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| Date and Place of Birth | April 16, 1972 | Murrikkassery, Kerala | |
| Address | Dharmaram College, Bangalore-560029 | ||
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| Specialization | Canon Law | ||
| Doctoral Dissertation | The Competence of the Syro-Malabar Major Archiepiscopal Tribunal to Handle Cases in the Third Instance | ||
| Present Status | Associate Professor | IOCL, DVK | |
| Degree | Specialization | University | Year | 
| Ph.D. | Canon Law | Pontifical Oriental Institute, Rome | 2014 | 
| LOCL | Canon Law | Dharmaram Vidya Kshetram, Bengaluru | 2004 | 
| B.Th. | Theology | Dharmaram Vidya Kshetram, Bengaluru | 2002 | 
| P.G | Physics | Bangalore University | 1999 | 
| U.G | Physics, Maths, Electronics | Bangalore University, Karnataka, India | 1997 | 
| B.Ph. | Philosophy | Dharmaram Vidya Kshetram, Bengaluru | 1994 | 
| Office/Job | University/Institute | Year | 
| Lecturer & Finance Administrator | Sacred Heart PU College, Shanivarasanthe, North Coorgu, Karnataka | 2004-2007 | 
| Asst. Parish Priest | St Thomas Forane Church, Bengaluru | 2015-2018 | 
| Director | Family Apostolate, Eparchy of Mandya | 2015- | 
| Director | Dharmaram Academy of Distance Education (DADE), DVK, Bangalore | 2018- | 
| Asst. Director | Dharmaram Institute of Languages (DIL) | 2015- | 
| Defender of Bond | Eparchial Tribunal, Mandya, Karnataka | 2015-2017 | 
| Judge | Eparchial Tribunal, Mandya, Karnataka | 2017-2020 | 
| Visiting Faculty | St. Peter’s Pontifical Institute, Bangalore | 2015- | 
Third Instance Tribunal Cases and the Competence of the Syro-Malabar Major Archiepiscopal Tribunal, Bengaluru: Dharmaram Canonical Studies, 2016.
Reviews:
”Validation of Marriage,” for the annual meeting of the Canon Law Society of India, held in Goa, 16-20 October,2016.
| Undergraduate | Canon Law General Norms Hierarchy Sacraments Sacramentals Procedural Law Latin | 
| Postgraduate | Trials in General Contentious Trial Special Process Penal Law Hierarchy I (Titles III, IV, V & VI of CCEO), Hierarchy II (Titles VII, VIII, IX of CCEO) Hierarchy III (Roman Curia) General Norms II A (Titles XX & XXX of CCEO ) Roman Byzantine Law Public Ecclesiastical Law Sources of Law, Latin I, II, III, IV and V Italian | 
Directed 5 Licentiate theses in Oriental canon Law at DVK from 2015-2020
| Member | Canon Law Society of India | 2014- | 
| Member | Inter. Society for the Law of Eastern Churches | 2019- | 
| Member | Pastoral Council, Eparchy of Mandya | 2015- |