YEARBOOK - Adventist Archives

SOUTHERN ASIA DIVISION
Territory: Afghanistan, Bangladesh, Bhutan,
Burma, India, Nepal, Pakistan, and Sri Lanka;
and the Amindivi, Andaman, Laccadive, Mal-
dive, Minicoy, and Nicobar Islands; comprising
the Burma, Central India, Northern, Pakistan,
South India, and Sri Lanka Unions; and the
Bangladesh Section.
Population: 830,020,813; churches, 757; members,
91,573.
Headquarters Office
Cable and Telegraphic Address: "Adventist,"
Washington, D.C.
Office Address: 6840 Eastern Avenue, N.W.,
Washington, D.C. 20012, U.S.A. Telephone:
(202) 723-0800.
Postal Address: 6840 Eastern Avenue, N.W.,
Washington, D.C. 20012, U.S.A.
Executive Committee:
M. S. Nigri, Chairman; D. A. Roth, Secretary;
A. Edwin Cibb, H. D. Johnson, M. E. Kemmerer,
D. E. Robinson, Ella May Stoneburner.
Field Advisory Office
Cable and Telegraphic Address: "Adventist,"
Poona, India.
Office Address: Salisbury Park, Poona 411001, In­
dia. Telephones: 449390, 449398 and 449299.
Postal Address: Post Box 15, Poona 411001, India.
Division Advisory Council:
R. S. Lowry, Chairman; G. J. Christo, Secretary;
B. J. Williams, Auditor and Financial Advisor; C.
H. Hamel, Sunderaj James, Field Advisors; D. R.
L. Astleford, E. A. Hetke, W. C. Lowry, Mrs. W.
C. Lowry, P. C. Mathew, W. J. McHenry, M. D.
Moses, V. P. Muthiah, A. M. Peterson, P. K.
Peterson, J. S. Singh. Invitees: Kyaw Balay, V.
Benjamin, M. E. Cherian, J. M. Curnow, D.
David, B. A. Dodd, J. M. Fowler, H. C. Giebel,
G. C. Johnson, W. H. Mattison, C. A. Ninan, V.
D. Ohal, V. Raju, R. D. Riches, T. B. Saddler,
W. L. Sharalaya, Sunder Singh, D. H. Skau,
Gloria Thomas, D. R. Watts, J. Willmott.
Departmental Advisors:
Communication, A. M. Peterson.
Education, W. J. McHenry; Associate, Mrs. W.
G. Lowry; Assistant, N. V. Reddy.
Health and Temperance, P. K. Peterson.
Lay Activities, V. P. Muthiah.
Ministerial, W. G. Lowry; Associate, J. Willmott.
Publishing, D. R. L. Astleford.
Religiousliberty, Sunderaj James.
Sabbath School, M. D. Moses; Associate, Gloria
Thomas.
Stewardship, P. C. Mathew.
Youth, J. S. Singh.
Transportation Agents:
General Agent, B. J. Williams, Poona, India;
Assistants as appointed at Branch Offices.
Branch Offices:
Bombay: 16 Maratha Mandir Marg, Byculla,
Bombay 400008, India. Telephone: 377727.
Organized 1919
Calcutta: 36 Park Street, Calcutta 700016, In­
dia. Telephone: 44-2008.
Colombo: 7 Alfred House Gardens, Colombo
3, Sri Lanka. Telephone: 85851.
Dacca: Garden Road, Shah Ali Bagh, Mirpur,
Dacca 10, Bangladesh. Telephone: 382229.
Delhi: 11 Hailey Road, New Delhi 110001,
India. Telephones: 384958 and 384959.
Karachi: 91 Depot Lines, Karachi 3, Pakistan.
Telephones: 78086, 78087 and 78088.
Madras: 13 Ritherdon Road, Vepery, Madras
600007, India. Telephone: 662618.
Rangoon: 68 U. Wisara Road, Rangoon,
Burma. Telephone: 15248.
Services:
Association of India Unions:
Legal Name: Services Association of Seventh-
day Adventists.
Cable and Telegraphic Address: "Seventh-
day," Madras, mdia.
Office Address: 150 Second Avenue, Anna
Nagar, Madras 600040, India.
Board of Directors: D. David, Chairman; J.
• Koilpillai, Secretary; Sunder Singh, Trea­
surer; V. Benjamin, M. E. Cherian, W. H.
Mattison; V. V. Raju, R. D. Riches, D. R.
Watts.
Adventist Communication Center:
Office Address: Post Box 17, Poona 411001,
India.
Director, V. D. Ohal; Secretary, Y. G. Wil­
son.
National Home and Health Service:
Cable and TelegraphicAddress: "Homehealth,"
Poona, India.
Office Address: Post Bag 129, Poona 411001,
India.
Manager, J. M. Curnow; Secretary, E. B.
Matthews.
SAWS/SAJS:
Post Box 80, Dacca 2, Bangladesh.
Director of SAWS, Lyle Spiva.
Director of SAJS, Isaac P. Bairagee.
Field Supervisor, Henry Davi.
Ordained Ministers:
D. S. Ariyaratnam, D. R. L. Astleford, Kyaw
Balay, D. R. Bankhead, Robert Bazroy, Vedamu-
thu Benjamin, S. Chand, M. E. Cherian, G. J.
Christo, J. M. Curnow, D. S. David, Devadason
David, B. A. Dodd, H. D. Erickson, J. M.
Fowler, C. H. Hamel, E. A. Hetke, Stanley
Hutton, Sunderaj James, W. G. Jenson, G. C.
Johnson, R. H. Jones, J. I. Khonghat, R. S.
Lowry, W. G. Lowry, Lazarus Mall, J. P. Masilla-
moni, P. C. Mathew, W. H. Mattison, W. J.
McHenry, M. D. Moses, V. P. Muthiah, V. D.
Ohal, A. M. Peterson, P. K. Peterson, K. P.
Philip, V. V. Raju, D. P. Rema, R. D. Riches, R.
L. Rowe, T. B. Sadler, R. S. Shinge, L. C.
Shultz, Thein Shwe, ). S. Singh, D. H. Skau, Ba
Hla Thein, D. R. Watts, B. J. Williams, L. A.
Willis, J. Willmott, Z. M. Zubaid.
Honorary: Manuel Amirtham, G. P. Crussiah,
I. K. Moses, B. Peter, M. S. Prasada Rao.
Credentialed Missionaries:
C. E. Akroyd, C. H. Berger, Mrs. C. H. Berger,
Mrs. M. E. Cherian, Mrs. G. J. Christo, Mrs. J.
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