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SOUTHERN ASIA DIVISION

Organized 1919; reorganized 1986

Territory: Bhutan, India, 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 Himalayan Section; the Andaman and Nicobar Island Region; and the East Himalayan Field.

Editor's Note: Credentialed Employees are not being listed in the 2020 Yearbook for divisions, unions, conferences, missions/fields, regions, or field stations.

Statistics (June 30, 2019): Churches, 4,540; membership, 1,134,842; population, 1,421,781,000 (*including 535,000 in the Maldives) (online statistics).

Telecommunications:

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

E-mail: [email protected] .

Website: https://www.sudadventist.org .

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

Administration:

President, Ezras Lakra.

Vice President, Hidayat Masih.

Secretary, Wilson Measapogu; Associates, Kantharaj George, Peter C. Halemane, Cyril Monthero.

Treasurer, P. E. Selvin Moorthy; Undertreasurer, LeRoy P. Samuel; Associates, S. Jebaseelan, Enoch Manickam, Edwin Stanley.

Assistants to the President, Edward Dunn, S. Paulmoney.

Assistant to the Treasurer, Riches R. Christian.

Executive Committee:

Ezras Lakra, Chair; Wilson Measapogu, Secretary; P. E. Selvin Moorthy, Madhan Acharya, Mohan Bhatti, Benedict Biswas, B. R. Chandanshive, Jacob Daniel, Suresh Daniel, Pierson David, Daniel Devadhas, Anthony Doss, Lamm B. Fanwar, Merlyn Fernando, Alan G. Fletcher, Kantharaj George, Richard Lalkhohen Haokip, Vara Jacob, Ramesh Jadhav, Roy Jemison, Ch. John Victor, Benny Joseph, I. Kishore Kumar, Mridula Lakra, Lazarus Prabhakar Lanka, Enoch Manickam, Hidayat Masih, Premila Masih, Cyril Monthero, N. M. S. Moses, Jayawant Peter, Shekar Philips, Noble Pilli, Umesh Pokharel, R.N. Prabhu Das, Milon Rana, G. Nageshwara Rao, Zohruaia Renthlei, G. R. Mohan Roy, S. Paulmoney, Junita Sagore, Edison Samraj, LeRoy Samuel, Yovan Selvamony, Ravindra Shankar, S. Ambrose, V. P. Singh, Joseph Skariah, Eliah Srikakolli, Edwin Stanley, Johnson Swamidass, Jonathon Thorp, D. Varaprasad, Ch. Victor Sam, Barnabas Zimik. Invitees: Riches Christian, Rose Christo, Sandra Grice, G. Immanuel, Alamgir Khan, John Masefield, John Stanley, Sofia Wilson, Umesh Nag, S. Jebaseelan.

Departments:

Adventist Chaplaincy Ministries, Ramesh Yadav Jadhav.

Children's Ministries, Mridula Lakra.

Communication, G. Nageshwara Rao.

Education, R. N. Prabhu Das.

Family Ministries, ___; Associate, Rosenita Christo.

Health Ministries, Edison Samraj.

Ministerial Association, T. Johnson Jacob; Shepherdess International, Sofia M. Wilson.

Public Affairs and Religious Liberty, Wilson Measapogu.

Publishing Ministries, Benedict Biswas.

Sabbath School and Personal Ministries, Hidayat Masih.

Stewardship Ministries, Zohruaia Renthlei.

Women's Ministries, Premila Masih.

Youth Ministries, Benoy Tirkey.

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).

ADRA India Office. 45 Kusum Marg, Block H; DLF Phase I; Gurgaon, Haryana 122 002; India. Telephone: 91 (124) 405-6634. Fax: 91 (124) 405-6634. Country Director, Weston Davis (show).

Ministries and Services:

1000 Missionary Movement India, Bae Jin Sung.

Adventist Child India, ___.

Adventist Health India (AHI), Ezras Lakra, Chair; Merlyn Fernando, Consultant and Mentor.

Health Ministries SUD, Edison Samraj; Associate, Shekar Philips.

Medical Trust of Seventh-day Adventists, Pierson Sam David.

METAS Adventist Hospitals, Eliah Srikakolli.

Scheer Memorial Hospital, Jonathon Thorp.

Adventist Mission, and Mission to the Cities, Shekar Philips.

Adventist Risk Management, Patta LeRoy Samuel.

Adventist Volunteer Services, Sofia M. Wilson.

Auditing: See listing under General Conference Services.

Building Engineer, John Masefield.

Global Mission, Umesh Nag.

Hinduism, and Islamic Study Centre, D. Srikanth Shendikay.

Human Resources, ___.

India Financial Association of Seventh-day Adventists (IFA), Kantharaj George; Associate, Riches R. Christian.

Legal Affairs, Jayawant Peter.

Maranatha India, Vinish Wilson.

Media Evangelism, S. Johnson.

Public Campus Ministries, Ramesh Yadav Jadhav.

Records and Archives, Benny Joseph.

Retirement Plan, Enoch Manickam.

Special Ministries, Special Needs Ministries, and Spirit of Prophecy, Ambrose Shanmugam.

Sponsorship Secretary, S. Paulmoney.

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