B. Suneel Bhanu is President Emeritus of the Protestant Andhra Evangelical Lutheran Church Society who served a term from 2009 through 2013. At present, Suneel Bhanu teaches at the Gurukul Lutheran Theological College, Chennai.
In 2015, Suneel Bhanu was elected as the ChairpersonCASA Board 2015-2018. New National Board of CASA of Church's Auxiliary for Social Action for the quadrennium 2015-2018.
Studies and Academics B. Suneel Bhanu studied at the Protestant Andhra Christian Theological College, Hyderabad during the period of the Old Testament Scholars, Victor Premasagar and G. Babu Rao. Later, Bhanu undertook postgraduate studies at the South East Asia Graduate School of TheologyDansalan Quarterly, Volumes 1-4, Dansalan Research Center, Dansalan Junior College, 1979, pp.108 and 111. from where he was awarded a postgraduate degree of Master of Theology (M.Th.). Suneel Bhanu served as a Pastor of the Emmanuel Lutheran Church in Visakhapatnam.
Suneel Bhanu taught at the Bishop's College, Kolkata before moving to Gurukul Lutheran Theological College, Chennai where he is currently teaching Theology.Gurukul Lutheran Theological College, Chennai Suneel Bhanu is a memberMembers of the Academic Council. [senateofseramporecollege.edu.in/docs/125-174.pdf] of the Academic Council of the nation's first University, the Senate of Serampore College (University) in West Bengal.
Contribution Suneel Bhanu's major contribution was seeing through the publication of the Bibliography of Original Christian Writings in India in Telugu compiled by Ravela Joseph for which Bhanu provided his assistance that ultimately resulted in its publication by the Board of Theological Education of the Senate of Serampore College in 1993 under the aegis of the General Editors, Hunter P. Mabry, H. S. Wilson and Zaihmingthanga.Ravela Joseph, B. Suneel Bhanu (Compiled), Bibliography of Original Christian Writings in India in Telugu, BTESSC, Bangalore, 1993.
The compilation by Suneel Bhanu together with Ravela Joseph has been a source referred for original Christian writings in Telugu.see successive articles in Wikipedia containing reference to the book.
In addition, Suneel Bhanu has also co-translatedH. S. Wilson (Edited), The Church on the move: a quest to affirm the biblical faith; essays in honour of Peddi Victor Premasagar, Bishop in Medak and Moderator of the C.S.I., presented on the occasion of his Shastiabdapoorthi celebrations, Christian Literature Society, Madras, 1988, p.157. Robin Boyd's Introduction to Indian Christian Theology along with Victor Premasagar and B. J. Christie Kumar, his Professors at the Andhra Christian Theological College.
Writings 2006, Glimpses of the Tercentenary Celebrations of the Arrival of Bartholomaus Ziegenbalf - The Father of Modern Protestant Mission,B. Suneel Bhanu, Glimpses of the Tercentenary Celebrations of the Arrival of Bartholomaus Ziegenbalf - The Father of Modern Protestant Mission, National Council of Churches Review, Volume 126, p.290. 2009 (with Monodeep Daniel and Indukuri John Mohan Razu)WCC library acquisitions The Letter of Paul to the Ephesians, The Letter of Paul to the Philippians, The Letter of Paul to the Colossians, The first and second Letters of Paul to the Thessalonians, The Letter to the Hebrews
Other endeavours In 2011, Suneel Bhanu delivered the annual Hein Fry Lecture at the Lutheran Theological Seminary at Philadelphia.
In 2013, Suneel Bhanu participated in the Salvation Army's meetings in Nellore in the presence of D. M. Prakasam of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Nellore which awarded N. L. Victor, the Order of the Founder by Linda Goodman.
Suneel Bhanu was also a member of the Henry Martyn Institute for Interfaith Reconciliation at Hyderabad.Annual Report of the HMI. [www.hmiindia.org/Documents/.../Annual%20Report%202013-2014.pdf]
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