Genesis, History
Guiding, leading, mentoring TLMTI leadership through the years

Mr. W.H.P. Andrewson
Secretary for India
1912 – 1917

Rev. F. Oldrieve
Secretary for India
1918 – 1925

Mr. A. Donald Miller
Secretary for India
1925 – 1942

Rev. Wilfred H. Russel
Secretary for India
1942 – 1946

Dr. V.P. Dass
Secretary for South Asia
1961 – 1977
Dr. R.H. Thangaraj
Director for South Asia
1978 – 1987

Dr. C.S. Walter
Secretary for South Asia
1989 – 2005

Dr. Jeyakumar Daniel
Director for South Asia
2005 – 2009

Dr. Sunil Anand
Executive Director
2009 – 2017
Dr. Mary Verghese
Executive Director
2017 – 2021
The Journey of TLM in India
Leper Asylums or Homes for Lepers are started by European and American missionaries to house people ostracised because of leprosy. In due course, these homes are handed over to the then ‘Mission to Lepers’.