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SOUTHERN ASIA DIVISION

Organized 1919; reorganized 1986, 2023

Territory: Bhutan, India, and Maldives; comprising the East-Central India, Northeast India, Northern India, South-Central India, Southeast India, Southwest India, and Western India Union Sections; the Andaman and Nicobar Island Region; and the East Himalayan Field.

Editor's Note: Credentialed Employees are not being listed in the 2026 Yearbook for divisions, unions, conferences, missions/fields, regions, or field stations.

Statistics (June 30, 2025): Churches, 4,603; membership, 1,192,158; population, 1,443,079,000 (including 602,000 in the Maldives) (online statistics).

Telecommunications:

Telephone: 91 (4344) 263-800, 263-871.

E-mail: show; show; show.

Website: https://sudadventist.org.

Address: Post Box 2, HCF; Hosur 635 110, Krishnagiri District, Tamil Nadu; India.

Administration:

President, John Victor Chinta.

Vice President, R N Prabhu Das.

Secretary, Ujwal Anand Kandane; Undersecretary, M Ravindra Shankar; Associates, Manoj Sarkar, Benny Joseph, Kantharaj George.

Treasurer, Riches Christian; Undertreasurer, LeRoy P Samuel; Associates, Selvin D Jones, Solomon Pandyaraj, Edwin Stanley.

Executive Committee:

John Victor Chita, Chair; Ujwal Anand Kandane, Secretary; S Ambrose, Sanjeevan Arsud, Mohan M Bhatti, Riches Christian, Rosentia Christo, Mohanraj Danie, Augustine Daniel, Varaprasad Deepati, S Eliah, Peter C Halemane, Johnson Jacob, Ramesh Y Jadhav, Selvin D Jones, Benny Joseph, Anil Kandane, Alamgir Khan, Victor Krupa, Adhikari Kumar, Anil Kumar, Isaac Kumar Nethala, Daniel Kumar Nethala, Umesh Nag, Solomon Pandyaraj, S Paulmoney, R N Prabhu Das, Jose Prakash, Milon Rana, G Nageshwar Rao, Laban Rao, Biakzidinga Renthlei, Metilda Riches, Edison Samraj, LeRoy Samuel, Manoj Sarkar, Jeyaselvan Selladurai, M Ravindra Shankar, Shrikanth Shinde, Edwin Stanley, C Tawkthanga.

Departments:

Adventist Chaplaincy Ministries, and Communication, Ramesh Jadhav Y.

Children's Ministries, Metilda Riches.

Education, R N Prabhu Das.

Family Ministries, Rosenita Christo.

Health Ministries, Vara Prasad Deepati.

Ministerial Association (and Evangelism), T Johnson Jacob; Ministerial Spouses Association, Priscila Kandane.

Planned Giving and Trust Services, Kantharaj George.

Public Affairs and Religious Liberty, John Victor Chinta.

Publishing Ministries, Augustine Daniel.

Sabbath School and Personal Ministries, Shrikanth Shinde.

Stewardship Ministries, Paulmoney S.

Women's Ministries, Krupa John Victor.

Youth Ministries, Edison Samraj.

Other Ministries and Services:

1000 Missionary Movement India, Bae Jinsung.

Adventist Mission, Umesh Nag.

Adventist Possibility Ministries, Special Ministries, and Spirit of Prophecy, C Tawkthanga.

Adventist Risk Management, LeRoy P Samuel.

Auditing Service: See listing under General Conference Services.

Building Engineer, John Masefield.

India Financial Association of Seventh-day Adventists (IFA), Kantharaj George; Associate, S T Mohan.

Legal Affairs, Sam Narumanan.

Maranatha India, Vinish Wilson.

Media Evangelism, Johnson Swamidass.

Medical Trust of Seventh-day Adventists, Alamgir Khan.

METAS Adventist Hospitals, Anil Kumar Chilimuntha.

Public Campus Ministries, Ravindra Shankar.

Retirement Plan, Solomon Pandyaraj.

Sponsorship Secretary, S Eliah.

Trust Secretary (Edu.Trust, Ashlock Edu. Trust, Mattison Edu. Trust, COSDEI and Edu. Trust), Jayawant Peter.

Yearbook and Statistics Data Manager, Sheela Vinodhkumar.

Agencies:

ADRA Asia Regional Office (Tri-division serving the Northern Asia-Pacific, Southern Asia, and Southern Asia-Pacific Divisions). Le Chateau Mansion, No. 801; 55 Ekamai 12th, Sukhumvit 63 Road; Klongtan, Wattana, Bangkok 10110; Thailand. Telephone: 66 (2) 391-4768. Fax: 66 (2) 381-7128. Regional Director, Mark Anthony Webster (show). Program Director, Brendon Irvine (show). Finance Director, Ronald Sandoval Maitre (show).

Legal Name: Services Association of Seventh-day Adventists (SERVSDA).

System Codes: EntityID: 13153; OrgMastID: AU1111; AdmFieldID: SUD.
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