Senate of Serampore College (University)
| Serampore Vishwavidyalaya | |
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| Latin: SERAMPORE SENATUM COLLEGIUM (ACADEMIA) | |
| Motto | GLORIAM SAPIENTES POSSIDEBUNT |
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Motto in English
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The wise will possess glory |
| Type | University under Section 2 (f) of the University Grants Commission Act, 1956 |
| Established | 1818 |
| Affiliation | University Grants Commission Act, 1956 |
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Religious affiliation
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Christianity |
| Chancellor | John Sadananda (Master), |
| President | Bishop Isaac Mar Philoxenos, |
| Registrar | The Rev. Santanu Patro, D. Th. (Serampore) |
| Location |
8 no., William Carey Road Serampore – 712201, West Bengal, India |
| Campus | Semi-Urban |
| Language | English |
| Website | www |
The Senate of Serampore College (University) is located in Serampore in West Bengal, India. Serampore was granted the status of university in 1829, making it India's first institution to have the status of a university.
The college was founded by the missionaries Joshua Marshman, William Carey and William Ward (the Serampore trio), to give an education in Arts and Sciences to students of every "caste, colour or country" and to train a ministry for the growing Church in India (See: Christianity in India).
The Senate of Serampore College (University) runs the academic administration of all its affiliated theological colleges. The Council of Serampore College holds a Danish Charter and had the power to confer degrees in any subject, which it currently exercises only for conferring theological degrees as recommended by the Senate.
The present Master is The Rev.John S. Sadananda, Bishop Emeritus of Karnataka Southern Diocese of the CSI.
Several theological Colleges and Seminaries all over India including Nepal, Bangladesh and Sri Lanka are affiliated to the Senate of Serampore College.
King Frederick VI of Denmark originally granted a Royal Charter giving the Senate of Serampore College the status of a degree granting university. The Senate of Serampore College (University) is a University within the meaning of Section 2 (f) of the University Grants Commission Act, 1956(as modified up to 20 December 1985).
In fact, Serampore was the first institution to be given the status of a university in India.
It confers its own degrees in Theology under the power vested by the Charter and Act of Serampore College.
Since Serampore was then a Danish colony, King Frederick VI, the King of Denmark, issued Serampore College its Royal Charter of Incorporation on 23 February 1827, in Copenhagen, Denmark (Charter, 1, Charter, 2, Charter, 3). The charter came in response to Joshua Marshman's visit to King Frederick in August 1826; the charter gave Serampore College the privilege of awarding degrees in Arts and Theology. William Carey, Joshua Marshman, and John Clark Marshman (Joshua's son) were designated as members of the first Council. At its opening, the Trio released a prospectus which proposed "A College for the instruction of Asiatic Christian and other Youth in Eastern Literature and European Science." The College was open to all persons of any caste or creed, and the founders ensured that no denominational test would apply to faculty members. The charter has also been confirmed by the Bengal Govt Act. IV of 1918.
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