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Amirtham was born on 19 August 1932 as the eldest son of Review Job Amirtham and Annal Amirtham of Parassala, a village in Kerala, India.
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He also secured a substantial amount as donation from the Hessan Churches in West Germany for this construction. Finally the Church Building was erected at a total cost of Rs 55,000. His efforts behind the installation of the electric bell, the electric cluster lights, and the lightning arrester are appreciable.
He was also a tutor in Physics at Scott Christian College Nagercoil, lecturer at the United Theological Seminary Bangalore, and visiting professor at the Garreut Theological Seminary.
In 1969, Amirtham was appointed as the first principal of the Tamil Nadu Theological Seminary in Madurai. He introduced the gurukulam model of community living at the seminary, and is known for having established a living theology concept.
The Rural Theological Institute was thus established, and he became its director He established the Palmyrah Workers Development Society (PWDS) in 1977.
He was Director of the Programme on Theological Education and Director of the Ecumenical Institute, Bossey of the World Church Council (WCC) from 1980 to 1990.
In 1986, Amirtham and C. H. South. introduced a new concept when they presented "The Teaching of Ecumenics" at the WCC. The next year, they co-edited a book by the same name. He resides in his home town in Parassala, South Kerala. As of 2009, Amirtham was president of Grace Kennet Hospital in Madurai.
