by virtue of being the principal at the tamil nadu theological seminary, manickam became an ex officio member of the senate of serampore college (university), the nation's first university, the senate of serampore college (university)" {a university under section 2 (f) of the university grants commission act, 1956}"with degree-granting authority validated by a danish charter and ratified by the government of west bengal coinciding with the registarship of d. s. satyaranjan, ipc, and as a senate commission member, he along with gnana robinson, csi, had visited the mennonite brethren centenary bible college, shamshabad in telangana in the 1990s for looking into the case for feasibility of affiliation of the college to the university and also revisiting the protestant regional theologiate in secunderabad for conducting periodical affiliation regimen at the andhra christian theological college during the principalship of r. yesurathnam, csi coinciding with the presence of the founding member of the association of theologically trained women in india, johanna rose ratnavathi, aelc.