Born in South India in 1968, Daniel Gunaseelan grew up there. At the age of 17, he left to India’s capital, New Delhi to study in the Jawaharlal Nehru University. He graduated with Bachelor’s and Master’s Degrees in Russian Language and Literature and completed another postgraduate degree on the regional economics of the Central Asian Region.

Daniel’s job took him often to Central Asia. Then, he stayed back in one of the Central Asian countries, Kazakhstan, where he joined a company called Gateway Ventures, which he eventually bought and took over. Gateway has a factory in Aktau which produces pressure vessels and other technical parts for the oil and gas industry. The company also does different services for the oil and gas sector and has offices in several cities in Kazakhstan and around the world. Gateway also owns a Russian language school and a Kazakhstan international school (KIS) in Almaty and in Astana, the capital city.

Daniel is involved in Orken, a businessman’s group which he started, to encourage Central Asian pastors to start their own businesses and to provide loans, training and mentorship for pastors to start these businesses. Daniel is also deeply involved in Spring of Life Church, Almaty. He is passionate about sharing the gospel of God’s grace with everyone he meets.

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1968年出生於印度南部的丹尼爾・古納西蘭（Daniel Gunaseelan）在當地長大。17歲時，他前往印度首都新德里，在尼赫魯大學（Jawaharlal Nehru University）就讀。他先後獲得俄語語言與文學的學士與碩士學位，並完成了另一個有關中亞地區區域經濟的研究生學位。

由於工作需要，丹尼爾經常往返中亞地區。其後，他留在中亞的一個國家——哈薩克斯坦，並加入了一間名為「Gateway Ventures」的公司，後來更將其收購並接管。Gateway 在阿克套（Aktau）設有工廠，生產壓力容器及其他石油與天然氣產業所需的技術零件。該公司同時也為石油與天然氣領域提供各種服務，並在哈薩克斯坦多個城市及世界各地設有辦事處。Gateway 旗下還經營一所俄語學校，以及位於阿拉木圖（Almaty）與首都阿斯塔納（Astana）的哈薩克斯坦國際學校（KIS）。

丹尼爾亦參與「Orken」——一個由他創立的商人團契，旨在鼓勵中亞的牧者開展自己的事業，並為牧者創業提供貸款、培訓與輔導。丹尼爾同時也深度參與阿拉木圖的「生命之泉教會」（Spring of Life Church）。他熱切渴望與每一位遇見的人分享神恩典的福音。