Ms. Pema Tso is a Tibetan journalist, writer, public servant, and elected representative who has devoted many years to serving the Tibetan community. Born in Barkham, Tibet, in 1986, she received her early education in Tibet before pursuing Tibetan–Chinese translation studies. After arriving in exile in 2006, she worked in Tibetan…

Mr. Penpa Tsering was born in 1967 at Bylakuppee, south India. He studied at the Central School for Tibetans, Bylakuppe and topped the merit list in Class XII. He graduated with Economics Major from the Madras Christian College, Chennai. His work experience includes running a private export enterprise and a restaurant.…

Mr. Choekyong Wangchuk is a distinguished Tibetan public servant who has devoted many years to the service of the Tibetan people and the Central Tibetan Administration. Born in Kalimpong in 1971, he served in various capacities, including as Coordinator of the India Tibet Coordination Office, Executive Director of the Tibetan Parliamentary…

Dr. Tsering Wangchuk is a distinguished Tibetan physician and public servant who served as Kalön of the Department of Health, CTA from 16th September 2011 to 30th May 2016. During his tenure, he contributed significantly to strengthening the Tibetan healthcare system, with particular emphasis on preventive healthcare, health information systems, and…

Dr. Lobsang Sangay was born in Darjeeling, India in 1968, with a typical Shichak (settlement) background amidst fields, cows and chickens, fetching wood from the forest and helping his parents’ small business, including selling sweaters. In 1995, he received a Fulbright Scholarship to study at Harvard Law School, where he subsequently…

Mr. Paljor Tsering Chope is a distinguished Tibetan public servant who devoted more than three decades to the service of the Central Tibetan Administration and the Tibetan people. He joined the CTA in 1973 and subsequently served in various capacities, including senior positions in the Department of Education and as the…

Mrs. Kelsang Yangkyi Takla was a distinguished Tibetan public servant who devoted several decades to the service of the Tibetan people and the Central Tibetan Administration. She began her government service in the early 1980s and served as Secretary of the Department of Health from 1983 to 1989, contributing to the…

Prof. Samdhong Rinpoche was born in 1939 in Jol, in eastern Tibet. At the age of four, he was admitted in Yangchen Phuntsokling Monastery. At the age of five, he was recognised, according to Tibetan tradition, as the reincarnation of the 4th Samdhong Rinpoche and enthroned in Gaden Dechenling Monastery at…

Mr. Thupten Lungrig, born on May 19, 1957 in Rebkong, Amdo, He attended the Central School for Tibetans in Dalhousie from 1963 to 1972. He did his higher education from the Central Institute for Higher Tibetan Studies, Varanasi from 1972 to 1981. In 1981, he finished his studies and obtained his…

Mrs. Samkar Yangkyi was a distinguished Tibetan public servant who served as Health Kalön of the Central Tibetan Administration from 1996 to 2001, with a brief transition period in April 1997. She served during the 11th Kashag and played an important role in guiding the Department of Health during a significant…