led by Registrar C. Devasahayam, CBCNC, awarded the degree of Bachelor of Divinity during its annual convocation. By this time D. S. Satyaranjan, IPC was already part of the Senate of Serampore College (University) as administrative officer. Ecclesiastical ministry Ordination: 1969 In 1969, during the bishopric of H. D. L. Abraham, Sugandhar was ordained as a pastor of the Diocese of Medak at the Medak Cathedral in Medak. Pastorship: 1969-2009 Sugandhar began serving the Christian ministry at Ramayampet, Yellareddy, Utnoor, Bellampally, and Medak. He was also presbyter-in-charge at the Church of St. John the Baptist, Secunderabad before being consecrated as the Bishop in Medak. Although a Resident Presbyter has been appointed in that Church, Sugandhar continued to be the Presbyter-in-charge of the Church of St. John the Baptist till the end of his bishopric. Bishopric: 1993-2009 The Old Testament Scholar, Victor Premasagar's bishopric came to an end in 1992 following which the Synod of the CSI conducted elections and declared Sugandhar as his successor and was consecrated by Vasanth P. Dandin, then moderator of the CSI in the cathedral in Medak in September 1993. CSI Synod: 2000-2008 Sugandhar first began attending the Synods of the Church of South India when he went along with his Bishop Victor Premasagar and represented the Medak Diocesan Council at the Synods. However, after assuming the bishopric, Sugandhar began participating with full leadership beginning with the Trichy Synod held in 1994 and from that point of time onwards, he had attended two sessions in 1996 in Coimbatore and in 1998 in Madanapalle but first contested the Synod only in 2000. XXVII session: 2000, Secunderabad During 12–16 January 2000, the CSI Synod was held in Secunderabad hosted by the Diocese of Medak which saw the election of Sugandhar as Deputy Moderator in place of K. J. Samuel who was elected as the Moderator. XXVIII session: 2002, Melukavu The XXVIII session of the CSI Synod was hosted in 2002 by the Diocese of East Kerala in Melukavu in Kerala, where again Sugandhar and K. J. Samuel were re-elected as the Deputy Moderator and Moderator. XXIX session: 2004, Bangalore During the XXIX Synod of the CSI held in Bangalore from 10 to 14 January 2004 hosted by the Karnataka Central Diocese, Sugandhar was elected as Moderator of the CSI replacing his predecessor K. J. Samuel and S. Vasantha Kumar was elected as the Deputy Moderator in place of