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SOUTHERN ASIA DIVISION (SUD)

Organized 1919; reorganized 1986

Territory: Bhutan, India, the Maldive Islands, and Nepal; 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 Nepal Field.

Statistics: Churches, 2,160; membership, 849,409; population, 1,112,651,000 (including 967,000 in Bhutan and 298,000 in the Maldive Islands) (online statistics).

Telecommunications:

Telephone: 91 (4344) 26-2170 to 26-2175.

Fax: 91 (4344) 26-2090.

E-mail: [email protected].

Cable: "Adventist," Hosur, T.N., India.

Addresses:

Street: Jeevan Jyothi; Denkanikottai Road; Hosur 635 110, Tamil Nadu; India.

Mailing: Post Box 2; HCF; Hosur 635 110, Tamil Nadu; India.

Administration:

President, D. Ronald Watts.

Secretary, Kalapala J. Moses.

Treasurer, P. Daniel Kunjachan.

Executive Committee (International):

King-Yi Eugene Hsu, Chairman; Theodore T. Jones, Secretary; Donald E. Robinson, Treasurer; Garland C. Dulan, Verland V. Erntson, Denise Greenough, Joseph E. Gurubatham, Roy E. Ryan.

SERVICES ASSOCIATION OF SEVENTH-DAY ADVENTISTS

Address:

Mailing: Post Box 2, HCF; Hosur 635 110; T.N.; India.

Street: Jeevan Jyothi; Denkanikottai Road; Hosur 635 110, Tamil Nadu; India.

Administration:

President, D. Ronald Watts.

Secretary, Kalapala J. Moses; Associates, C. D. Mathew, Shamgar Prasada Rao, Dorothy Eaton Watts, L. K. Hluna Tlau.

Treasurer, P. Daniel Kunjachan; Undertreasurer, G. S. Robert Clive; Associates, J. J. Anbiah, Mohanraj Jesudas, S. M. Kandulna; Assistants, Brenda A. Robinson, E. Selvin Moorthy.

Administrative Assistant, G. R. Mohan Roy.

Administrative Assistant for Development, Robert L. Robinson.

Field Secretary, Donald R. Bankhead.

Executive Committee (India):

D. Ronald Watts, Chairman; Kalapala J. Moses, Secretary; J. J. Anbiah, Donald R. Bankhead, Edwin Charles, G. E. Christo, G. S. Robert Clive, Lalchansanga C. Colney, Justus Devadas, Lamm B. Fanwar, William George, Paulraj Isaiah, Ramesh Jadhav, M. S. Jeremiah, Mohanraj Jesudas, Choudampalli John, M. C. John, R. John, M. D. Joseph, S. M. Kandulna, G. Hepzibah Kore, G. W. Kore, K. Ravi Kumar, P. Daniel Kunjachan, Thundiyil P. Kurian, P. H. Lall, L. F. Lyngdoh, G. R. Marak, C. D. Mathew, E. B. Mathews, Daniel Padmaraj, Jayawant Peter, M. J. Prakasam, Shamgar Prasada Rao, Robert L. Robinson, G. R. Mohan Roy, Gibeon E. Sharon, S. Sundaram, C. M. J. Suvarnaraj, David Tamsang, A. J. Tito, E. Dorothy Watts, M. Wilson.

Departments:

Adventist Chaplaincy Ministries, Family Ministries, and Youth, L. F. Lyngdoh.

Children's Ministries and Communication, A. J. Tito.

Education, G. E. Christo (Higher); S. Sundaram (Secondary).

Health Ministries, Donald R. Bankhead.

Ministerial Association and Stewardship, Paulraj Isaiah; Shepherdess International, G. Hepzibah Kore.

Public Affairs and Religious Liberty, Kalapala J. Moses.

Publishing, M. D. Joseph.

Sabbath School and Personal Ministries, G. W. Kore.

Trust Services, Shamgar Prasada Rao

Women's Ministries, G. Hepzibah Kore.

Agency:

ADRA Asia Regional Office (Tri-division serving the Northern Asia-Pacific, Southern Asia, and Southern Asia-Pacific Divisions). Le Chateau Mansion, No. 801; 55 Soi Ekamai, 12 Charoenchai Sukhumvit 63 Road; Wattana, Bangkok 10110; Thailand. Telephone: 66 (2) 391-4768, 381-7130. Fax: 66 (2) 381-7128. E-mail: show. Regional Vice President, Ronald Kuhn (E-mail: show).

ADRA India. Director, Arlyn Sundsted; Associate, Judi Sundsted.

ADRA Nepal. Director, Mark Webster.

Ministries and Services:

Adventist Health International India Trust. Richard H. Hart, Chairman; Rod Applegate, Regional Vice President; Donald R. Bankhead, Vice Chairman; Ashley G. Isaiah, Executive Director; S. M. Kaldulna, Associate Director for Finance.

Adventist Volunteer Coordinator, Rosenita M. Christo.

Al-Hanif, J. Robert Donald.

Auditing: See listing under General Conference Services.

Centre for the Study of Hinduism, G. R. Mohan Roy.

Global Mission, Ramesh Y. Jadhav; Associate, J. Robert Donald.

IFA (India Financial Association of Seventh-day Adventists).

Board of Directors, D. Ronald Watts, Chairman; Shamgar P. Rao, Secretary; Associate, Ramesh M. Gaikwad.

Legal, Jayawant Peter.

Administrator, Retirement Plan, Jothi Anbiah.

Adventist Risk Management, Mohanraj Jesudas.

Building Engineer, John Masefield.

Special Ministries, William George.

Spirit of Prophecy, Paulraj Isaiah.

Legal Association:

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

Transportation Branch Offices:

Mumbai: 16 Maratha Mandir Marg; Mumbai Central, Mumbai 400 008; India. Telephone: 91 (22) 307-7727.

Kolkata: 36 Park Street; Kolkata 700 016; India. Telephone: 91 (33) 247-2008.

Chennai (Madras): AA 148 Third Avenue; Anna Nagar, Chennai 600 040; India. Telephone: 91 (44) 621-1379.

Delhi: 11 Hailey Road; New Delhi 110 001; India. Telephone: 91 (11) 332-4959 and 332-9681.
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