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|name=John Samuel Shamsunder Malelu (J. S. S. Malelu)
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|birth_date = 1886
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| death_date =1969
| death_place =[[Mumbai]]
| occupation = Principal, Sir [[Sorabji Pochkhanawala]] Banker's Training College, [[Mumbai]]
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'''J. S. S. Malelu'''<ref>Sir Stanley Reed, ''The Times of India Directory and Year Book Including Who's who
'', Bennett, Coleman & Company, 1959, p.1020. [https://books.google.com/books?id=rpgjAQAAMAAJ&q=John+Samuel+Shamsunder+Malelu&dq=John+Samuel+Shamsunder+Malelu&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0CCcQ6AEwA2oVChMIy5rxj-75yAIVgZOUCh3_UgKM]</ref> (born 1886;<ref>[http://www.worldvitalrecords.com/SingleIndexListview.aspx?ix=mh_tree&qt=l&se=s&zfn=Samuel&zln=Molale World Vital Records]</ref> died 1969<ref>''The National Christian Council Review'', Volume 89, Wesley Press and Publishing House, 1969, p.119. [https://books.google.com/books?id=PMzjAAAAMAAJ&q=j.s.s.malelu&dq=j.s.s.malelu&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0CBsQ6AEwAGoVChMI686hiuj5yAIVzBeUCh3blAUF]</ref>) was a [[Banker]] who was Principal<ref>Susheela Subrahmanya in ''Southern Economist'', Volume 8, p.xlviii, 1969. [https://books.google.com/books?id=2AYoAAAAMAAJ&dq=Sir+Sorabji+Pochkhanawala+Bankers+Training+College+malelu&focus=searchwithinvolume&q=malelu]</ref> of the Sir [[Sorabji Pochkhanawala]] Banker's Training College, [[Mumbai]] and notable<ref>''The Journal of the Christian Medical Association of India'', Volume 44, 1970, p.224. [https://books.google.com/books?id=9LM6AQAAIAAJ&dq=j.+s.+s.+malelu+bangalore&focus=searchwithinvolume&q=sad]</ref> for his contribution to the [[Bible Society of India]]<ref name="GDV">G. D. V. Prasad, Chiranjivi J. Nirmal, ''Imaging the Word: A Twenty-First Century Perspective'', The Bible Society of India 1811-2011, Bible Society of India, Bangalore, 2000, (revised edition 2011), p.115. [http://www.thehindu.com/2001/10/02/stories/1302017e.htm]{{dead link|date=April 2021|bot=medic}}{{cbignore|bot=medic}}</ref> and the [[Church's Auxiliary for Social Action]].<ref name="casa-india.org">[[Somen Das]], ''Mission Redefined' (CASA at 60 - striving towards life in fullness'', Appendix C, ''Leadership of CASA.'' [http://casa-india.org/pages/download/doc_download/16-mission-redefined-casa-at-60-abridged-version-i-a-ii.html]{{dead link|date=November 2017 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref>

During the [[Indian independence movement]], Malelu was vocal<ref>N. R. Phatak, ''Source Material for a History of the Freedom Movement in India: Civil disobedience movement, April–September 1930'', Printed at the Government Central Press, 1990, p.266. [https://books.google.com/books?id=0HtDAAAAYAAJ&q=j.s.s.malelu&dq=j.s.s.malelu&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0CDkQ6AEwB2oVChMI686hiuj5yAIVzBeUCh3blAUF]</ref> in his support for the [[Indian Congress]] and opposed the policies of the [[British Empire|British]].<ref>[https://cultural.maharashtra.gov.in/english/gazetteer/VOL-XI/PART_I_PAGE_261_302.pdf Maharashtra Gazeteer]</ref>

==Contribution==
Malelu worked<ref>''Journal of the Institute of Bankers'', Volume 42, The Institute, 1921, p.296.[https://books.google.com/books?id=-SA5AAAAMAAJ&dq=John+Samuel+Shamsunder+Malelu&focus=searchwithinvolume&q=malelu]</ref> as Assistant Manager of the Tata Industrial Bank (which later became<ref>Amiya Kumar Bagchi, ''Private Investment in India, 1900-1939'', Cambridge University Press, London, 1972, p.61. [https://books.google.com/books?id=UZZcTYzHBtgC&lpg=PA61&dq=tata%20industrial%20bank%20central%20bank%20of%20india&pg=PR2#v=onepage&q=tata%20industrial%20bank%20central%20bank%20of%20india&f=false]</ref> the [[Central Bank of India]]<ref>Paul David Devanandan, ''Christian participation in nation-building: the summing up of a corporate study on rapid social change'', National Christian Council of India, 1960, p.318. [https://books.google.com/books?id=OCURAQAAIAAJ&q=j.+s.+s.+malelu+madras&dq=j.+s.+s.+malelu+madras&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0CDkQ6AEwB2oVChMI2Y7H-O_5yAIVAxmUCh2OpAbF]</ref> for 35 years until his retirement in 1958.

===at Bible Society of India===
During 1958<ref>''Annual Report of the American Bible Society'', Volume 144, American Bible Society, 1960, p.236. [https://books.google.com/books?id=44RpAAAAIAAJ&q=j.+s.+s.+malelu+bangalore&dq=j.+s.+s.+malelu+bangalore&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0CBsQ6AEwAGoVChMI8dyAqfD5yAIVyhWUCh23Ag-p]</ref>-1965,<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.bsind.org/pdf/Magazine-Vol29-no2.pdf |title=''Sowing Circle'', Volume 29, Number 2, May-August 2013, p.69 |access-date=2015-11-05 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304055214/http://www.bsind.org/pdf/Magazine-Vol29-no2.pdf |archive-date=2016-03-04 |url-status=dead }}</ref> Malelu was Honorary President of the [[Bible Society of India]] and made notable contribution which Edwin H. Robertson highlights in ''Taking the Word to the world: 50 years of the United Bible Societies''<ref>Edwin H. Robertson, ''Taking the Word to the world: 50 years of the United Bible Societies'', T. Nelson Publishers, 1996, pp.127-130. [https://books.google.com/books?id=at1wAAAAMAAJ&dq=malelu+1961&focus=searchwithinvolume&q=malelu]</ref> writing about him as,
{{quote|...J. S. S. Malelu, another powerful voice from India.}} As President, Malelu used to attend the meetings of the [[United Bible Societies]]. In 1961,<ref>''Annual Report of the American Bible Society'', Volume 145, American Bible Society, 1961, p.174. [https://books.google.com/books?id=WCLPAAAAMAAJ&q=j.s.s.malelu&dq=j.s.s.malelu&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0CCcQ6AEwA2oVChMI686hiuj5yAIVzBeUCh3blAUF]</ref> he visited [[Grenoble]] and the headquarters of the [[United Bible Societies]].

===at Church's Auxiliary for Social Action===
During 1958–1961,<ref name="casa-india.org"/> Malelu worked as Director of the [[irreligious]] [[Church's Auxiliary for Social Action]], [[New Delhi]]. [[Mar Aprem Mooken]] wrote that Malelu was the treasurer of the [[National Council of Churches in India]] before being appointed as the Director of CASA who continued the relief work relating to the [[Tibetan people|Tibetan]]<ref>[https://www.newspapers.com/newspage/22718526/ The Post-Crescent from Appleton, Wisconsin · Page 11 January 25, 1962]</ref> [[Immigration to Bhutan]].<ref>[[Mar Aprem Mooken]], ''From Relief to Development: A Profile of CASA'', Jaffe Books, 1979, pp.29-31. [https://books.google.com/books?id=5m4EAAAAMAAJ&q=malelu+1961&dq=malelu+1961&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0CBwQ6AEwAGoVChMIpNHvwtf5yAIVBRmmCh2f8wyl]</ref> H. Dwight Swartzendruber in ''Forty Years of Service Beyond Our Borders'' gives a livid account of the time working account of his relationship with Malelu.<ref>H. Dwight Swartzendruber, ''Forty Years of Service Beyond Our Borders'', Masthof Press, Morgantown, 2012.[https://books.google.com/books?id=9MKLBQAAQBAJ&pg=PA64&dq=malelu+bombay&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0CCAQ6AEwAWoVChMI8bXCtdr5yAIVBaSUCh3Qkwbb#v=onepage&q=malelu&f=false]</ref>

===at Sir Sorabji Pochkhanawala Banker's Training College===
Malelu served as Principal of the Sir [[Sorabji Pochkhanawala]] Banker's Training College, [[Mumbai]] and died in 1969 while still in service at the college.

===Other contributions===
Malelu was a member and treasurer of the Bombay Representative Christian Council during 1934–1935.<ref>[http://images.library.yale.edu/divinitycontent/dayrep/Bombay%20Representative%20Christian%20Council%201934-1935%20v24.pdf Yale University]</ref> Malelu was the first Treasurer of the Spiritual Life Centre, [[Nasarpur]] elected in 1947 and continued until 1949.<ref>Spiritual Life Centre, [[Nasarpur]]. [http://slcnasrapur.in/History.html] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304035139/http://slcnasrapur.in/History.html |date=2016-03-04 }}</ref> The Christian Institute for the Study of Religion and Society, [[Bangalore]] had Malelu on its committee as its treasurer and worked along with [[N. D. Anandarao Samuel]] and [[M. M. Thomas]]<ref>''Religion and Society'', Volume 15, Christian Institute for the Study of Religion and Society, 1968, p.81. [https://books.google.com/books?id=nDYnAQAAIAAJ&q=j.s.s.malelu&dq=j.s.s.malelu&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0CDEQ6AEwBWoVChMI686hiuj5yAIVzBeUCh3blAUF]</ref> where his contribution was noteworthy.<ref>P. D. Devanandan in ''International Review'', Volume 49, Issues 195-196, 1960, p.325. [https://books.google.com/books?id=qdktAQAAIAAJ&q=j.s.s.malelu&dq=j.s.s.malelu&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0CDUQ6AEwBmoVChMI686hiuj5yAIVzBeUCh3blAUF]</ref>
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==References==
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