Faculty & Staff – North India Institute of Theological Studies

Left to Right: Mukesh Dhiman, Thomas Teji, Arpit Jasper, Blessen Samuel, Darshan Singh, Tarun John, Suraj Shahi, Sukhwant Bhatia, Puran Shreshta, Vinita Bhatia, Geetika Sharma, Sarbjeet Kaur, Ranjit Kaur, Kongari Shekhar, Amit Gill, Don Lazarus

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Faculty

Rev. Dr. Sukhwant S. Bhatia
Principal & Professor of Biblical Studies & Pastoral Theology

BSc in Applied Mathematics (Baring Union College, Batala, Punjab/UGC)
MTh in Pastoral Ministries, Bible Exposition (Dallas Theological Seminary, USA)
PhD in Higher Education Administration (University of North Texas & Dallas Theological Seminary)

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Rev. Blessen Samuel
Senior Lecturer—New Testament & Theological Studies
Academic Dean

BA (Punjab University, Chandigarh/UGC)
BD (New Theological College, Dehradun/Serampore)
MTh New Testament (Faith Theological Seminary/Serampore)
MA in Sociology (IGNOU, New Delhi/UGC)

blessen.samuel@

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Rev. Amit Gill
Senior Lecturer in Missions & Church History
Dean of Students

BD (SHIATS, Allahabad/UGC)
MTh in Missiology (Mission India Theological Seminary/ATA)

amit.gill@

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Dr. Kongari Shekhar

Senior Lecturer in Religious & Intercultural Studies
Resident Warden

BTh &BD (MBC Bible College, Shamshabad/Serampore)
MA & MPhil in Religious Studies (Punjabi Univerisity, Patiala/UGC)
PhD in Religious Studies (Punjabi Univerisity, Patiala/UGC)

kongari.shekhar@

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Thomas Teji
Senior Lecturer in Biblical Studies and Practical Theology
Chaplain

BTh & MDiv (North India Institute of Theological Studies/ATA)
MTh (ACTS, Bangalore/ATA)

thomas.teji@

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Sarbjeet Kaur

Senior Lecturer in Old Testament Studies and Women’s Ministry
BTh (North India Institute of Theological Studies/ATA)

MDiv (New Theological College, Dehradun/ATA)
MTh (ACTS, Bangalore/ATA)

sarbjeet.kaur@

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Tarun John

Lecturer in Theological Studies and Cultural Anthropology
Registrar

BTh & MDiv (North India Institute of Theological Studies/ATA)

DMin (pursuing from SAIACS, Bangalore/ATA)

tarun.john@

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Vinita Bhatia

Lecturer in Christian Education & Counseling

BA (Hons.) in English Literature (St. Stephen’s College, Delhi University/UGC)

MA in Christian Ministry (Briercrest College & Seminary, Canada)
MA in English Literature (IGNOU, New Delhi/UGC)

vinita@

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Administrative Staff

Don Vikrant Lazarus

Managing Trustee, Acting CFO & Administrator

BA (Hons.) Industrial Psychology (Jamila Millia Islamia, New Delhi)
MA in Applied Organizational Psychology (Jamia Millia Islamia, New Delhi)
MBA in Project Management (Sikkim Manipal University)
MBA in Finance Management, pursuing (Sikkim Manipal University)