Esther Pricilla Manuel

President & Managing Director

Esther Pricilla was born as the eldest daughter of J.E. Appathurai, Senior Pastor of MPA Church in Kellys, Chennai and Dulsie Appathurai. After completing her Bachelors in Electronic Science, God called her into His work and imparted her with a vision to reach out to the youngsters. It was during months of intense prayers Upper Room Youth Mission, was birth out during the year 2001. Then she was involved in both fieldworks as well as in actively training more field workers as a result of which more than 20 full-time campus workers are now working in different parts of India. Later she was also traveling to different countries around the world encouraging youngsters to reach out to the multiethnic student community around the world. Winning the lost souls for Christ has always been burning hot in her heart. She is known for her anointed preaching in the camps. Many would vividly remember the moment they committed their lives to Jesus at the end of her preaching.

Esther Pricilla has also secured her M.Div degree from Madras Theological Seminary and M.Th in Applied Theology (by extension) from the University of Wales, England. She is married to Naveen Manuel and lives with her husband in the city of Bangalore, India.

Justin Leewen John

Vice President & National Director

Justin Leewen John has played a pivotal role in spearheading the mission and in actualizing the core vision of URYM. Graduated as an Engineer in Bio-Technology he accepted the call of God in life and came into full-time missions in the year 2008. Being the first missionary to work among the boys there lied a big unbroken ground before him. By the grace of God he trailblazed and set a standard in the campus missions among the boys. He is also a passionate speaker and played key roles as speakers in many conferences and especially in our annual Ablaze camp. He is well known for his ardent, soul-stirring writing skills. He is active in writing biblical truth in a way that is more relevant to the current generation. Currently, He is more focusing on establishing campus mission bases across 100 key cities across India.

He has completed his M.Div from Madras Theological Seminary and currently persuing his M.Th from BILD university. On a personal front he is married to Dr.Blessy Ramalakshmi and lives with his pretty daughter Davina Zacahari in Chennai, India