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SOUTHERN ASIA DIVISION

Organized 1919; reorganized 1986

Territory: Bhutan, India, the Maldives, 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, the East Himalayan Field, and the Nepal Field.

Statistics: Churches, 3,945; membership, 1,497,189; population, 1,217,889,000 (*including 319,000 in the Maldives) (online statistics).

Telecommunications:

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

Fax: 91 (4344) 262-090.

E-mail: [email protected].

Website: www.adventist.org.in.

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

Addresses:

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

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

Registered Office (Send All Shipments to): AA 148 (No. 7) Third Avenue; Anna Nagar; Chennai 600 040, Tamil Nadu; India.

Administrative Office: Post Box 2, HCF; Hosur 635 110, T.N.; India. Street: Jeevan Jyothi; Hosur 635 110, Tamil Nadu; India.

Administration:

President, John Rathinaraj.

Secretary, Gordon E. Christo.

Treasurer, G. S. Robert Clive.

Executive Committee (International):

Lowell C. Cooper, Chair; Agustin Galicia, Secretary; George O. Egwakhe, Treasurer; Lisa M. Beardsley, Gordon E. Christo, G. S. Robert Clive, Verland V. Erntson, Denise Greenough, Orville D. Parchment, Stanley H. Ponniah, John Rathinaraj, 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, John Rathinaraj.

Secretary, Gordon E. Christo; Associates, C. D. Mathew, Cyril Monthero, Shamgar Prasada Rao.

Treasurer, G. S. Robert Clive; Undertreasurer, E. Selvin Moorthy; Associates, J. J. Anbiah, Brenda A. Robinson, LeRoy P. Samuel, Vijay Pal Singh.

Administrative Assistant, Chelladurai Kurumurthy.

Administrative Assistants for Development, Robert L. Robinson, Candace D. Zook.

General Vice President, M. C. John.

Executive Committee (India):

John Rathinaraj, Chair; Gordon E. Christo, Secretary; J. J. Anbiah, Smita Simon Borge, Yvan Castro, Edwin Charles, G. S. Robert Clive, Justus Devadas, William George, Jothi Isaac, Paulraj Isaiah, A. Jacob, Ramesh Yadav Jadhav, M. S. Jeremiah, Bruce John, M. C. John, M. D. Joseph, G. Hepzibah Kore, G. W. Kore, Ronald Kuhn, Chelladurai Kurumurthy, Ezras Lakra, Lionel F. Lyngdoh, C. D. Mathew, E. B. Mathews, Cyril Monthero, E. Selvin Moorthy, Lincoln Moricone, Jayawant Peter, M. J. Prakasam, T. Christian Raj, Rokunga Ralte, Nageshwar G. Rao, Shamgar Prasada Rao, Brenda A. Robinson, Robert L. Robinson, G. R. Mohan Roy, Ch. Victor Sam, Le Roy P. Samuel, Barnabas Sangma, Yovan Selvamony, D. Bharat Singh, V. P. Singh, S. Suresh, David K. Tamsang, A. J. Tito, T. I. Varghese, Measapogu Wilson.

Departments:

Adventist Chaplaincy Ministries, Paulraj Isaiah.

Children's Ministries, M. C. John.

Communication, and Public Affairs and Religious Liberty, T. P. Kurian, Gordon E. Christo.

Education, Nageshwar G. Rao.

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

Health Ministries, and Stewardship Ministries, M. D. Joseph.

Ministerial Association, Measapogu Wilson; Shepherdess International, G. Hepzibah Kore.

Publishing Ministries, A. J. Tito.

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

Trust Services, Shamgar Prasada Rao.

Women's Ministries, G. Hepzibah Kore.

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 Soi Ekamai, 12 Charoenchai Sukhumvit 63 Road; Wattana, Bangkok 10110; Thailand. Telephone: 66 (2) 391-4768 to 71, 381-7130. Fax: 66 (2) 381-7128. E-mail: show. Regional Director, Daniel Pereira dos Santos.

ADRA India. Director, ___.

ADRA Nepal. Director, Simon Lewis.

Ministries and Services:

Adventist Child India, Candace D. Zook.

Adventist Volunteer Coordinator, Rosenita M. Christo.

Auditing: See listing under General Conference Services.

Centre for the Study of Hinduism, Ch. Victor Sam.

Church Nurturing, and Spirit of Prophecy, Paulraj Isaiah.

Faith Development in Context (FDIC), T. P. Kurian.

Global Mission, G. R. Mohan Roy.

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

Board of Directors, John Rathinaraj, Chair; Shamgar Prasada Rao, Secretary; Associate, Kantharaj George.

Legal, Jayawant Peter.

Administrator, Retirement Plan, Jothi J. Anbiah.

Records and Archives, C. D. Mathew.

Adventist Risk Management, LeRoy P. Samuel.

Building Engineer, John Masefield.

Medical Trust of Seventh-day Adventists. Richard H. Hart, Chair; Rod Applegate, Regional Vice President; Pierson Sam David, Vice Chair; S. M. Kandulna, Chief Financial Officer.

Special Ministries, Ch. Victor Sam.

Legal Association:

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

Transportation Branch Offices:

Chennai (Madras): AA 148 (No. 7) 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.

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

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