Staff

Palden Dhondup

Bio: Palden Dhondup: Palden Dhondup la is the Secretary of the Department of Health, Central Tibetan Administration since May 1, 2019. He was born on July 6, 1969, in Ladakh. He completed his schooling from TCV School Ladakh and thereafter completed his studies from Central Insitute for Higher Tibetan Studies at Varanasi attaining a degree in Shastri and Acharya. In the year 1997, he was appointed as the settlement officer of Kalimpong Tibetan settlement. In 2001, he was appointed as the settlement officer of Choephel Tibetan settlement in Miao, Arunachal Pradesh. From 2002-2006, Palden Dhondup was appointed as the settlement officer of Phuntsokling Tibetan settlement, Orissa. From 2006-2007, he presided as the settlement officer of Kunphenling Tibetan settlement in Ravangla. In 2007 he was appointed as the settlement officer of Dorling Tibetan settlement. On Febuarary 26, Palden Dhondup was promoted to Joint Secretary position. He was appointed as the settlement officer of Doeguling Tibetan settlement, Mundgod in 2008. Later in the year 2011, he was transferred to the Bureau of His Holiness the Dalai Lama in Delhi. In 2013, he was appointed as the Joint Secretary in the Department of Home and thereafter was promoted to Additional Secretary in 2014. From 2016 he has been presiding as the Director of Tibetan Administrative Training and Welfare Society.

Jampa Phuntsok

Additional Secretary

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Namgyal Gendun

Deputy Secretary

Bio: Namgyal Gendun is a head accountant of the Department of Health. He completed his schooling from THS Mussoorie and holds a B.Com degree from St. Philomena’s College, Mysore from 1999. He joined the Tibetan Civil Service in the year 2000 and since then has served at various Tibetan communities- TWC Rajpur, Tashi Palkhiel Tibetan Settlement, Tashiling, Manang, Dorpatan Tibetan Settlement, Chonjor Welfare office, Dickyi Larsoe Tibetan Settlement and Dhondenling Tibetan Settlement.

Tashi Yangzom

Section Officer

Bio: After completing her schooling from CST Shimla and college at Punjab University, Chandigarh. She was recruited in the Tibetan Civil Service in December 2008, before joining the media section of the Health Department in July 2012. Previously she served as a Sponsorship Coordinator in the Education Department, CTA.

Tashi Yangzom

Office Assistant

Bio: TashiYangzom was born and brought up in Tibetan Handicraft Centre, Shimla. She did her Schooling from CST Shimla, H.P and completed her BA Degree from RKMV College, Shimla. She is with the Department since 2003 after the privatization of Charitable Trust Handicraft. Currently she serves as a dealing staff of Ngoeanga School, Disable Stipend and Deprived (Nyamdhak).

Tenzin Wangdak

Office Assistant

Bio: Tenzin Wangdak completed high school from Tibetan Children's Village, Gopalpur. He has a Bachelor and a Master's Degree in Social Work from St. Joseph College Bangalore. He joined Central Tibetan Administration and was posted at Phuntsokling Tibetan Refugee Settlement Office as Office Assistant. In January 2019, he was transferred to the Health Department.

Sudharshan

Peon

Bio: Sudharshan did his earlier schooling from Government Middle School, Jadrangal at Chamunda and Government high school,Tangnarwna at Yol, Dharamsala. He has worked with the Tibetan Administration Welfare Society and Paljor Handicraft Center, Khanyara for twelve years. In November 2002, he joined this department as a gardener and now works as a peon from October 2014.

Tenzin Khedup

Peon

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Karma Tendhar

Driver

Bio: Karma Tendar did his earlier schooling at TCV School, Ladakh where he studied until eighth grade. He worked at Tibetan Cooperative Society, Ladakh for two years. He has been working at the department of health, CTA since 1995.

Choephel

Plumber

Bio: Tenzin Choephel was born and brought up in Dharamsala. He did his high school from Upper Tibetan Children's Village, Dharamsala. He joined Central Tibetan Administration in year 2007 and works as a plumber in this Department.

Sangmo Bhuti

TMS Nurse

Bio: Sangmo Bhuti completed primary schooling from SOS TCV Suja and graduated +2 science from Upper TCV in Dharamshala. In 2012, she received her nursing degree from Dr. MV Shetty College of Nursing under Rajiv Gandhi University. Afterwards, she worked as a staff nurse at Mendata-The Medicity Hospital in Gurgoan and at Max Hospital in New Delhi. In 2016, she joined as TMS dealing staff in Dharamshala. Currently, she works as a TMS Nurse at CTA under the Tibetan Volunteer Health Association.

Tashi Tsomo

TMS Nurse

Bio: Tashi Tsomo did her primary schooling at Lower TCV in 2000 and secondary education at Upper TCV School (Art stream) in 2002. She did General Nursing Midwifery from Dr. MV Shetty College, Mangalore in 2007. She had worked at Jaipur Golden Hospital in Delhi for two years. She joined the Tibetan Primary Health Center, Delhi as a staff nurse in 15th July 2009 and worked until 8th March 2016. At present, she is serving as a TMS coordinator in the Health Department.

Tenzin Nordon

TMS Nurse

Bio: Tenzin Nordon first completed her training as a community health worker (CHW) at Delek Hospital in 2003, then continued a career as a CHW for two years at the Kullu Tibetan Primary Health Care Centre. In 2005, she recieved a scholarship from the Department of Education under the guidance of the Department of Health for general nursing and midwifery at Hyderbad. From 2009 to 2019, Tenzin Nordon worked as a nurse at Tenzingang Primary Healthcare Centre, Mainpat Primary Healthcare Centre, and Tibet Charity in Dharamshala. As of April, she has been working as a staff nurse under the DoHe in the Tibetan Medicare System (TMS).

Nyima Gyaltsen

Deputy Secretary

Bio: Nyima Gyaltsen went to THS, Mussoorie and completed his graduation from Punjab University and post graduate in Political Science from Maharaja Sayajirao of Baroda. He studied three months intensive translation program from the Library of Tibetan Works and Archives at Dharamsala. He was a school captain andhad shouldered the responsibility of president, Regional Tibetan Freedom Movement and Regional Tibetan Youth Congress during his stay in colleges. He is working as a coordinator of Tibetan Medicare System Department of Health since 2011.

Sangje Dondup

Office Assistant

Bio: Sangje Dondup was born in Tuting settlement situated in Arunachal Pradesh. He did his primary schooling from Sambhota Tibetan School, Chauntra in 2010 and secondary education from Central School for Tibetan, Mussoorie to pursue Science Stream in 2012. He graduated from Nagindas Khandwala College from Mumbai University and also received a year course in B.SC Computer Science in 2016. He joined Department of Health on 17th July 2017 as an office Assistant and works in the Tibetan Medicare System.

Tsering Youdon

Joint Secretary

Bio: Tsering Youdon la was born and brought up in Phuntsokling Tibetan Settlement, Odisha. She studied in CST Chandragiri until grade 10 and joined CST Darjeeling from where she passed her +2. She has a B.A Degree from Jyoti Nivas College, Bangalore. After graduating, she joined the Central Tibetan Administration and was placed in the Department of Information and International Relations. She was promoted to Deputy Secretary in 2012 and transferred to Documents Classification Section of Kashag Secretariat. She was further promoted in 2019 to the post of Joint Secretary at the Project and Accounts Division of CTA's Health Department.

Ngawang Tenzin

Deputy Secretary

Bio: Ngawang Tenzin had studiedscience at CST Mundgod. After Graduating in B.Sc Nursing from UdupiManipal University in the year 2012, she attended public service commission training atSahra for 6 months, and joined the Department in April 2013. She is the Coordinator for MCH-RH program, Oral health, Universal Precaution and mental health program.

Tenzin Dolkar B

Under Secretary

Bio: Tenzin Dolkar had studied at CST Shimla and later went to CST Mussoorie to persue Science Stream. She did B.Sc nursing from Yenepoya Nursing College in Mangalore. She had worked at Private hospital in Delhi for two years. She is with the Department of Health since April 2014 and now works as a coordinator of Tibetan Medicare System.

Tsewang Yangtso

Under Secretary

Bio: Tsewang Yangtso originally came from Tibet and completed her schooling from Upper TCV; TCV is like a home in India. Her main stream is science and she graduated with a Bachelors in Science from St. Joseph's College in Bangalore. Currently, she works as an accountant for hospitals that comes under the administration of the Department of Health. She will give her best ability and service to our society so that her little effort can bring some positive development.

Tenzin Samten

Section Officer

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Tenzin Dolkar A

Office Superintendent

Bio: Tenzin Dolkar went to upper TCV School and had graduated from GGSW College, Punjab University. She joined Central Tibetan Administration in December 2008 in education department and presently she works in the administrative section in the department of Health.

Tenzin Sonam

Office Superintendent

Bio: Tenzin Sonam joined Central Tibetan Administration in May 2011. He did his schooling from Tibetan Children's Village School at Gopalpur, Dharamsala. He had graduated in BA from Delhi University. Currently, he is working as a Health Information System and Substance AbuseCoordinator.

Tsering Yangdol

Contract

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Tenzin Lhadon

Contract

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Tenzin Dechen

Contract

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Jamyang Sherab

Contract

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Ngawang Woeser

Senior Clerk

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Tenzin Dhaze

Junior Clerk

Bio: Tenzin Dhaze is the daughter of Mrs. Tsetan Dolma and late Mr. Tashi Wangdue. She was born and raised in India. She completed her schooling from Upper TCV and TCV Gopalpur in 2009. She received her General Nursing Midwifery course from Manipal school of Nursing, Bangalore in 2013. Before joining CTA, she worked at Manipal hospital Bangalore from 2013-14 and one more year at Shri Guru Ram Rai Institute of Medical and Health Sciences Hospital in Dehradun in 2015. She also served as a public health assistant on voluntary basis via Tibet Corps at the CTA Health Department for a period of six months. She joined the Health Department on 18th September 2017.

Karma Dolma

Bio: Karma Dolma passed AISSE Class XII from Central School for Tibetan, Mussoorie in 1999 and passed B.Com from Baldwin Women's Methodist College, Bangalore in 2002. Between the years 2003 and 2019, Karma Dolma worked as an accountant for the Tibetan Primary Health Centre (TPHC) Dekyiling, Ngoenga School for Special Needs, and TPHC Bir. Lastly, she was transferred to the Department of Health, CTA in June 2019 where she currently hold the position of accountant.

Tenzin Kunsang

Bio: Tenzin Kunsang completed her schooling at SFF Senior Secondary School, Herbertpur, Dehradun. She earned her Bachelor's degree in Arts from Mysore University. In 1998, she joined the Central Tibetan Administration (CTA) and started her career in the Department of Home (DoH). During this period, she was assigned various responsibilities at six different Tibetan Settlement offices across India. In 2011, she was deputed to the Office of Tibet, South Africa as Secretary-cum-Accountant and served there for five years. In February 2016, she was transferred to the Department of Health as Under Secretary, and is currently acting as the Project officer in the Department.

Tsering

Bio: Tsering la has a Bachelor's degree in Physiotherapy from Rajiv Gandhi University of Health Science, a Post Graduate Diploma in Hospital and Healthcare Management from Symbiosis Centre of Health Care, and an MBA in Healthcare Management from Sikkim Manipal University. He has over four years of experience working as a hospital administrator and health coordinator under the CTA Department of Health. From 2016 to 2017, he worked at The Tibet Fund based in Dharamshala as Health Project Coordinator for USAID supported Tibetan Health System Capacity Strengthening (THSC) project. Presently, he is serving at the Department of Health CTA as OSM & PRM project Coordinator.

Phuntsok Dolma

Bio: Phuntsok Dolma is working as an accountant in the Department of Health. She was a commerce student from CST Bylakuppe. She did six months job training as an accountant at TWY Panipat after the privatization of Charitable Trust Handicraft Export by the Department of Finance. She had worked in CTHE Manali, Paljor Publication Delhi, Hotel Tibet International Nepal, and CTHE Dharamsala as an accountant cum sales before she served the department of Health, CTA.

Lobsang Tsering

Bio: Lobsang Tsering joined Central Tibetan Administration in November 2001 and started working in the Public Service Commission office from 2001 to 2005. Then, he was transferred to the Department of Education where he served until 2009. From 2009 to 2017, he served in the Tibetan Settlement Office, Dharamsala. Presently, he is serving at Department of Health as a Under Secretary in Administration Section.

Sonam Choedon

Bio: Sonam Chodon did her primary schooling at CST Kollegal and senior secondary at CST Shimla. After graduating from Mysore University, she did a year diploma course in Computer at Learn soft Computer at Bangalore and year more in Teacher Training Course in Mysore. Prior to joining the Health Department, she had worked at Hotel Tibet, Dharamsala and Charitable Tibetan Handicraft Export in Delhi. After the privatization of the business unit, she then worked with the Finance department since 2003. Currently she is the coordinator of Emergency Relief Fund, Health department.

Sonam Dolma

Bio: Sonam Dolma was born and brought up in Odisha Phuntsokling Tibetan Settlement. She completed her earlier schooling from CST Chandigiri and did her senior secondary education from CST Bylakuppe. She received her bachelors degree in Arts from the Government College for Girls, Chandigarh in 2010 and Masters in modern history from Punjab University (P.U) in 2013. Before joining the Health Department, she had the privilege to serve in the history documentation section of CTA for almost one and half years. Currently, she is working in the Project Section of the Health Department.

Tenzin Palkyi

Bio: Tenzin Palkyi completed her senior secondary education at Upper TCV School, Dharamsala and she pursued her B.Com degree and Computer course from Maris Stella College Vijayawada and M.Com through correspondence course from the International Center for Distance Education and Open Learning in Himachal Pradesh. She joined the Central Tibetan Administration in April 2013 and currently works in the department as an assistant accountant.

Tenzin Tseyang

Bio: Tenzin Tseyang was born and brought up in Dharamsala. She completed her schooling from Upper TCV and then recieved her post-graduate education in English literature from Maharaja Sayajirao University (MSU), Gujarat. After her graduation, she joined Central Tibetan Administration in 2017, where she began her work in communication section of Kashag and then got transferred to Department of Health. Currently, she is working as project officer, overlooking the project sections under USAID program in the Department of Health. Although she is new to the workplace scenario, she looks through a positive perspective as an opportunity to learn and inculcate new skills, at the same time aspires to grow as an efficient contributing member of this society through this platform.

Tenzin Jinpa

Bio: Tenzin Jinpa holds a BA degree. Since 1993, he has worked at various health centers as the hospital administrator at Phende Hospital, Gurupura, DTR Hospital, Mundgod, Tibetan Primary Health Centre, Dekyiling until September 2010 when he joined the Health Department as a cashier.