Gurukul Lutheran Theological College and Research Institute is an ecumenical seminary situated in Chennai, Tamil Nadu, South India.
On 6 July 1927 when such a college started, only students from TELC enrolled for the first divinity class.
A summer palace bought in 1859 by the Leipzig Evangelical Lutheran Mission from an Indian Raja, became the Centre firstly.
Bishop Johannes Sandegren, the first principal of the college, named it Gurukul, meaning a Guru (teacher) living together with his Sishyas (disciples).
studies at Gurukul by the 20th Triennial Conference held at Madras in 1984 enabled the reviving of the regular B.Div.
A Bold Theological Vision, as envisioned by Dr. K. Rajaratnam, became the cornerstone of academic activities of the college.