page_title: Peter Sugandhar
section_title: University convocation: 1969
hierarchical_section_title: Peter Sugandhar / Studies and ministerial formation / University convocation: 1969
caption_attribution_description: English: Drawing of Senate of Serampore College (University) in West Bengal
context_page_description: B. P. Sugandhar was the fifth successor of Frank Whittaker as Bishop - in - Medak of the Church of South India whose bishopric lasted for more than a decade and half from 1993 through 2009 coinciding with the archbishoprics of Samineni Arulappa and Marampudi Joji of the Archdiocese of Hyderabad.
  It was in 1992 that the Old Testament Scholar, Bishop P. Victor Premasagar vacated the Cathedra on attaining superannuation, following which Sugandhar contested the vacant bishopric and was appointed and consecrated in September 1993 by the Church of South India Synod led by its Moderator Vasanth P. Dandin, and its Deputy Moderator Jason S. Dharmaraj, making Sugandhar assume the Cathedra in CSI-Medak Cathedral in Medak.
context_section_description: As an aspirant of the Diocese of Medak, Sugandhar underwent Spiritual formation at the United Theological College, Bangalore, affiliated to India's first University, the Senate of Serampore College (University) {a University under Section 2 (f) of the University Grants Commission Act, 1956}with degree-granting authority validated by a Danish Charter and ratified by the Government of West Bengal. In 1968, Sugandhar completed his ministerial formation period and subsequently in the year 1969, the Senate of Serampore College (University), then led by Registrar C. Devasahayam, CBCNC, awarded the degree of Bachelor of Divinity during its annual convocation.  By this time D. S. Satyaranjan, IPC was already part of the Senate of Serampore College (University) as Administrative Officer.
caption: The Senate of Serampore College (University), Serampore, India, which awarded the degree of Bachelor of Divinity to Sugandhar in 1969.
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