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{{Short description|Christian organisation}}
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| caption = Bible Society of India - earlier office situated on [[Cubbon Park]] end - The Karnataka Auxiliary is now situated in this premises.
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| abbreviation = BSI
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| predecessor = The [[British and Foreign Bible Society]] in India and Ceylon
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| formation = 21 February 1811<ref name="First">Neville Barker Cryer, ''Bibles Across the World'', Mowbrays, 1979, p.109. [https://books.google.com/books?id=h0AbAAAAMAAJ&q=hooper+general+secretary+bible+society+of+india&dq=hooper+general+secretary+bible+society+of+india&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwj_kdHiiZ3KAhXQSo4KHSwODgMQ6AEINjAG]</ref>
| founder = The [[British and Foreign Bible Society]]
| founding_location = [[Nagpur]]<ref name="First"/>
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| type = [[Bible Society]]
| status = [[Society|Society]]
| purpose = Literary
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| headquarters = [[Bangalore]]
| location = [[India]]
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| region = [[Indian subcontinent]]
| services = Contribution, Translation, Printing, Distribution
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| language = [[English language|English]]
| sec_gen = [[The Reverend|The Rev.]] [[M. Mani Chacko]],<ref name="Board">[https://www.bsind.org/board.html Bible Society of India, ''The Board'']</ref> [[Church of South India|CSI]], [[Ph.D.]] ([[University of London|London]])
| leader_title = President
| leader_name = [[The Reverend|The Most Rev.]] P. C. Singh, [[Church of North India|CNI]]<ref name="Board"/> [[Bachelor of Divinity|B. D.]] ([[Senate of Serampore College (University)|Serampore]])
| leader_title2 = Vice President
| leader_name2 = [[Smt.]] P. Leela Bose,<ref name="Board"/> [[Master of Science|M. Sc.]] ([[Andhra University|Andhra]])<ref>[[Bethel Bible College]], ''Faculty profile''.[http://www.bethelbiblecollege.edu.in/wp-content/uploads/2018/08/FAC-1.pdf]</ref>
| leader_title3 = Treasurer
| leader_name3 = [[The Reverend|The Rev.]] Premkumar Soans, [[Church of South India|CSI]]<ref name="Board"/> [[Licentiate in Theology|L. Th.]] (Serampore)
| leader_title4 = Directors
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| leader_name4 = '''Translations''': [[The Reverend|The Rev.]] [[Jonadob Nathaniel]],<ref name="Leadership">[https://www.bsind.org/leadership.html Bible Society of India, ''Leadership'']</ref> [[Th.D.]] ([[South East Asia Graduate School of Theology|SEAGST]]) '''Church Relations and Resource Mobilisation''': [[The Reverend|The Rev.]] Hrangthan Chhungi,<ref>Phualva Times, ''Dr. Machhungi in BSI CRRM ah Associate Director len ding'', February 17, 2019.[https://phualvatimes.com/dr-machhungi-in-bsi-crrm-ah-associate-director-len-ding/]</ref> [[Doctor of Theology|D. Th.]] ([[Senate of Serampore College (University)|Serampore]]) (Associate Director), '''Marketing''': [[Mr.]] Paul Stephen,<ref name="Leadership"/> '''Media''': [[Mr.]] Caleb Hiton Martin (Asso),<ref name="Leadership"/> '''Production''': [[Mr.]] Ashith Ezekiel,<ref name="Leadership"/> '''Finance''': [[Mr.]] Tinku George
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| main_organ = India Bible Society Trust Association (IBSTA)<ref>[https://www.taxmanagementindia.com/web/tmi_blog_details.asp?id=277525 Tax Management, India]</ref>
| parent_organization = [[United Bible Societies]]
| subsidiaries = 17
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| affiliations = [[National Council of Churches in India]]
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| slogan = ''Applying God's word in the world''
| website = https://www.bsind.org/
| remarks = ''[[Sowing Circle]]'' (A publication of the BSI)
| formerly = The Bible Society of India and Ceylon
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The '''Bible Society of India''' is a [[Christianity|Christian]] body that is authorized to translate, produce, distribute and market the [[Bible]] and is a member of the [[United Bible Societies]].

The motto of the Society is to translate the word of God in languages, which people can understand, and produce the scriptures (normally in book form) at a price people could afford to buy. The Bible Society works together with many organizations in India to translate the Bible into various languages of India. The Bible is now available in 65 Indian languages, the New Testament in 70 additional languages,<ref>{{cite web|url= http://www.bsind.org/department.html|title= Translation|publisher= Bible Society of india|access-date= 12 Oct 2015|archive-date= 26 September 2017|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20170926165623/http://www.bsind.org/department.html|url-status= dead}}</ref> and Scripture portions in 48 languages.<ref>{{cite book |last=Nirmal |first=Chiranjivi |date=2011 |title=Imaging the Word: A Twenty-First Century Perspective |location=Bangalore |publisher=The Bible Society of India |page=70 |isbn=978-81-221-2908-3|oclc=785824115 }}</ref>
[[File:Bible society of india bangalore.jpg|thumb]]

==History==
On 21 February 1811, a meeting was held "at the college of Fort William for the propriety of instituting a Bible Society, as Auxiliary to the British and Foreign Bible Society established in London", entitled as "The Calcutta Auxiliary Bible Society" with the same objectives as those in London." This Auxiliary Bible Society in Serampore, West Bengal first began attempt to coordinate supply Scriptures to existing Christians in Portuguese, Tamil, ''[[Sinhala language|Cingalese]]'', Malayalam, and ''[[Kannada|Canarese]]'' languages. They sent 5,000 ''Cingalese'' (Sinhalese) New Testaments to a new Auxiliary Bible Society in Ceylon formed in August 1812.<ref>{{cite book |last=Nirmal |first=Chiranjivi |date=2011 |title=Imaging the Word: A Twenty-First Century Perspective |location=Bangalore |publisher=The Bible Society of India |page=12,13 |isbn=978-81-221-2908-3|oclc=785824115 }}</ref>

The headquarters of Bible Society of India moved from Nagpur to Bangalore in 1950, under the leadership of General Secretary Premanand Mahanty. The Central Office of the Bible Society of India is located in [[Bangalore]] city in the state of [[Karnataka]] in [[South India]].<ref>{{cite book |last=Nirmal |first=Chiranjivi |date=2011 |title=Imaging the Word: A Twenty-First Century Perspective |location=Bangalore |publisher=The Bible Society of India |page=23 |isbn=978-81-221-2908-3|oclc=785824115 }}</ref>

==The Translations==
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* 1960-1981 [[The Reverend|The Rev.]] [[C. Arangaden]], [[Th.M.]] ([[Princeton Theological Seminary|Princeton]]),
* 1981-1984 [[The Reverend|The Rev.]] [[M. P. John]], [[Ph.D.]] ([[University of Chicago|Chicago]]),
* 1984-1991 [[The Reverend|The Rev.]] [[John Philipose]], [[Ph.D.]] ([[University of St Andrews|St.Andrews]]),
* 1991-2011 [[The Reverend|The Rev.]] [[G. D. V. Prasad]], [[M. Th.]] ([[Senate of Serampore College (University)|Serampore]]),
* 2011- [[The Reverend|The Rev.]] [[Jonadob Nathaniel]], [[D.Th.]] ([[South East Asia Graduate School of Theology|SEAGST]])
|}

===Sources for translating and revising===
The Society depends on original sources material of the scriptures available in [[Biblical Hebrew]], [[Biblical Aramaic]] and [[Biblical Greek]] languages for which the sources include the [[Biblia Hebraica Stuttgartensia]] and the [[Novum Testamentum Graece]].

===Pool of Scholars trained in Biblical languages===
Since the beginning, the Society worked together with the [[National Council of Churches in India]] and the [[Senate of Serampore College (University)]] and the first Translations Director, [[C. Arangaden]] helped found the Society for Biblical Studies in India (SBSI) which had been fully-[[ecumenical]] consisting of Biblical Scholars from the [[Catholic]], [[Orthodoxy|Orthodox]], [[Protestant]], and [[Charismatic]] Church Societies.

[[Church Father|Father]] [[Rene Van de Walle]] a member of the Society for Biblical Studies in India was associated with the revision of the [[Marathi language|Marathi]] Bible. Similarly, [[Church Father|Father]] Lucien Legrand was associated with the inter-confessional translation in [[Tamil language]]. With this background, the Society systematically built up a pool of Biblical Scholars who specialised in [[Old Testament]] with [[Biblical Aramaic]] and [[Biblical Hebrew]] and also [[New Testament]] with [[Biblical Greek]]. The Scholars include [[Yisu Das Tiwari]], [[B. E. Devaraj]], [[C. Arangaden]], [[Victor Premasagar]], [[E. C. John]], [[K. V. Mathew]], [[M. P. John]], [[John Philipose]], [[Gnana Robinson]], G. Babu Rao, [[Timotheas Hembrom]], [[N. K. Achumi]], [[Basil Rebera]], [[S. John Theodore]] and others.

===Inter-confessional translations===
The Society translates and revises the scriptures from the original Biblical languages without prejudice to [[Protestant]], [[Orthodoxy|Orthodox]], [[Catholic]] or [[Charismatic]]. As such, the translations of the Society are held in regard by the Christians. Though the [[Catholics]] did not have scriptures in a language of their own, it was the outcome of the [[Second Vatican Council]] which paved way for the vernacular translations.

[[Old Testament]] and [[New Testament]] Scholars of the [[Catholic]] Churches worked together with the Society to either translate or revise vernacular translations and were also instrumental in inter-confessional translations.<ref name="Amalorpavadass">[[Basil Rebera]], ''The Bible Society of India and Inter-Confessional Translations'', in [[D. S. Amalorpavadass]] (Edited), ''Report of the II All-India Biblical Meeting'', NBCLC, Bangalore, 1975, p.348. [https://books.google.com/books?id=giQ9AAAAIAAJ&q=c.+arangaden+bible+society&dq=c.+arangaden+bible+society&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwi6zOzG_JLKAhUOCY4KHX77COMQ6AEIJDAC]</ref> [[The Reverend|The Rev.]] Father [[D. S. Amalorpavadass]] was a strong proponent<ref name="Amalorpavadass"/> for the inter-confessional translations making the Bible Society to come out with one such version in [[Tamil language]]. In other languages of India too, the Catholic Fathers were very much in favour<ref>[[C. Arangaden]], ''Fiddler in the Zoo'', iUniverse, Bloomington, 2011, p.89.[https://books.google.com/books?id=gECVq81qj30C&lpg=PA89&dq=arangaden%20society%20for%20biblical%20studies&pg=PA89#v=snippet&q=biblical%20studies&f=false]</ref> of an inter-confessional translation.

In the recent times, the Society works together with the [[Conference of Catholic Bishops of India]] led by [[Father (title)|Fr.]] Govindu Rayanna,<ref>[http://www.bsind.org/pdf/Magazine_jan_Apr_2012.pdf ''The Sowing Circle'', Volume 28, Number 1, January-April 2012, p.20]</ref> a [[New Testament]] Scholar<ref>Rayanna Govindu, ''The Table Fellowship of Jesus (Luke 5.27-32)'', [[Pontifical Urban University]], [[Rome]], 2003.[https://books.google.com/books?id=tVknMwAACAAJ&dq=govindu+rayanna&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwjBooHK76rOAhUIOI8KHXm7CAwQ6AEIGzAA]</ref> and a member of the Society for Biblical Studies in India.

===The Translation Directors===
The Directors who led the translation at the Society were notable in the [[Senate of Serampore College (University)]] having taught at either the constituent College of the University or its affiliated institutions. It was during the period of [[C. Arangaden]] that the translations department was built up together with the General Secretary, the rural Pastor, [[A. E. Inbanathan]] had much understanding of the Church and Christianity in India and worked together with the [[Senate of Serampore College (University)]]. It was during their tenure that thoroughbred Scholars were appointed throughout India leading to quality translations.

{| class="wikitable sortable"
|+Auxiliaries of the Bible Society of India<ref>[http://www.bsind.org/Aizawl.html The Bible Society of India, list of Auxiliaries, October 2015]</ref><ref>''[[The Sowing Circle]]'', Volume 34, Number 2, July–December 2018.</ref>
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! No.!!Founding year!! Name of the Auxiliary!! Location !! State !! Secretary<ref>[http://www.bsind.org/pdf/Magazine-Jan-Apr-2016-web.pdf ''The Sowing Circle'', Volume 32, Number 1, January-April 2016, p.9]</ref>
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| I.||1983 ||Aizawl Auxiliary||[[Aizawl]] || [[Mizoram]]||Rev Remlal Faka
|-
| II.||1845||Allahabad Auxiliary || [[Allahabad]] ||[[Uttar Pradesh]]||[[The Reverend|The Rev.]] Chittaranjan Polson
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| III.||1951 ||[[Bible Society of India Andhra Pradesh Auxiliary|Andhra Pradesh Auxiliary]]|| [[Guntur]]||[[Andhra Pradesh]]||[[The Reverend|The Rev.]] Rev John Vikram,
|-
| IV.||2020||BSI Andaman Nicobar Auxiliary || [[Port Blair]] ||[[Andaman Nicobar Island]]||[[The Dn]]. Ranjit Paswan
|-
| V.||1813 ||Bombay Auxiliary|| [[Mumbai]] || [[Maharashtra]]||[[The Reverend|The Rev.]] A. Vishwas Sasane, [[Methodist Church in India|MCI]],<ref name="Linked">[https://in.linkedin.com/in/rev-abhijeet-v-sasane-31a5b618 ''Linked In'']{{Dead link|date=June 2019 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref> [[Bachelor of Divinity|B. D.]] ([[Senate of Serampore College (University)|Serampore]])<ref name="Linked"/>
|-
| VI.||1811 ||Calcutta Auxiliary|| [[Kolkata]] || [[West Bengal]]||[[Sri]] Sajal Kumar Sarkar
|-
| VII.||1986 ||Dimapur Auxiliary|| [[Dimapur]] ||[[Nagaland]]||[[The Reverend|The Rev.]] Yiepetso Wezah, [[Doctor of Theology|D. Th.]] ([[Senate of Serampore College (University)|Serampore]])
|-
| VIII.||1969 ||Gujarat Auxiliary|| [[Ahmedabad]] || [[Gujarat]]||[[The Reverend|The Rev.]] David H. Desai,<ref>[[Church of North India]]. [http://cnisynod.org/pdffiles/2013%2011%2025%20SPECIAL%20EC.pdf] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160424001606/http://cnisynod.org/pdffiles/2013%2011%2025%20SPECIAL%20EC.pdf |date=2016-04-24 }}</ref> [[Church of North India|CNI]], [[Bachelor of Divinity|B. D.]] ([[Senate of Serampore College (University)|Serampore]])
|-
| IX.||1986 ||Jabalpur Auxiliary|| [[Jabalpur]] ||[[Madhya Pradesh]]||[[The Reverend|The Rev.]] Daniel Nath
|-
| X.||1945 ||Karnataka Auxiliary|| [[Bangalore]] ||[[Karnataka]]|| [[Ms.]] B. S. Shashikala Alva, CSI, [[M. Th.]] ([[Senate of Serampore College (University)|Serampore]])
|-
| XI.||1956 ||Kerala Auxiliary|| [[Kottayam]] || [[Kerala]]||[[The Reverend|The Rev.]] Mathew Skariah,<ref>[[Senate of Serampore College (University)]], ''Minutes of the Meeting of the Working Committee of the Academic Council held on July 17, 2012'', p.26. [http://www.senateofseramporecollege.edu.in/docs/wc-july2012.pdf]</ref> [[Malankara Mar Thoma Syrian Church|MMTSC]], [[M. Th.]] ([[Senate of Serampore College (University)|Serampore]])
|-
| XII.||1953 ||North West India Auxiliary|| [[New Delhi]] || [[New Delhi]]||[[The Reverend|The Rev.]] Shirley Lall, [[Church of North India|CNI]], [[M. Th.]] ([[Senate of Serampore College (University)|Serampore]])<ref>[[Senate of Serampore College (University)|Serampore]] ''Examination Registration''. [http://senateofseramporecollege.edu.in/examregmth_2013/5MTH.pdf]</ref>
|-
| XIII.||1983 ||Odisha Auxiliary|| [[Cuttack]] ||[[Odisha]]||[[The Reverend|The Rev.]] B. K. Kouri
|-
| XIV.||1966 ||Ranchi Auxiliary|| [[Ranchi]] ||[[Jharkhand]]||[[The Reverend|The Rev.]] Soma Bhatkar, CNI
|-
| XV.||1956 ||Shillong Auxiliary|| [[Shillong]] ||[[Meghalaya]]||[[The Reverend|The Rev.]] Phidolis Dkhar
|-
| XVI.||1820 ||Tamil Nadu Auxiliary|| [[Chennai]] ||[[Tamil Nadu]]||[[The Reverend|The Rev.]] P. Moses Devadason, [[Church of South India|CSI]], [[Bachelor of Divinity|B. D.]] ([[Senate of Serampore College (University)|Serampore]])<ref name="Sowing">[http://www.bsind.org/pdf/Magazine-Vol29-no2.pdf ''The Sowing Circle'', Volume 29, Number 2, May-August 2013, pp.32-33]</ref>
|-
| XVII.||2016 ||[[Bible Society of India Telangana Auxiliary|Telangana Auxiliary]]||[[Secunderabad]]||[[Telangana]]||[[The Reverend|The Rev.]] John Basy Paul, [[Church of South India|CSI]], [[M. Th.]] (Serampore)
|-
|}

==Management of the Society==
The Society has been led by able administrators hailing from the [[Clergy]]. During 1980 when a gap arose, the Society had to appoint [[Laymen]] for a temporary period but with the appointment of [[The Reverend|The Rev.]] [[M. Mani Chacko]], an [[Old Testament]] Scholar and a member of the Society for Biblical Studies in India (SBSI), the Society is again led by the [[Clergy]].

===Trust Association===
The India Bible Society Trust Association (IBSTA) is the main management body which runs the administration of the Bible Society of India and has been led by Theologians including [[Victor Premasagar]], [[Navamani Elia Peter]] and other [[Clergy]].

===General Secretaries===
Though General Secretaries were in short tenures, it was the rural Pastor, [[The Reverend|The Rev.]] [[A. E. Inbanathan]] who held the longest tenure and built up the society in all spheres in Translation, Promotion, Distribution and Resource Mobilisation.
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|'''Years''' ||'''Succession of General Secretaries'''<ref name="GDV">[[G. D. V. Prasad]], Chiranjivi J. Nirmal, ''Imaging the Word: A Twenty-First Century Perspective'', The Bible Society of India 1811-2011, Bible Society of India, [[Bangalore]], 2000, (revised edition 2011), p.115. [http://www.thehindu.com/2001/10/02/stories/1302017e.htm]{{dead link|date=April 2021|bot=medic}}{{cbignore|bot=medic}}</ref>||'''Earned Academic Credentials/Other notes'''
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|1944-1947||[[The Reverend|The Rev.]] [[J. S. M. Hooper]], [[Methodist Church of Great Britain|WMMS]],<ref>Kenneth Cracknell, Susan J. White, ''An Introduction to World Methodism'', Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, 2005, p.150.[https://books.google.com/books?id=5aLzLqGPrPUC&lpg=PA150&dq=j.s.m.hooper%20methodist&pg=PA150#v=onepage&q=j.s.m.hooper%20methodist&f=false]</ref>|| [[Bachelor of Arts|B. A.]] ([[Oxford University|Oxford]]), [[Master of Arts|M. A.]] ([[Oxford University|Oxford]])/ [[Kaisar-i-Hind Medal|Kaisar-i-Hind Medal 1938]]
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|1947-1949||[[The Reverend|The Rev.]] [[George Sinker]], [[C of E]]||
|-
|1949-1958||[[Mr.]] Premananda Mohanty[[Laity]]||[[Master of Arts|M. A.]] ([[Calcutta University|Calcutta]])<ref>''[[University of Calcutta|University of Calcutta Calendar 1929]]'', p.511.[https://books.google.com/books?id=M1Y4AAAAMAAJ&dq=premanand+mahanty+m.a.+calcutta&focus=searchwithinvolume&q=premanand+mahanty]</ref>/ [[Member of the Legislative Assembly (India)|M. L. A.]] - [[Odisha Legislative Assembly|Odisha Legislative Assembly 1937-1946]]<ref>[[Odisha Legislative Assembly]] - ''List of Members in First Pre-Independence Assembly'' (03/02/1937-14/09/1945).[http://odishaassembly.nic.in/image.aspx?img=1274]</ref>
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|1958-1959||[[Ms.]] Marjorie Harrison[[Laity]]<ref name="ABS">''Annual Report of the American Bible Society'', Volume 149, American Bible Society, 1964, p.144. [https://books.google.com/books?id=VXTfAAAAMAAJ&dq=hooper+general+secretary+bible+society+of+india&focus=searchwithinvolume&q=hooper]</ref>||
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|1959-1960||[[The Reverend|The Rev.]] [[W. Park Rankin]], [[Methodist Church in India|MCI]]||
|-
|1960-1981||[[The Reverend|The Rev.]] [[A. E. Inbanathan]], [[Church of South India|CSI]]||[[Bachelor of Divinity|B. D.]] ([[Senate of Serampore College (University)|Serampore]]), [[Master of Arts|M. A.]] ([[Union Theological Seminary (New York City)|Union]]), [[Ph.D.]] ([[Hartford Seminary|Hartford]])
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|1981||[[Major General]] O. M. Mani,<ref>J. S. Ishar, ''History of Project Vartak'', [[Border Roads Organisation]].[http://bro.gov.in/writereaddata/mainlinkFile/File4495.pdf]</ref> [[Indian Army Corps of Engineers|Corps]]<ref>J. S. Bawa, ''History of the Corps of Engineers'', Palit & Palit Publishers, New Delhi, 1980, p.193.[https://books.google.com/books?id=C-S4AAAAIAAJ&q=sappers+o.m.mani&dq=sappers+o.m.mani&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwi704zA-6zXAhXFKY8KHTioD_4Q6AEIJTAA]</ref>[[Laity]]||Retired Military Officer of the [[Indian Army Corps of Engineers]]
|-
|1981-1982||[[Mr.]] T. Albert Manoraj, [[Indian Police Service|IPS]][[Laity]]<ref>[https://books.google.com/books?id=G0QKAAAAIAAJ&dq=t.+albert+manoraj+IpS&focus=searchwithinvolume&q=MANORAJ ''The Civil List of Indian Police Service'', 1968, p.232]</ref>||Retired Police Official
|-
|1982-1985||[[Mr.]] T. John Ramakrishnan, [[Indian Administrative Service|IAS]][[Laity]]<ref>[http://www.imcblr.org/files/September_2012.pdf ''Interact 2012'' of the Indiranagar Methodist Church, Bangalore]</ref>||Retired Civil Servant
|-
|1985-2011||[[Mr.]] B. K. Pramanik, [[Odisha Public Service Commission|OSCS]][[Laity]]<ref name="IICM">Mr. B. K. Pramanik has been conferred a honorary doctorate by an unrecognised institution which has no standing before the [[University Grants Commission (India)|University Grants Commission]]. Hence, the prefix has been retained as [[Mr.]] See ''Some Distinguished Alumni and Honorary Degree Recipients of IICM.''[http://www.iicmindia.org/alumni.htm]</ref>||Odisha State Service Official who voluntarily resigned from the service
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|2011-||[[The Reverend|The Rev.]] [[M. Mani Chacko]], [[Church of South India|CSI]]||[[Bachelor of Divinity|B. D.]] ([[Senate of Serampore College (University)|Serampore]]), [[Master of Theology|M. Th.]] ([[Senate of Serampore College (University)|Serampore]]), [[Ph.D.]] ([[University of London|London]])
|}

== Sowing Circle ==
'''''Sowing Circle''''' is a [[triannual]] magazine published in [[English language|English]] in [[Bangalore]] by the Bible Society of India, for private circulation, containing reviews of its work throughout the [[Indian subcontinent]].<ref>[http://magazinetraining.com/magazine-directory/sowing-circle/ Magazine Training International, ''Sowing Circle'']</ref>

The magazine has often been referred to by Scholars<ref>[https://books.google.com/books?id=DHjYAAAAMAAJ&q=sowing+circle+bible+society+of+india&dq=sowing+circle+bible+society+of+india&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwjknNfV66nVAhWIWLwKHdojAa0Q6AEIODAD ''Bangalore Theological Forum'', Volume 33, 2001]</ref> and other Writers.<ref>Daniel Sathiaraj, ''Everyday with Our Awesome God: Inspiring True Stories''.[https://books.google.com/books?id=dAPDCgAAQBAJ&lpg=PA61&dq=sowing%20circle%20bible%20society%20of%20india&pg=PP7#v=onepage&q&f=false]</ref> David Vumlallian Zou of the [[University of Delhi]] in ''The Pasts of a Fringe Community: Ethno-history and Fluid Identity of the Zou in [[Manipur]]''<ref>David Vumlallian Zou, ''The Pasts of a Fringe Community: Ethno-history and Fluid Identity of the Zou in [[Manipur]]'' in ''[[Indian Historical Review]]'', Volume 36, Issue 2, 2009, pp.209–235.[http://citeseerx.ist.psu.edu/viewdoc/download?doi=10.1.1.828.3051&rep=rep1&type=pdf]</ref> has substantially cited the magazine in matters relating to translations in [[Zou language]].

==References==
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==External links==
*[https://www.bsind.org/ Bible Society of India]

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