Advanced Institute for Research on Religion and Culture

Advanced Institute for Research on Religion and Culture (ARRC)
TypeFederated Faculty
Established2016[1]
AffiliationSenate of Serampore College (University), Serampore 712 201,
Hooghly district, West Bengal
RegistrarThe Rev. Packiam T. Samuel, CSI, Ph.D. (Oxford Brookes)
Location
Beside National Police Academy, Shivrampally, Hyderabad 500 052
,
Telangana
,
India

Advanced Institute for Research on Religion and Culture (ARRC)[2] is a federated faculty established in 2016,[1] which comprises four institutions,[1] namely,

- all based in the twin cities of Hyderabad and Secunderabad offering post graduate level Master of Theology[1] courses with specializations in Sacred scripture and Religion.[1]

The ARRC is affiliated[5] to the nation's first[6] University, the Senate of Serampore College (University) {a University under Section 2 (f) of the University Grants Commission Act, 1956[7]}[8]with degree-granting authority validated by a Danish charter and ratified by the Government of West Bengal.

Registrars
  1. ^ a b c d e f g h i Henry Martyn Institute, ARRC Announcement for M. Th. courses.[1]
  2. ^ Isaac Mar Philoxenos, Address of the President, Senate of Serampore College (University), 2016.[2]
  3. ^ a b c CSI Life, Volume XIV, Issue 10, October 2016, p.32.[3]
  4. ^ Henry Martyn Institute, "Master of Theology course registrations"
  5. ^ Senate of Serampore College (University), List of Affiliated Colleges. [4] Archived 18 September 2016 at the Wayback Machine
  6. ^ Sankar Ray, Hindu Business Line, 11 April 2008 Almost a century later, the charter was endorsed officially under the Bengal Govt Act IV of 1918. Internet, accessed 30 November 2008. [5]
  7. ^ "UGC Act-1956" (PDF). mhrd.gov.in/. Secretary, University Grants Commission. Retrieved 1 February 2016.
  8. ^ The Senate of Serampore College (University) is a University within the meaning of Section 2 (f) of the UGC Act, 1956 under which a University means a University established or incorporated by or under a Central Act, a Provincial Act or a State Act, and includes any such institution as may, in consultation with the University concerned, be recognised by the Commission in accordance with the regulations made in this behalf under this Act. The UGC took the opinion that the Senate fell under the purview of Section 2 (f) of the said Act since The Serampore College Act, 1918 was passed by the Government of West Bengal.[6] Archived 12 June 2017 at the Wayback Machine