Sheela is one of the seventy-five residential students at Ewart College with whom mission co-worker Anne Dayanandan works. Sheela is a bold and gifted person, but without the opportunity to study at Ewart College on scholarship she might be working in the fields and be unable to pursue her deep calling to be a pastor. Her goal in life makes others sit up and take notice: “preaching the name of Jesus Christ all over the world.”

The Diocese of Madras, Church of South India (CSI) founded Ewart College ten years ago to give women access to Christian higher education. “After centuries of oppression in the caste system and decades of denial of access to education beyond lower grades, rural Christian young women now have the opportunity to earn a precious college degree,” writes Anne. The vision of Ewart College is to build “a community where learning will transform, sensitize, and inspire everyone to challenge the structures that divide people and where truth will set people free from inhuman and superstitious beliefs.” The college is in Melrosapuram, a Christian settlement south of Chennai founded by Scottish Presbyterians in 1893.

Anne is responsible for developing the scholarship program of Ewart College and is establishing a new Center for Church History (Archives) for the Diocese of Madras, Church of South India.

PC(USA) People in Mission
Anne Dayanandan, archivist for Diocese of Madras, Church of South India (CSI) • Kathryn Hoffmann, teacher/chairperson, English department, Woodstock School • Regional Liaisons, South Asia, World Mission (WM): Rev. Dr. David Hudson and Rev. Susan Hudson • Rev. Paul Love, mission volunteer, researcher, Study Center for Indian Literature, American College of Madurai • Emmanuel Hospital Association: Melanie Smith, team ministry, Scott Smith, consultant/health and development project • Young Adult Volunteer, community development intern, Central Kerala Diocese/CSI: Katherine Bryant

Partners/Ministries
Miraj Medical College, Wanless Hospital: Dr. E. R. Bidari, director • Union Christian College, Young Adult Volunteer Program: Rev. Thomas John, professor • United Theological College, Bangalore: Rev. Dr. O. V. Jathanna, principal • Allahabad Agricultural Institute: Prof. Dr. Rajendra B. Lal, chief executive and vice chancellor • Church of North India: The Most Rev. Joel V. Mal, bishop, moderator, The Rev. Enos Das Pradhan, general secretary • Church of South India: The Most Rev. Dr. B. P. Sugandhar, moderator, Dr. Mrs. Pauline Sathiamurthy, general secretary • Presbytery Partnerships: Grace Presbytery with the Church of South India; Sacramento Presbytery with Joining Hands Against Hunger

PC(USA) General Assembly Staff
Darolyn G. Emerson, GAC
Rev. Emily J. Enders Odom, GAC