Education
Senate of Serampore College.
Senate of Serampore College.
He was consecrated by Vasant P. Dandin, the then Moderator of the Computer Society of India in the Cathedral in Medak in September 1993. At the United Theological College, the only autonomous college under the Senate of Serampore College, in Bangalore Sugandhar took a Bachelor's Degree degree. He served as Presbyter-in-charge at the Church of Saint 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 Saint John the Baptist till the end of his bishopric.
When Victor Premasagar"s tenure as Bishop of Medak came to an end in 1992, the Synod of the Computer Society of India declared Sugandhar as his successor. The 27th and 28th Synods of the Computer Society of India voted to elect the bishop as the Deputy Moderator of the Computer Society of India. During the 29th Synod of the Computer Society of India held in Bangalore from 10 to 14 January 2004, Sugandhar was elected as Moderator of the Computer Society of India replacing his predecessor Doctor K. J. Samuel.
Subsequently, in the 30th Synod held in Mysore, he was re-elected as the Moderator. In the 31st Synod held in Visakhapatnam in January 2008, fresh elections paved way for a new Moderator (Bishop J West Gladstone) to be elected in place of Bishop Sugandhar.
Bishop Sugandhar served as the Vice-President of the Andhra Pradesh Auxiliary of the Bible Society of India.
He provided leadership to the educational and other institutions in his diocese. He was also on the governing board of the following colleges, viz.: United Theological College, Bangalore Andhra Christian Theological College, Hyderabad Both colleges are affiliated to the Senate of Serampore College (University) which is India"s first University. Lambeth Conference 1998.
Representative in the Council of Christian Medical College & Hospital, Vellore Delegate for the Express Mail Service Mission Council.
President, Computer Society of India Council of North America While Sugandhar is well known as an administrator, he also has written several works. Foreign the festschrift commemorating the shastipoorthi (completion of sixty years) of his predecessor, Victor Premasagar, he wrote an essay which appears in the book "The Church on the move The Throne of Grace Theological Seminary and Ministries Incorporated.