North India Institute of Post Graduate Theological Studies

North India Institute of Post Graduate Theological Studies (NIIPGTS) is an academic institution of higher learning promoted by the Bishop’s College, Calcutta and the Serampore College, Serampore comprising faculty from both the institutions affiliated to the nation's first University, the Senate of Serampore College (University).

The NIIPGTS was started in 1980 to offer postgraduate courses under the Senate of Serampore College (University) with select specialisations. In 1998,Somen Das, Mission and Evangelism, ISPCK, New Delhi, 1998, p.130 the Institute started offering specialisation in Missiology. In 1999,Monica J. Melanchton, Graduate Biblical Studies in India in Elisabeth Schüssler Fiorenza, Kent Harold Richards (Edited), Transforming Graduate Biblical Education: Ethos and Discipline, SBL, Atlanta, 2010, p.120. the NIPPGTS was recognised as an institution offering doctoral-level courses by the Senate of Serampore College (University).

Succession of Registrars of the NIIPGTS The following have been Registrars of the NIIPGTS:NIIPGTS, Management

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