Director of NBCLC

Rev. Dr. John Baptist

Director
  • Experience and Expertise

    Professor of Sacred Scripture at Sacred Heart College, Chennai, and Vice Rector of the same College.
    Rector of Inter-diocesan Seminary, Vellore.
    General Secretary of the TNBC (Tamil Nadu Bishops’ Council) Commission for Bible.
    Guest Faculty at:
    o Vidya Deep College (Bengaluru)
    o Dharmaram Vidya Kshetram (DVK, Bangalore)
    o St. Peter’s Pontifical Institute, Bangalore
    Member of the Editorial Board of the international theological journal “Concilium.”

About Me:

  • Place of Ordination:

    Bishop's House,
    34 Officers' Line,
    Vellore - 632001,
    Tamil Nadu, India
    Phone: (0416) 2232570

  • Contact:

    Phone: +91 9444223332 / +91 80 25472369
    Email: ajbaptist@gmail.com
    director@nbclcindia.org

  • Address:

    Post Bag 8426,
    Hutchin’s Road, 2nd Cross,
    Bangalore - 560084,
    Karnataka, India



Areas of Expertise

His research and teaching interests encompass:
• Old Testament Exegesis
• Narrative Criticism
• Feminist Biblical Interpretation
• Dalit and Subaltern Readings of the Bible