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, and the Nepal Field.

Statistics: Churches, 3,798; membership, 1,461,894; population, 1,199,531,000 (*including 683,000 in Bhutan, and 315,000 in the Maldives) (online statistics).

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):

King-Yi Eugene Hsu, Chair; G. T. Ng, Secretary; George O. Egwakhe, Treasurer; Garland C. Dulan, 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, Lalchansanga C. Colney, Justus Devadas, William George, A. Jacob, Ramesh Y. Jadhav, M. S. Jeremiah, Bruce John, Choudampalli John, M. C. John, M. D. Joseph, G. Hepzibah Kore, Ronald Kuhn, Jothi Isaac, Paulraj Isaiah, G. W. Kore, Paulo Lopes, L. F. Lyngdoh, Hidayat Masih, E. B. Mathews, Cyril Monthero, E. Selvin Moorthy, Lincoln Moricone, Daniel Padmaraj, 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, M. M. Samson, Le Roy P. Samuel, Stanley Samuel, Barnabas Sangma, D. Bharat Singh, V. P. Singh, S. Sundaram, 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, 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: . Regional Director, Daniel Pereira dos Santos.

ADRA India. Director, Paulo Lopes.

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), Thundiyil 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, Anita Livingstone.

Administrator, Retirement Plan, Jothi J. Anbiah.

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; Ashley G. Isaiah, Executive Director; S. M. Kandulna, Chief Financial Officer.

Special Ministries, William George, 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.