Bible Society of India
| BSI | |
| Predecessor | The British and Foreign Bible Society in India and Ceylon |
|---|---|
| Formation | 1 November 1944[1] |
| Founder | The British and Foreign Bible Society |
| Founded at | Nagpur[1] |
| Type | Bible Society |
| Legal status | Trust |
| Purpose | Literary |
| Headquarters | Bangalore |
| Location | |
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Region
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Indian subcontinent |
| Services | Contribution, Translation, Printing, Distribution |
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Official language
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English |
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Secretary General
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Rev. Dr. M. Mani Chacko, CSI[2] |
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President
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Rev. P. N. S. Chandra Bose[2] |
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1st Vice President
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Rt. Rev. P. C. Singh,[2] CNI |
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2nd Vice President
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Smt. Starla Luke[2] |
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3rd Vice President
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Rev. Vanlalbela,[2] PSI |
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Main organ
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The Bible Society of India Trust Association |
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Parent organization
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United Bible Societies |
| Subsidiaries | 16 |
| Affiliations | National Council of Churches in India |
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Budget (2014[3])
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Rs.113,913,000.00[3] |
| Slogan | Applying God's word in the world |
| Website | http://www.bsind.org/index.html |
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Formerly called
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The Bible Society of India and Ceylon |
The Bible Society of India is a 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,[4] and Scripture portions in 48 languages.[5]
History
| List of General Secretaries[6]
(Period, Name of the General Secretary ) |
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On 21 February 1811, a meeting was held at "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, 'Cingalese,' Malayalam, and 'Canarese' languages. They gave 5,000 Cingalese New Testaments to a new Auxiliary Bible Society in Ceylon formed in August 1812.[12]
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.[13]
| Founding year |
Name of the Auxiliary | Location | District | State |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1983 | Aizawl Auxiliary | Aizawl | Aizawl District | Meghalaya |
| 1845 | Allahabad Auxiliary | Allahabad | Allahabad District | Uttar Pradesh |
| 1951 | Andhra Pradesh Auxiliary | Secunderabad | Hyderabad District | Telangana |
| 1813 | Bombay Auxiliary | Mumbai | Mumbai District | Maharashtra |
| 1811 | Calcutta Auxiliary | Kolkata | Kolkata District | West Bengal |
| 1986 | Dimapur Auxiliary | Dimapur | Dimapur District | Nagaland |
| 1969 | Gujarat Auxiliary | Ahmedabad | Ahmedabad District | Gujarat |
| 1986 | Jabalpur Auxiliary | Jabalpur | Jabalpur District | Madhya Pradesh |
| 1945 | Karnataka Auxiliary | Bangalore | Bangalore District | Karnataka |
| 1956 | Kerala Auxiliary | Kottayam | Kottayam District | Kerala |
| 1953 | North West India Auxiliary | New Delhi | Central Delhi District | New Delhi |
| 1983 | Odisha Auxiliary | Cuttack | Cuttack District | Odisha |
| 1966 | Ranchi Auxiliary | Ranchi | Ranchi District | Jharkhand |
| 1956 | Shillong Auxiliary | Shillong | East Khasi Hills District | Meghalaya |
| 1820 | Tamil Nadu Auxiliary | Chennai | Chennai District | Tamil Nadu |
| BSI Departments and Directors |
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Gallery
Personalities associated with the Bible Society of India.
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Premasagar9.jpg
The Old Testament Scholar, Victor Premasagar was involved not only in the translations but also in the administration of the Trust.
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A. E. Inbanathan.jpg
The longest-serving General Secretary of the Society hailing from the clergy, A. E. Inbanathan.
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Rev. Fr. D. S. Amalorpavadass credited with the Tamil Inter-Confessional Translation of the Bible.
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E. C. John.jpg
E. C. John was an Old Testament specialist who taught many Scholars involved in translations including the General Secretary, Mani Chacko.
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Neville Barker Cryer, Bibles Across the World, Mowbrays, 1979, p.109. [1]
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 BSI, Office Bearers
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 The Sowing Circle, Volume 31, Number 1, January–April 2015
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- ↑ 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. [2]
- ↑ Kenneth Cracknell, Susan J. White, An Introduction to World Methodism, Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, 2005, p.150.[3]
- ↑ Annual Report of the American Bible Society, Volume 149, American Bible Society, 1964, p.144. [4]
- ↑ The Civil List of Indian Police Service, 1968, p.232
- ↑ Interact 2012 of the Indiranagar Methodist Church, Bangalore
- ↑ 11.0 11.1 Mr. B. K. Pramanik and Mr. M. Jesudas have been conferred honorary doctorate by an unrecognised institution which has no standing before the University Grants Commission. Hence, their prefixes have been retained as Mr. See Some Distinguished Alumni and Honorary Degree Recipients of IICM.[5]
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- ↑ The Bible Society of India, list of Auxiliaries, October 2015
