Church's Auxiliary for Social Action
Church's Auxiliary for Social Action or CASA (founded in 1947) is a non-religious Indian development organisation and charitable trust based in New Delhi and a service wing of the National Council of Churches in India comprising the Orthodox and Protestant Church Societies in India. CASA is a member of ACT Alliance
Company type | Charity |
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Industry | NGO |
Founded | 1947, India |
Headquarters | Registered office: New Delhi Zonal offices: Chennai, Kolkata, Mumbai, Sector offices: Guwahati, Imphal, Aizawl, Dimapur, Shillong, Bhubaneshwar, Ranchi, Lucknow, Indore, Raipur, Udaipur, Nagapattinam, Cuddalore, Tirunelveli, Alapuzha, Bapatla, Port Blair and Shimla |
Key people | Busi Suneel Bhanu (Chairperson), Sushant Agarwal (Director) |
Number of employees | 500 |
Website |
Mar Aprem Mooken writes,
Jawaharlal Nehru, the Prime Minister of India at the time of partition, asked the Christian community to assist in the work among the refugees, which the community readily responded through the National Council of Churches in India.
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