Bangalore, September 23, 2021 (CCBI): The CCBI has appointed Rev. Dr. Christopher Vimalraj (56) from the Archdiocese of Bangalore as Associate Deputy Secretary General of the CCBI. The decision was taken during the 92nd Executive Committee meeting of the CCBI, held on September 21–22, 2023, in Bangalore. Currently, he is the director of the CCBI Bioethics Forum and the director of St. Germain Academy, Bangalore.
He was born on October 23, 1967, and was ordained a priest for the Archdiocese of Bangalore on July 11, 2007. He is a moral theologian and an adjunct professor of Bioethics, Division of Health and Humanities, St. John’s National Academy of Health Sciences, Bangalore. He is also a member of the Institutional Ethics Committee at St. John’s Medical College and the Indian Council of Medical Research.
He holds a doctorate in moral theology from the Accademia Alfonsiana, Rome. He took a master’s degree in bioethics from Gemelli Medical College, Rome. He has a B. Sc. from St. Joseph’s College, Bangalore, Karnataka, and a P.G. (Diploma in Business Management) from Narsee Monjee Institute of Management Studies, Mumbai, India; a B. Th. and L. Th. from the University of Wales, Lampeter, United Kingdom. He has corporate experience for twelve years as the manager of Pfizer Limited, in training and strategic business planning.
Rev. Dr. Stephen Alathara
Deputy Secretary General, CCBI