| Honorific Prefix: | Bishop Dr. |
| Anilkumar John Servand, MCI | |
| Honorific Suffix: | Master, Serampore College (University) |
| Nationality: |  India |
| Birth Date: | 1 July 1955 |
| Birth Place: | Mysore State, India |
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| title = Bishop Doctor| module = }}Anilkumar John Servand, MCI (born 1 July 1955) is an Indian bishop from Methodist Church in India (MCI) overseeing Mumbai and North India Regional Conferences of MCI. Since 2019, he also holds the position of Master[1] of India's first[2] modern University, Serampore College (University) located in Serampore, West Bengal.
Anilkumar John Servand was born in Mysore State,[3] India, on 1 July 1955.[4] He studied in Karnatak University, Dharwad, Karnataka, majoring in Sciences in 1979.[1] He began his career as Sales Engineer[1] in Sarabhai family-related Ambalal Sarabhai Enterprises Limited, Ahmedabad, Gujarat. Servand resigned his job in Eighties and took to priesthood, joining a Seminary affiliated to Serampore College (University), where he graduated in 1985.[1] In ensuing convocation of 1986, he was awarded a B.D. during Registrarship of D. S. Satyaranjan, IPC by then Master, A. D. Khan, ICS.[5]
A multi-disciplinary academic, he studied Sciences, Education and Theology. In the 1990s, he went overseas to Fuller Theological Seminary, Pasadena, California, United States, where he majored[6] in Intercultural theology, earning a masters[7] and a doctorate.[8]
Following Servand's ordination in Methodist Church in India in late Eighties, he began his ministry, teaching[1] theology at Methodist Bible Seminary, Vasad, Gujarat. He was elected as bishop - in - Mumbai and North India Regional Conferences of MCI. He was also director[1] of Methodist Technical Institute, Baroda, also in Gujarat.
As bishop, Servand also serves as chairperson[9] of,
He is also Chief Acharya,[12] Sattal Christian Ashram, Sattal, Uttarakhand. On 1 June 2019,[13] he succeeded John Sadananda, CSI as Master of Serampore College (University), Serampore, West Bengal.