Matthew Marcel Coutinho

Dharmaram Vidya Kshetram (Bangalore), Asian Cross-Cultural Conference «Doing Catholic theological ethics in a cross-cultural and interfaith Asian context». Paper presented: The Hero and the Villain - Models for Moral Instruction. A Reflection on the Ramayana with its portrayal of Rama as the hero and Ravana as the villain (17 – 20 July 2015).

Dharmaram Vidya Kshetram (Bangalore), Conference « Living the Joy of the Gospel Today: Challenges to the Family and to the Consecrated Life ». Paper presented: The Family Today: Emerging Models. (12 – 14 August 2015).

Tantur Ecumenical Institute (Jerusalem), «Interfaith Climate Change and Renewable Energy Conference» (9 May 2018).

Taught a course [4 ECTS] entitled: "The Decalogue and the Love Commandment" with Dr. Stephen Fernandes at St. Pius X College, Goregaon - Mumbai via Zoom from 15 - 29 March 2022.

Taught a course [5 ECTS] entitled: "Biomedical Ethics" with Dr. Stephen Fernandes at St. Pius X College, Goregaon - Mumbai from 25 July to 11 August 2022 for the students of Second and Third year theology

Course in Medical Ethics for Second and Third year students of Theology at St. Pius X College, Goregaon - Mumbai - India [5 ECTS] from 22 February to 24 March 2021 [online]

Course in Social Ethics for Second and Third year students of Theology at St. Pius X College, Goregaon - Mumbai - India [3 ECTS] from 9 to 24 July 2020

Taught an intensive course "SOCIAL MORAL THEOLOGY: JUSTICE AND RIGHTS" for second and third year theology students of St. Pius X College - Goregaon, Mumbai (7-21 July 2019).

Presented a conference entitled "Pope Francis and War/Peace" on 4 December 2021 (online) for the Deepen Your Faith Course 2021-22. The course was entitled: "Papal Leadership and Contemporary Church Renewal".

Presented a four-part program on the Moral Teaching of the Church - Part Three of the Catechism of the Catholic Church during a one-year program entitled FACE-22 [Faith-Accompaniment through Catechism and Education]. The presentation was online using Zoom with 80 participants from all over the world. The four sessions focussed on 1. Fundamental Moral Theology (3 July), 2. Social Ethics (10 July), 3. Bioethics (7 August), and 4. Sexual Ethics (14 August).

Made a presentation on "Abortion and Pre-natal Diagnosis with a special focus on female foeticide in India" via Zoom for the Certificate Course in Bio-Medical Ethics 2022-23 on 14 August 2022. The course is organised by the F.I.A.M.C. Bio-Medical Ethics Centre in collaboration with College of Social Work (Autonomous) Nirmala Niketan.

I am also, a mentor of one of the student groups participating in the course coordinating their case studies and other academic activities during the year.

Continued involvement in the Salesians of Don Bosco: South Asia Formation Commission project on preparing manuals on Affective Maturity for Formators in Seminaries and Religious Formation centres.

Participant and Contributor towards South Asia Formation Commission project on preparing manuals on Affective Maturity for Formators in Seminaries and Religious Formation centres.

The Hero and the Villain as Models for Moral Instruction: A Reflection on the Ramayana in Coelho Ivo Keeping The Faith: Festschrift for Joaquim D'Souza, SDB. New Delhi: Media House, 2016, pp. 235-256.

Tracing Elements for Building a ‘Gender Just’ Ethos in the Family in Kochuthara Shaji G. (Ed) Gender Justice in the Church and Society: Papers of the Second DVK National Seminar on Moral Theology.  Bangalore: Dharmaram Publications, 2016, pp. 111-127.