Founder President

Prof. Rev. Dr. Gnana Robinson, B.Sc., B.D., M.Th., S.T.M., Dr. Theol. is a well known Pastor/Priest born and bought up in Gnanapuram, Kanyakumari District. He has had his education in Eranial High School, Scott Christian College, Nagercoil.

He did his Bachelor of Divinity degree and Masters of Theology degree at the United Theological College, Bangalore between 1957-1963.

He was ordained in the Church of South India and served as a pastor in the Kanyakumari Dioceses from 1960-61. He did his post graduate studies in the field of Old Testament at the Union Theological Seminary, New York leading towards his STM degree. He continued his post-graduate work at Ecumenical Institute in Israel and at Hamburg University, Germany, and earned his Doctorate from the University of Hamburg in 1975.

He has served for more than forty years as Professor in Theology in several institutions, both in India and abroad. As a Theological   teacher, he served at the Tamil nadu Theological College, Thirumaraiyur from 1963-69 and at the Tamilnadu Theological Seminary, Madurai from 1969-1987. He has been the Principal of the Tamilnadu Theological Seminary, Madurai for nine years. During 1987-1993, he was teaching at the Prediger Seminar in Soest, Westfalen, West Germany as Guest Professor.
In June 1993 he took over as the Principal of United Theological College, Bangalore for seven years,

He has been training Pastors/Priests to serve the church. Twice he has been elected as the President of the only Theological University in India known as the Senate of Serampore College (University).
He has been visiting professor at the University of Hamburg April - August 1982, and at the St. Andrews Theological College, Trinidad West Indies - October 1982 - March 1983, at Andover Newton Theological College, Boston, U.S.A. - April 1983, at Lincoln Theological College, U.K. - May 1983, and at Lutheran Theological Seminary in Philadelphia (L.T.S.P.), U.S.A. - 2000-2001.

He is committed to the cause of the poor and the marginalized and, as such he is heading several service organizations as president.

He is the Founder President of Peace Trust Kanyakumari. He is also the President of Bullock cart Workers' Development Association (BWDA), Peoples Association for Social Action (PASA), Center for Rural Education and Employment for Development (CREED)

He is also committed to Communal Harmony among the people of different faiths. For this cause he founded Peace Trust Kanyakumari in 1985, with like minded people from different religions, a Programme Committee has been constituted which promotes Communal Harmony in the region. Under Peace Trust, In order to help the international community, which is increasingly becoming multi-religious, he has also started the Center for Interfaith, Relations, Studies and Joint Action (CIRSJA). He is also convening statewide conventions on communal harmony in all the States of India.

He is also the Promoter of Iniavar Illam (INIL) A home for the Elderly, which comes under Peace Trust.

Dr. Gnana Robinson has authored many books and articles in Tamil, English and German languages.