The young Asir was sent to CSI Tucker Higher Secondary School, Pannaivilai and later to the Pope's College, Sawyerpuram[4] for collegiate studies.
By 1975, Christopher completed his studies in UTC and was awarded the degree by the Senate of Serampore College (University) under the Registrarship of Chetti Devasahayam.
[citation needed] The Bishop of Madurai-Ramnad Diocese A Christopher Asir and 10 others in contravention of the conditions sold 6.74 acres of the total land in RS.No.
The District Revenue Collector of Madurai charged the bishop with being part of a criminal ring that defrauded the diocese of $1,400,000 by selling college land and pocketing the proceeds.
[citation needed] As a result of a lawsuit brought by a member of the staff, Justice Vinod Kumar Sharma quashed the appointment of M. Davamani Christopher as principal of the American college.
The court accepted the petitioner's claim that the bishop and his son-in-law had created a search committee composed of their cronies and had participated in subsequent board meetings "without revealing the fact that Mr. Christopher had applied to the post of Principal as early as 21 February 2011.
"[citation needed] Prof. Dr Michael Bergunder,[13] Professor of History of Religions and Mission Studies of the University of Heidelberg, Germany quoted Rev.
Christopher's B. D. thesis in an article entitled "From Pentecostal Healing Evangelist to Kalki Avatar: The Remarkable Life of Paulaseer Lawrie, alias Shree Lahari Krishna (1921–1989) – A Contribution to the Understanding of New Religious Movements" in a book published by William B. Eerdmans Publishing, Grand Rapids, Michigan, with the title "Christians and Missionaries in India: Cross-cultural communication since 1500 with special reference to caste, conversion, and colonialism" in 2003.