B. Suneel Bhanu | |
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The Reverend | |
Church | Lutheran |
Diocese | Synods of East Godavari, West Godavari, East Guntur, West Guntur, Central Guntur |
See | Andhra Evangelical Lutheran Church (AELC) |
In office | 2009-2013 |
Predecessor | V. E. Christopher |
Successor | K. Frederick Paradesi Babu |
Personal details | |
Born | Andhra Pradesh, India |
Previous post | Professor, Gurukul Lutheran Theological College, Chennai |
B. Suneel Bhanu is President Emeritus of the Protestant Andhra Evangelical Lutheran Church Society who served a term from 2009 through 2013. At present, Suneel Bhanu teaches at the Gurukul Lutheran Theological College, Chennai.
In 2015, Suneel Bhanu was elected as the Chairperson of Church's Auxiliary for Social Action for the quadrennium 2015-2018.
B. Suneel Bhanu studied at the Protestant Andhra Christian Theological College, Hyderabad during the period of the Old Testament Scholars, Victor Premasagar and G. Babu Rao. Later, Bhanu undertook postgraduate studies at the South East Asia Graduate School of Theology from where he was awarded a postgraduate degree of Master of Theology (M.Th.). Suneel Bhanu served as a Pastor of the Emmanuel Lutheran Church in Visakhapatnam.
Suneel Bhanu taught at the Bishop's College, Kolkata before moving to Gurukul Lutheran Theological College, Chennai where he is currently teaching Theology. Suneel Bhanu is a member of the Academic Council of the nation's first University, the Senate of Serampore College (University) in West Bengal.
Suneel Bhanu's major contribution was seeing through the publication of the Bibliography of Original Christian Writings in India in Telugu compiled by Ravela Joseph for which Bhanu provided his assistance that ultimately resulted in its publication by the Board of Theological Education of the Senate of Serampore College in 1993 under the aegis of the General Editors, Hunter P. Mabry, H. S. Wilson and Zaihmingthanga.