2026-2027 Fellows
Spring 2027
Rev. Antony John Baptist
Director
National Biblical Catechetical & Liturgical Centre (NBCLC)
(Bangalore, India)
In addition to serving as director of the NBCLC, Rev. Baptist also sits on the editorial board of Concilium: International Journal of Theology and the Translations Committee of the Bible Society of India, and he serves as coordinator of the South Asian Sub-region of the Catholic Biblical Federation. He is also a visiting professor at various institutions such as Vidya Deep College and Dharmaram Vidya Kshetram Pontifical Athenaeum, both in Bangalore.
His research interests center on contextual theology and biblical narratives, with a special focus on marginalized communities, including Dalit women. He holds both a PhD and DLitt from the University of Madras and a licentiate in sacred Scripture (LSS) from the Pontifical Biblical Institute (Rome).