Director - St. John's National Academy of Health Sciences
Qualification : Ph. D. in Sociology from the Loyola University of Chicago, U.S.A.
Masters in Sociology from the University of Pune.
Licentiate degrees in Philosophy (L. Ph.) and Theology (L. Th.) from the Jnana-Deepa Vidyapeeth, Pune.

Experience : Director of Nirmala Centre for Educational, Social and Theological Training (NESTT), Muvattupuzha, Kerala, from 2013 to 2014. Professor of Sociology at Jnana-Deepa Vidyapeeth, Institute of Philosophy and Religion, Pune, from 1982 to 2013.

During his tenure at Jnana-Deepa Vidyapeeth, he also served as Dean of the Faculty of Philosophy, Head of the Department of Social Sciences, Director of the Postgraduate Program, Director of the Institute of Pastoral Management and Member of the Academic Senate and the Board of Trustees.

Associate Director - St. John's Medical College
Qualification :
D.T.E. - Diploma in Teacher Education (Teachers Training) from R.C. Teacher Training Institute, Tiruchirappalli, India Bachelor’s Degree in Sociology from Madurai Kamaraj University.
Bachelor’s Degree in Philosophy from Pontifical Institute of Philosophy and Religion, Pune.
Bachelor’s Degree in Theology from Pontifical Institute of Philosophy and Religion, Pune.
Master’s Degree in Philosophy and Religion from Madurai Kamaraj University, Madurai.
Test-DaF Certificate Course in German Language from Akademie Klausenhof, Germany.
Postgraduate Programme in Theology from Philosophical-Theological University of Sankt Georgen, Frankfurt, Germany.
Intensive Bioethics Course from Kennedy Institute of Ethics, Georgetown University, Washington DC.
Doctorate in Theology (Ph. D. or S.T.D or Dr. theol. Specialization in Bioethics) from Philosophical-Theological University of Sankt Georgen, Frankfurt, Germany.
Habilitation in Bioethics (Dr. habil.) from Albert Ludwig University of Freiburg (MWI Postdoc and Humboldt Research Fellow) .

Experience :
Visiting Teacher of St. Paul’s Minor Seminary: 1999-2000
Pastoral Ministry at St Mary’s Cathedral, Jammu: 1999-2001
Principal-in-Charge of St. Paul’s School, Gangyal: 2000-2001
Parish Priest of Mandal Parish (St. John the Baptist Church): 2005-2006
Chaplain to the Jeevadhara Home for the Handicapped: 2005-2006
Judicial Notary for Dispensation: 2005-2006
Project Consultant and Spokesperson: 2005-2015
Secretary of the Diocesan Priests Pension Fund: 2005-2015
Council Member of the College of Consultors, Diocese of Jammu-Srinagar: 2013-2015
Project Coordinator of the Construction Project of St. Joseph´s Hospital Baramulla co-funded by German Doctors e.V. and Federal Ministry of Economic Cooperation and Development of the German Government: 2010-2015
Frankfurt University Hospital Chaplain: August 2012- October 2013
Director (2014-15) and Founding Executive Member of the JDV Centre for Applied Ethics: 2011-2017
Secretary (2014-15) and Founding Executive Member of the JDV Centre for Science and Religion: 2011-2017
Professor of Moral Theology/Bioethics at Pontifical Institute of Philosophy and Religion, Pune: 2010-17
Humboldt Research Fellow, Alexander von Humboldt Foundation, Bonn, Germany, 2017-2019 Academician and Corresponding Member of the Pontifical Academy for Life, Vatican City, 2019-
Associate Professor (Privatdozent) of Albert Ludwigs University of Freiburg: 2020-