As an educationalist, he has completed his B.A., M.A., and M.Phil. degrees at Madras Christian College and his German Language A1–C1 studies at Max Mueller Bhavan, Chennai, and the Goethe-Institut, Germany. He did his Ph.D. at the University of Leipzig on how the Indian caste system affected the development of churches and society in Tamil Nadu. This research combined History, Philosophy, and Theology at the University of Leipzig, Germany.