Rev. Dr. Dipankar Haldar Bursar & Associate Professor of Old Testament

Date of Birth: 29.09.1962

Email: [email protected]

Church Membership: Pastorate, Barrackpore Diocese, CNI.

Permanent Address: Vill-Raghabpur, P.O. – Shimulpur – 743289, North 24 Parganas, .

Educational Qualifications:

Sl. No Course/Degree University 1 Bachelor of Arts (Hons) Calcutta University 2 Master of Philosophy Pondicherry University 3 Bachelor of Divinity Serampore College (University) 4 Master of Theology Serampore College (University) 5 Doctor of Ministry Serampore College (University)

Month and year of joining Serampore College: September 2004

Ministerial Experiences:

c) Ordained as Minister in 1991 by the Barrackpore Diocese, CNI. d) Assistant Presbyter, Chapra Pastorate, Barrackpore in 1990-91. e) Associate Presbyter, Barrackpore Pastorate, Barrackpore in 1993-94. f) Associate Presbyter, St. Mary’s Church, Kolkata in 1995-96. g) Associate Presbyter, Sudder Street Church, Kolkata in 1996-98. h) Associate Presbyter, Bhowanipore & St. Mary’s Church, Kolkata in 1999-2002. i) Associate Presbyter, St. Stephen’s Church, in 2002-04 j) Presbyter-in-Charge, St. Stephen’s Church, Dum Dum in 2004.

8. Teaching/Administrative Experiences:

m) Lecturer, Bishop’s College, Kolkata in 1994-98 n) Auxiliary Secretary, Bible Society of , Calcutta Auxiliary in 1998-2004. o) Assistant Professor, Serampore College in 2004-2009 p) Associate Professor, Serampore College in 2009-till date q) Secretary, Theology Department, Serampore College in 2007-08

9. Publications: a) Role of the Laity in the Ministry of the Church, 2012. b) Kingdom of God in the New Testament and Neo-Vedanta, 2012. c) Carey the Fathers of Modern Missionaries, 2011. d) Essays on New Testament, Hermeneutics and Mission Studies, 2011.

e) Sermons from the New Testament, 2010. f) New Testament Revisited, 2008. g) Swapto Saswato Bani (in Bengali: Sevem Immortal Words of Jesus), 2003. h) Nabo Geeti Sudha (in Bengali: Composition of New Songs), 1995. i) Jusur Agonion Amader Nabayau (Bengali translation of Dr. Somen Das’ book, Jesus’ coming in our Becoming), 1998.