Joshua Russell Chandran (1918–2000) was an Indian Christian theologian, who served as President of Senate of Serampore College, Bengal (1970–1), and as President of the United Theological College, Bangalore (1954–83), and was for some years a vice-chairman of the World Council of Churches (1966–68).
[1] After schooling and collegiate education, he took his BA and MA[1] in Mathematics[2][3] at the University of Madras, Chennai (1933–1938).
[10] In the academic year 1964–65,[11] Chandran was Henry Winters Luce Visiting Professor of World Christianity at the Union Theological Seminary in the city of New York.
He was the first President of the Ecumenical Association of Third World Theologians (EATWOT) for the first five-year term (1975–1981).
[12] Chandran served as Vice Moderator of the Central Committee of the World Council of Churches from 1966 to 1968.