Clifmond Shameerudeen & Umesh Nag

Pastor Cliff Shameerudeen is currently the director for the Center for South Asian Religions of the General Conference. He is a church planter who spends his time empowering, coaching and supporting church planters who are actively planting new groups of believers in a South Asian context. Prior to joining the mission family, he was a software developer.

Pastor Umesh Kumar Nag currently serves as the Associate Director for the Center for South Asian Religions at the General Conference and as the Director for the Adventist Mission of the Southern Asia Division. He began his ministry as a Global Mission Pioneer and has served as a Church Pastor in various congregations. Additionally, he has held roles as Bible Seminary Director and Departmental Director. He has also contributed to the work of Adventist Risk Management in the Southern Asia Division.

Throughout his ministry, he has conducted numerous evangelistic meetings and is deeply passionate about training pioneers and pastors for church planting among South Asian communities. He is married to Priyanka, and together they have two daughters, Jerusha and Jiyasha.