Fr. T. A. Mathias, Former Director of XLRI Jamshedpur, Passed Away
Fr T A Mathias, former director of XLRI Jamshedpur and an eminent personality passed away on 6th July 2005 at 7.30 p.m. The funeral services would be held on XLRI Campus on July 8th at 3 p.m at the XLRI campus.
A Brief Life Sketch of Fr. T. A. Mathias, S.J.
Born in Mangalore on January 9, 1919
Schooling - Montford School, Yercaud, Tamilnadu
College - St Joseph's College, Trichy, Tamilnadu
Joined the Jesuits - June 11, 1939, Sacred Heart College Shembaganur, Tamilnadu
Theology - Einghien, Belgium
Priesthood - July 30, 1950
Ph.D. - University of Louvain, Belgium
Principal of Andhra Loyola College, Vijayawada - 1954-1959
Principal of St Joseph's College, Trichy - 1962-1965
Secretary, Jesuit Education Association, New Delhi - 1965-1978
Founder Secretary of All India Christian Association for Higher Education [AIACHE] - 1967-1978
Director of XLRI, Jamshedpur - 1978-1981
Professor of Communication and Business Ethics, the Coordinator for Educational Management and Research
Editor of Management & Labour Studies - 1983-2001
Fr. Mathias has been a Visiting Professor for short-terms in several American Universities and for 2½ years in the Christian Theological Seminary (CTS), Indianapolis in the Ph.D. programme in International and Social Relations. He was Eli Lilly Distinguished Professor in CTS. In 1997, CTS bestowed on Fr. Mathias an Honorary Doctorate.
Fr. Mathias has traveled extensively in Asia, Western Europe and North and South America, generally for conferences and lectures. He has spent 3 months in Papua New Guinea, helping that country revamp its educational system to suit its independent status.
Fr. Mathias was appointed by the Government of India Delegate of India to the U.N. General Assembly, for two years.
Besides, three earlier books on various aspects of education in India, Fr. Mathias has edited one on Corporate Ethics. He was also the author of about 25 articles on Business, focusing mainly on values and the economic aspects of Indian development. His most recent article was on "China's entry into the W.T.O. and its Impact on developed and developing countries".
After a brief illness, died on July 6, 2005.
Funeral services at 3.00 pm on July 8, 2005 at XLRI Campus.
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Jay Udayan Mehta,
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External Linkages Cell,
XLRI Jamshedpur.
