Samuel Parmar was probably the principal contact and driver
for the Global Semester in Allahabad. At the time of our
orientation lectures in the spring of 1971, we all received
a mimeographed copy of his paper "The Role of the European
Expatriate in Asia." He would have been the primary
lecturer for our Indian coursework in Allahabad if he had
not gotten sick before we arrived. Parmar died in 1979.
An obituary: "We can report the death of Professor Dr.
Samuel L. Parmar of India. Prof Parmar was one of the
staunch leaders of SCM {Student Christian
Movement} of India and served as a Vice-Chairperson of
the Federation and a member of the Executive Committee as
well. He was also a leader of the National Christian
Council of India and for some time pivotal in the life of
the Christian Institute for the Study of Religion and
Society (CISRS) in Bangalore. He taught Economics at the
Allahabad University and wielded great influence in the
minds and lives of many students and Christian colleagues.
For a time, he served on the faculty of the Bossey
Ecumenical Institute and was involved in the life of the
World Council of Churches. He was ill for several years and
died in his native India earlier this year."