Devapriam chose the vocation of Priesthood and enrolled for B. D. at the Bishops College,[1] Kolkata where Emani Sambayya happened to be one of the Spiritual Formators.
While teaching at the Andhra Christian Theological College which by then relocated from Rajahmundry to Secunderabad, Devapriam sought study leave from the Board of Governors of the College for undergoing further studies[1] on a World Council of Churches scholarship in 1975[6] enrolling at the General Theological Seminary,[12] New York City and rejoined the Protestant Regional Theologiate in Secunderabad in 1981.
It was during the 1970s that Devapriam went on to pursue doctoral studies in 1975[6] and returned in 1981[5] by which time the New Testament Scholar K. David, CBCNC became the Principal.
Devapriam taught Systematic theology along with Waldo Penner, CBCNC, one of the co-founders of the College hailing from the Convention of Baptist Churches of Northern Circars and was joined by R. Yesurathnam, CSI in 1974.
During Devapriam's bishopric lasting nearly a decade, he attended[15] the twelfth Lambeth Conference in 1988 presided by Robert Runcie, CoE, the Archbishop of Canterbury.
Devapriam died on 4 September 1992[2] during an overseas sojourn in Germany and within a day he was brought back to Hyderabad and then taken by road to Nandyal, where he was buried.