John Philipose is a New Testament[3] Scholar who served as the Director[4] of Translations[1] at the Bible Society of India, Bangalore during 1984-1991[1] succeeding M. P.
[1] After graduate studies in sciences from Madras Christian College, Tambaram leading to B.Sc.,[2] John Philipose joined the United Theological College, Bangalore in 1955[2] to discern his avocation towards priesthood during the Principalship of J. R. Chandran and completed his studies in 1958[2] leading to the award of the graduate degree B.D.
Philipose was earlier Translations Consultant[5] with the United Bible Societies who was appointed during the tenure of C. Arangaden and was based in Bangalore.
[6] Philipose worked together with his Translation team across India consisting of M. P. John, Victor Premasagar,[7] G. Babu Rao,[7] Basil Rebera[5] and others.
In the mid-eighties,[4] Philipose was appointed as the Director, Translations at the Bible Society of India where he succeeded his colleague, M. P. John[4] and held the post until 1991[1] till the appointment of the Old Testament Scholar, G. D. V.