Bangalore (CCBI): Fr. Jacob Anil D'Sa S.D.B (40) has been appointed the Asian International Young Catholic Students (IYCS) chaplain. He is currently the national coordinator of Young Christian Students (YCS) and Indian Catholic Youth Movements (ICYM) of the CCBI. He was born on 15 July, 1978, in the Queen of the Universal parish, Ranipura, Mangalore diocese, Karnataka. He joined the Salesians on 24 May, 1998, and took his final profession on 23 May, 2006. He was ordained a priest on 29 December, 2009.
He was the former Youth Commission Executive Secretary of the Karnataka Regional Bishop's Council. He was also Bosco Youth Regional director from 2011 to 2019. The IYCS is a Catholic action movement of the apostolate of Laity. As an International Catholic organization, it functions under the Pontifical Council for the laity, Vatican. The IYCS is committed to the United Nations with a consultative status to the Economic and Social Commission and operational status at UNESCO. It is mainly composed of students in secondary and tertiary institution, IYCS is present in 87 countries including in Asian countries. The members of IYCS work for social transformation in the light of the Gospel and the different local realities. They build a stronger community based on the principles of understanding, solidarity, truth and charity.