Sydney S. Salins is a New Testament scholar who teaches at the

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, a seminary established in 1965 and affiliated to the nation's firstUNESCO Structures of University Education in India, 1952
/ref> university, the Senate of Serampore College (University). Salins was a participant at the original exploratory committee on dialogue in 1997 conducted by the

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Studies

Salins had his ministerial formation at the

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, between 1970 and 1974,K. M. Hiwale (Compiled), ''Directory of the United Theological College 1910-1997'', Bangalore, 1997. Past students of the college diploma course, p.46; Past students of the postgraduate course, p.117. studying along with his companion John Sadananda for a

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)'' awarded by the Senate of Serampore College (University) under the registrarship of J. T. Krogh. Again from 1980 to 1982, Salins studied along with another companion Surya Prakash for a postgraduate course specialising in the

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under J. G. F. Collison and K. James Carl and submitted a dissertation entitled ''A study of the use of the christological title, "Son of Man" in the writings up to 325 AD'' for which he was awarded a Master of Theology ( M. Th.) degree by the university under the Registrarship of D. S. Satyaranjan.

Teaching ministry

Soon after his graduate studies at the Protestant Regional Seminary in

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, Salins began teaching at the

, from 1974 onwards and later availed study leave to equip himself with a postgraduate degree in New Testament in 1982. After a forty-year teaching ministry that began in 1974,Roland Gierth, ''Christian life and work at the pastorate level and practical theology in South India: an inquiry based on 16 field studies of selected Church of South India pastorates in Bangalore and the Kolar Gold Fields (Karnataka Central Diocese) and a survey of Indian publications on the field of practical theology'', Christian Literature Society, Chennai, 1977, p.80

/ref> Salins retired in early 2015 on attaining superannuation but continues to teach at the Seminary in Mangalore.

References

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