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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 2023 Yearbook for divisions, unions, conferences, missions/fields, regions, or field stations.

Statistics (June 30, 2022): Churches, 4,579; membership, 1,156,191; population, 1,449,411,000 (online statistics).

(*including 579,000 in the Maldives)

Telecommunications:

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

E-mail: show.

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

Administration:

President, Ezras Lakra.

Vice President, Hidayat Masih.

Secretary, Chinta John Victor; Associates, Kantharaj George, Cyril Monthero.

Treasurer, Riches Christian; Undertreasurer, Le Roy P. Samuel; Associates, Selvin Jones, Enoch Manickam, Edwin Stanley.

Executive Committee:

Ezras Lakra, Chair; Chinta John Victor, Secretary; Kumar Adhikari, S. Ambrose, Mohan Bhatti, Rosenita Christo, R. N. Prabhu Das, Varaprasad Deepati, Daniel Devadhas, Edward Dunn, Kantharaj George, Hector Gayares, Peter C. Halemane, G. Immanuel, Johnson Jacob, Vara Jacob, Ramesh Y. Jadhav, Selvin Jones, Benny Joseph, Ujwal Kandane, Alamgir Khan, Mridula Lakra, Enoch Manickam, Hidayat Masih, Premila Masih, Isaac Kumar Nethala, S. Paulmoney, Jayawant Peter, Umesh Pokharel, Milon Rana, G. Nageshwar Rao, Christian Riches, Edison Samraj, Patta LeRoy Samuel, Eliah Srikakolli, Edwin Stanley, Swamidass Johnson, C. Tawkthanga, Benoy Daniel Tirkey, P. A. Varghese, Measapogu Wilson, Barnabas Zimik.

Departments:

Adventist Chaplaincy Ministries, and Communication, Ramesh Y. Jadhav.

Children's Ministries, Mridula Lakra.

Education, Edison Samraj.

Family Ministries, Rosenita Christo.

Health Ministries, Edward Dunn.

Ministerial Association (and Evangelism), Varaprasad Deepati; Ministerial Spouses Association, Krupa Victor.

Planned Giving and Trust Services, Kantharaj George.

Public Affairs and Religious Liberty, Ezras Lakra.

Publishing Ministries, Barnabas Zimik.

Sabbath School and Personal Ministries, Hidayat Masih.

Stewardship Ministries, S. Paulmoney.

Women's Ministries, Premila Masih.

Youth Ministries, R. N. Prabhu Das.

Other Ministries and Services:

1000 Missionary Movement India, Bae Jin Sung.

Adventist Mission, and Mission to the Cities, Umesh Nag.

Adventist Risk Management, Patta LeRoy Samuel.

Adventist Volunteer Services, Krupa Victor.

Auditing Service: See listing under General Conference Services.

Building Engineer, John Masefield.

Global Mission, Umesh Nag.

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

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

Legal Affairs, Jayawant Peter.

Maranatha India, Vinish Wilson.

Media Evangelism, S. Johnson.

Medical Trust of Seventh-day Adventists, Alamgir Khan.

METAS Adventist Hospitals, Eliah Srikakolli.

Public Campus Ministries, M Ravindra Shankar.

Retirement Plan, Enoch Manickam.

Scheer Memorial Hospital, Hector Gayares.

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

Sponsorship Secretary, S. Paulmoney.

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).

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