayakumar&f=false Hugald Grafe, ''Kirche unter Dalits, Adivasi und Kastenleuten in Südindien'', LIT Verlag, Berlin, 2013, p.129.]</ref> and then joined the [[Gurukul Lutheran Theological College]] to take up a teaching assignment. In 2011, Udayakumar was made Principal of the College, a position which he has been occupying till the present times.

==Writings==
* 1981, ''A Study of the Pauline View of Sin with special reference to Romans 1–8 in comparison with the teaching in the Gita'',<ref name="Gita"/>
* 1998, ''Church-in-Mission: Facing Contemporary Challenges'',<ref name="Contemporary"/>
* 2001, ''Impact of Context on Missionary Paradigm: Hermannsburg and Joint Synod of Ohio Missions in [[South Andhra Lutheran Church]] (1864–1945)''.<ref name="Context"/>
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| before=S. W. Meshack 2006–2011| title=Principal, [[Gurukul Lutheran Theological College]], [[Chennai]]|after=D. J. S. Ponnusamy| years=2011–2018}}
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==References==
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