Bishop Gali Bali honoured with "Bharat Jyoti Awared"

Bp Dr Gali Bali Honoured With ‘Bharat Jyoti Award’
NEW DELHI, MAR. 17, 2009, 10.30 Hrs: (CBCI News)
Bp Dr Gali Bali, Chairman of the Commission for Inter-Religious Dialogue, Catholic Bishops Conference of India, New Delhi, was honored with ‘Bharat Jyoti Award’ by India International Friendship Society, New Delhi, on 14 March 2009.

The award was given at a seminar on ‘Economic Growth and National Integration’ organized by the above society at Hotel Connaught, New Delhi, at 14. 30 hrs. Dr A. V. G. Krishnamurthy, former Chief Election Commissioner of India, was the Chief Guest on the occasion and Mr Vishwanarayan, the former Governor of Tamil Nadu and Assam, presided over the function. Both the dignitaries jointly performed the award-giving ceremony.
Dr Gali Bali was given the award for his personal accomplishments, life-time achievements, significant service in the field of religious and social service and for his outstanding contribution to the human society as well as to the Christian community. He is renowned for his visionary leadership in his religious, educational, medical and other areas of operations. Presently, he is Bishop of Guntur, Andhra Pradesh.
Having secured doctorate on ‘Bible and Christian Theology’ from Rome, Italy, he has authored several books, articles and translations. He was Professor, and later Rector as well, at St John’s Regional Seminary, Hyderabad, for 14 years. He has participated in and addressed various national and international conferences. He was the President of Jesu Khrist Jayanti–2000. He has held, and continues to hold, several responsible positions in the national and continental Departments and Commissions of the Catholic Church. In addition to his mother tongue Telugu, he has mastery over many languages like English, Latin, Italian, French, German, Greek and Hebrew.
He is endowed with noted personal qualities like simplicity, cordiality, friendliness and commitment to the cause. His attitude to people of other religious communities and social ideologies is admirably appreciative and open-minded. His approach to life is more practical than theoretical. He enjoys interacting with people of other communities and affiliations.
As Chairman of the National Commission for Inter-Religious Dialogue, CBCI, he is deeply committed to dialogue, interaction, learning, creative relations, collaboration and harmony with all communities, in view of national and social integration. ‘Universal brotherhood and peace beyond all human-made boundaries’ is his ultimate motto in life. He is tuned to a higher spirituality in which every human being celebrates divine experience in a shared manner, amidst a communion of spiritual traditions.
The Commission for Inter-Religious Dialogue, CBCI, along with the whole community of the Catholic Church, extends hearty congratulations to Bp Dr Gali Bali on the prestigious award he has obtained and wishes further heights in his life.
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