Faculty Team
Dr Prabhu Singh serves as the Principal of SAIACS and also as Professor of Cultural Anthropology in the Department of Intercultural Studies. He has a PhD in Intercultural Studies with specializations in Religion and Cultural Anthropology. With nearly 30 years of experience in ministry, he is a renowned communicator, speaking in various settings in different parts of the world.
Dr G. John Daniel serves as the Academic Dean and also as the Head of the Department of Intercultural Studies at SAIACS. He is an alumnus of SAIACS, having completed both his MTh (Old Testament) and PhD studies (Intercultural Studies) here. John has served as an adjunct faculty in several Bible schools in Europe, South Asia, and Southeast Asia. He is an expert in Diaspora studies, and has completed his PhD in SAIACS entitled: Transnationalism in the Sri Lankan Tamil Churches of Greater London: An Exploratory Study. His academic research is also undergirded by over two decades of leadership experience across different continents.
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Dr Varughese John has served on SAIACS’s faculty in the Department of Theology and History since 2011 and is now the Dean of Doctoral Studies & Dean of Students. During his PhD, he was a Junior Research Fellow of the Indian Council of Philosophical Research, New Delhi. Before joining SAIACS, he was a post-doctoral Kierkegaard House Foundation Fellow at the Howard and Edna Hong Kierkegaard Library, St. Olaf College, Minnesota. Later, as the Langham International Post-Doctoral Fellow, he spent a year at the Overseas Ministries Study Center in New Haven, Connecticut.
Dr Varghese Thomas, a SAIACS alumnus (MTh, Pastoral Theology and Counselling), serves as Head of the Department of Practical Theology and Counselling, and as Chaplain of the SAIACS community. Before joining SAIACS in 2018, he was a faculty at Hindustan Bible Institute for more than twenty years and also served as principal there for three years.
Dr Havilah Dharamraj, an alumnus of SAIACS (MA, Christian Studies), is Head of the Department of Biblical Studies. She previously served as Head of the Department of Old Testament (2008-20), and then as Academic Dean (2012-20). Two of her research interests are Intertextuality and Comparative Literature, which several of her students have used with skill in their MTh and PhD dissertations. Her interest in Biblical narrative has led her to invest in narrative preaching and storytelling workshops, both undertaken with the intent to re-introduce into Christian ministry the Indian cultural heritage of stories as a didactic oral medium.
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Dr Roji Thomas George has served as Professor of New Testament at SAIACS since 2016. He is also the Specialization Head for New Testament in the Department of Biblical Studies. Before joining SAIACS, he served as Assistant Professor of New Testament at Luther W. New Jr. Theological College, Dehradun (2005-2016), and as Managing Editor of the Doon Theological Journal (DTJ) from 2008-09 and 2012-16.
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Dr David Muthukumar serves as Head of Department of Theology and History. Before joining SAIACS in 2021, he served as faculty in the department of Theology at Union Biblical Seminary, Pune, for eight years.
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Dr Asish Thomas Koshy serves as Associate Professor of New Testament. Before joining SAIACS in 2021, he served as Associate Professor of New Testament at Union Biblical Seminary, Pune and at Gospel for Asia Biblical Seminary, Kerala. He was awarded a scholarship for a six-month exposure study at an Academy at the University of Hamburg (April 2008). He was also a sabbatical student at Westminster College, a constituent member of the Cambridge Theological Federation.
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Dr Jacob Joseph serves as a faculty in the Department of Pastoral Theology and Counselling. Before transitioning to music studies, he served as faculty in New Theological College (NTC) in Dehradun. After he completed his studies in music, he returned to NTC and developed the Diploma in Worship and Music programme.
Dr Asokan B, an alumnus of SAIACS, completed his DMiss (Missiology) and PhD (History of Christianity) and is a faculty in the Department of Theology and History. His PhD dissertation entitled, “The Apostolate of St. Thomas: An Evaluation of Existing Traditions” is a detailed study of St. Thomas’ heritage, unlike the traditional beliefs.
He has done his MA in Biblical Studies, from North West Baptist Seminary, Tacoma, Washington, and his MTh in Bible Exposition (N.T. and Theology) from Asian Christan Academy, Bangalore (presently in Hosur, Tamilnadu) and served as a “Co-ordinator for MTh, and Doctoral Studies” at Berean Baptist Bible College and Seminary, Bangalore, from 1993 to 2021, where he did B.D too. He served as a visiting faculty to different Theological Institutions in India and other Asian Countries. He also served as an Evangelist, Bible Teacher, and Church Planter in different parts of India.
Dr Prince Kumar Tamilarasan, an alumnus of SAIACS (MDiv, MTh and PhD), serves as Assistant Professor in the Department of Biblical Studies (Old Testament). His doctoral dissertation is a comparative study of Proverbs and Thirukkural. His research interest is in the oft-neglected area of wisdom literature and its significance for Biblical theology.
Dr Amritraj Joshua Paul serves as Associate Professor of Theology in the Department of Theology and History. He did his Bachelor of Divinity (BD) program at Union Biblical Seminary, Pune, and his Master of Theology (MTh) program from the Federated Faculty for Research in Religion and Culture (FFRRC), at Kottayam. He also did his doctoral studies at FFRRC, and received his Doctor of Theology Degree (DTh) from the Senate of Serampore College (University) in 2022. His work focuses on the hermeneutics of the cross in relation to violence.
Dr Stavan Narendra John, a SAIACS alumnus (MTh, Theology), joined SAIACS as a faculty-in-training in 2015 and is currently Assistant Professor in the Department of Theology. He recently completed his PhD from OCMS/Middlesex University, UK. His thesis focused on Thomas F. Torrance’s Theology of the Ascension. His area of interest within theology is Christology, particularly the Humanity of Christ; his Master’s thesis focused on Karl Barth’s contribution to the debate about Christ’s fallen (but sinless) human nature. His PhD, in some ways, carries on the discussion on a related but underexplored area within theology: the humanity of the ascended Christ. Other theological interests range from the interface between theology, sports, and spiritual formation to east-west dialogical theology.
Dr Joshua George, an alumnus of SAIACS (MDiv and MTh) joined SAIACS as faculty-in-training and currently serves as the Dean of Online studies and teaches in the department of Practical Theology. He has completed his PhD from the Australian College of Theology (ACT) through Malyon College, Brisbane. His PhD was titled, “Understanding the attitudes of Urban Indian Millennials to Preaching as Listeners: A study in Practical Theology.”
Josh teaches classes in critical thinking, research writing skills, theology of church practices, an introduction to pastoral theology and care, and the integration between psychology and theology and theological foundations of marriage and family. He was a Tearfund Asia region consultant in a global research project on issues in gender theology in 2018. He formerly worked in human resources in Accenture and TCS.