The United Church of Northern India
Trust Association
All About UCNITA
The United Church of Northern India Trust Association (UCNITA) serves as the incorporated fiduciary and administrative body responsible for holding and administering properties, institutions, and assets dedicated to the work and mission of the United Church of Northern India.
The Association exists to ensure that the resources entrusted to the Church are properly safeguarded, responsibly administered, and utilized in support of the Church’s ministries and institutional life.
UCNITA performs a corporate administrative function. It is not an ecclesiastical court and does not exercise spiritual or doctrinal authority within the Church. Ecclesiastical authority remains vested in the General Assembly of the United Church of Northern India, which serves as the supreme constitutional authority of the Church.
Accordingly, UCNITA functions as the incorporated administrative and fiduciary mechanism operating in coordination with that constitutional authority, ensuring that the legal, corporate, and property affairs of the Church are managed within an orderly institutional framework.
Legal Status & Incorporation
The United Church of Northern India Trust Association (UCNITA) is an incorporated body established under the Indian Companies Act, 1913, and was formally incorporated on 9 March 1939.
Memorandum Of Association UCNITA
The Association was created to act as trustee and corporate administrative body for properties, institutions, and assets associated with the United Church of Northern India.
As an incorporated entity, UCNITA is empowered to acquire, hold, administer, and manage movable and immovable property on behalf of the Church and its institutions. Through this structure, the Association ensures that the assets dedicated to the Church are preserved and administered in accordance with their intended purposes.
Objects & Functions of the Association
The United Church of Northern India Trust Association was established to act as the corporate trustee and administrative body responsible for managing and safeguarding properties, institutions, and resources dedicated to the work of the Church.
In accordance with its Memorandum of Association, the principal objects and functions of UCNITA include:
• To act as trustee or agent for the United Church of Northern India and to hold property on behalf of the Church.
Memorandum Of Association UCNITA
• To acquire, hold, administer, lease, or otherwise manage movable and immovable property dedicated to the work and mission of the Church.
Memorandum Of Association UCNITA
• To establish, maintain, or assist institutions connected with the Church, including churches, schools, colleges, hostels, hospitals, mission centers, and other charitable institutions.
Memorandum Of Association UCNITA
• To support the ministries and service institutions of the Church through proper stewardship of resources and institutional oversight.
Memorandum Of Association UCNITA
• To administer funds and property held in trust for religious, educational, charitable, and community purposes associated with the Church.
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• To ensure that assets entrusted to the Church are preserved and utilized for the purposes for which they were established.
Through these functions, the Association provides the corporate and fiduciary framework necessary for the orderly administration of the Church’s institutional and property affairs.
Governance Structure
UCNITA operates through two distinct but interrelated governing bodies which together provide representation, oversight, and executive administration.
Commissioners
The Commissioners represent the broader synodical structure of the Church.
• Commissioners are nominated triennially by their respective Church Councils.
• Their nominations are confirmed by the General Assembly during its triennial session.
• The term of Commissioners corresponds with the triennial cycle of the General Assembly.
The Commissioners collectively form the representative body of the Association and constitute the body from which the executive administration of UCNITA is drawn.
Committee of Management
The Committee of Management exercises the executive authority of the Association.
• The Committee of Management is elected annually.
• It is elected from and by the Commissioners of UCNITA.
• Members retiring at the annual cycle are eligible for re-election.
This annual election structure ensures periodic accountability while maintaining institutional continuity and representative oversight in the administration of the Association.
Committee of Management
(2026 – 2027)
President
Rev. James Paul Lepcha
Vice President
Rev. Anil Masih
Executive Secretary
Mr. Stephen Singh
Treasurer
Mr. A. K. Rai
Trustees
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Mrs. Christina Singh
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Mr. Shailesh Lazarus Sontakey
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Rev. Sriraj Rasaily
The Committee of Management conducts the operational and fiduciary affairs of the Association in accordance with its governing framework and institutional responsibilities.
Commissioners
(Triennial Term aligned with the General Assembly 2026–2029)
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Most Rev. Dr. E. C. Panlook
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Rt. Rev. Dr. William Smith
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Rt. Rev. Dr. Sunny Mishal
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Mr. Stephen Singh
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Mr. A. K. Rai
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Mr. Navroz Singh
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Rev. T. S. Molommu
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Mrs. Christina Singh
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Dr. Amit David
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Rev. Dr. Deepak Masih
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Mr. Peter Joseph
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Rev. Bed Dhimal
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Mr. C. J. Charles
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Rev. S. T. Lepcha
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Rev. Ajay Patteson
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Mrs. Ritika Singh
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Rev. Anil Masih
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Mrs. Kiran Deepak Masih
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Mr. Ranjeev Sahay
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Rev. Herold Nath
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Mr. Vikas Solomon
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Eld. Dr. Nordan Micheal Lepcha
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Rev. Silvanus Lepcha
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Rev. James Paul Lepcha
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Mr. Saurav Basumata
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Rev. S. R. Masih
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Rev. Sunilkumar Ganpatrao Chopade
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Rev. Dheerendra Pratap Singh
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Rev. Sarvesh Joseph
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Rev. Inder Singh Lal
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Rev. Lubhaya Masih
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Rev. Yeoman Devaraje Gowda
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Mr. Shailesh Sontake
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Mr. Dinanath V. Kadam
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Mr. Uday A. Bijapurkar
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Mr. Shantraj S. Samudre
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Rev. Sanjay Aghamkar
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Rev. Shrikant B. Pathane
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Rev. Sanjay V. Jayakar
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Mr. Nandprakash Shinde
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Mr. Prasad Kale
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Rev. Vishram Singh
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Mr. Rajesh Dinkar Tasgaonkar
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Mr. Valavindra
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Rev. Sriraj Rasaily
Institutional Position
The United Church of Northern India Trust Association continues to function as the incorporated fiduciary structure associated with the United Church of Northern India.
Its Committee of Management is elected annually by the Commissioners, while the Commissioners themselves are nominated through the constitutional structure of the Church and confirmed by the General Assembly.
This governance structure preserves:
• Synodical representation
• Corporate accountability
• Annual executive review
• Constitutional alignment
Through this arrangement, UCNITA ensures that the legal and administrative stewardship of the Church’s assets remains accountable to the broader constitutional structure of the Church.
Administrative Coordination
All official correspondence relating to UCNITA is coordinated through:
Central Administrative Secretariat of the United Church of Northern India
296/1, Krishnanagar Colony
Khera, Premnagar
Jhansi – 284003
Uttar Pradesh, India
Phone: 9918134145
