D. S. Satyaranjan: Difference between revisions

| name          =  D. S. Satyaranjan, [[Indian Pentecostal Church of God|IPC]]

| birth_date = {{Birth date|1939|01|19|df=yes}}

| birth_place = [[Eluru]], [[West Godavari District]], [[Andhra Pradesh]]

| death_date    = {{Death date and age|2022|06|13|1939|01|19}}

| death_place  = [[Secunderabad]], [[Hyderabad District, India|Hyderabad district]], [[Telangana]]

| education   =  

*[[B. A.]]<ref name="Shared"/> ([[Andhra University|Andhra]]),<br />  

*[[B. D.]]<ref name="Shared"/> ([[Senate of Serampore College (University)|Serampore]]),<br />

*[[M. Th.]]<ref name="Hiwale">K. M. Hiwale (Compiled), ''Directory of the United Theological College 1910-1997'', Bangalore, 1997.  Past students of the post-graduate course, pp.107-108.</ref><ref name="Shared"/> ([[Senate of Serampore College (University)|Serampore]]),<br />  

*[[D.Min.]]<ref name="Niles"/> ([[San Francisco Theological Seminary|SFTS]])

| alma_mater    =

*[[Sir C.R. Reddy Educational Institutions|C. R. College]], [[Eluru]] ([[Andhra Pradesh]]),<br />  

*[[Serampore College]], [[Serampore]] ([[West Bengal]]),<br />  

*[[United Theological College, Bangalore|United Theological College]], [[Bangalore]] ([[Karnataka]]),<br />  

*[[San Francisco Theological Seminary]], [[San Francisco]] ([[California]])

| years_active  = 1965-2022

| offices_held =

*Administrative Officer, [[Senate of Serampore College (University)]], [[Serampore]] {{small|(1965–1971)}},<br />  

*Lecturer - in - [[New Testament]] and Registrar, [[United Theological College (Bangalore)|United Theological College]], [[Bengaluru]], {{small|(1973–1978)}},<br />  

*Registrar, [[Senate of Serampore College (University)]], [[Serampore]] {{small|(1978–2004)}},

'''D. S. Satyaranjan''' (19 January 1939 &ndash; 13 June 2022) was a [[Silver Jubilee]] [[Pastor]], a [[New Testament]] Scholar, and an  [[Academic administration|Administrator]]<ref name="Samson">Samson Prabhakar (Edited), ''Together with People: Essays in honour of Rev. D. S. Satyaranjan'', [[BTESSC]] / [[SATHRI]], [[Bangalore]], 2004</ref> who served as the Registrar of the [[Senate of Serampore College (University)]], the nation's first <ref>Sankar Ray, The Hindu (Business Line), 11 April 2008 ''Almost a century later, the charter was endorsed officially under the Bengal Govt Act IV of 1918. ''  Internet, accessed 30 November 2008.  [http://www.thehindubusinessline.com/life/2008/04/11/stories/2008041150100400.htm]</ref> University ''{a University under Section 2 (f) of the [[University Grants Commission (India)|University Grants Commission]] Act, 1956}<ref>The [[Senate of Serampore College (University)]] is a University within the meaning of Section 2 (f) of the UGC Act, 1956 under which a University means a University established or incorporated by or under a Central Act, a Provincial Act or a State Act, and includes any such institution as may, in consultation with the University concerned, be recoginsed by the Commission in accordance with the regulations made in this behalf under this Act.  The UGC took the opinion that the Senate fell under the purview of Section 2 (f) of the said Act since ''The Serampore College Act, 1918'' was passed by the Government of West Bengal.</ref>'' with degree-granting authority validated by a Danish Charter and ratified by the [[Government of West Bengal]].

After graduate studies leading to [[Bachelor of Arts|B.A.]] degree through the [[Andhra University]] in 1959,<ref name="Samson"/> Satyaranjan went for ministerial formation to the [[Serampore College]], [[West Bengal]] where he studied<ref name="Directory">[[S. J. Samartha]], [[M. P. John]] (Compiled), ''Directory of students 1910-1967'', Serampore College (Theology Department), Serampore, 1967, p.22, 24.</ref> from 1961-1964<ref name="Samson"/> during the Principalship of William Stewart.  Satyaranjan's teachers included [[Yisu Das Tiwari]] who taught [[Sanskrit]] and [[Religions]].  [[Suppogu Joseph]] also partly<ref name="Directory"/> studied in Serampore during 1964 coinciding with the final year of Satyaranjan's studies at the College.  The University awarded a [[Bachelor of Divinity|B.D.]] degree in the ensuing convocation in 1965 during the Registrarship of [[C. Devasahayam]].

In 1986,<ref name="Proposal">D. S. Satyaranjan, ''The Implementation of Criteria for Homiletical Criticism educed from D. T. Niles' Theory and Practice of Preaching in an Evaluation of selected Indian Sermons'', a research proposal submitted to the San Francisco Theological Seminary for advanced pastoral studies.</ref> Satyaranjan was admitted to the [[San Francisco Theological Seminary]] for a [[D.Min.]] programme under the supervision of Charles L. Bartow<ref name="Proposal"/>  where he researched on the theme, ''The Implementation of Criteria for Homiletical Criticism educed from D. T. Niles' Theory and Practice of Preaching in an Evaluation of selected Indian Sermons''.  The Senate granted sabbatical to [[The Reverend|Rev.]] Satyaranjan who then proceeded to the [[United States|United States of America]] and spent time at the [[San Francisco Theological Seminary]] (SFTS).

  |title=Together with People: Essays in honour of Rev. Satyaranjan

  | author=[[J. R. Chandran]] (Edited)