Gossner College, Ranchi

The Gossner Evangelical Lutheran Church had a definite plan to establish a Liberal Arts and Science college. Due to many difficulties it was not possible to do so till 1971. In the month of May-June 1971 few Chotanagpuri M.As. approached me and put a challenge to me, if we could not start a college. I did encourage them to meet and discuss further. The idea went around and it began to gather momentum. Some Chotanagpuri professors at Ranchi showed their support and interest in promoting this idea. Then we approached the authorities and responsible members of G.E.L. church. Meetings began to take place and formal discussions continued with the Gossner Church members and authorities. Finally an adhoc committee was formed to take the matter further with Rev. Dr. N. Minz as the convener of the committee. The formal decision to start Arts and Commerce classes in the premises of Gossner Theological College was taken on 10 October 1971. On that day a free will contribution was taken and the amount came to be Rs. This was the capital with which we started to build up the Gossner College from 1 November 1971.