Education Dept convenes meeting on Tibetan Terminology Project

(clockwise) Ven Lobsang Norbu Shastri, Central Institute of Higher Tibetan Studies, Sarnath, Dr. Pema Dorjee, Tibetan Medical and Astro-Institute, Ven. Lhakdor, director of Library of Tibetan Works and Archives (LTWA), Mr Lobsang Tendar, TCV Educational Development and Resource Centre and Acharya Karma Monlam, member-secretary, Department of Education, attend a meeting on Tibetan Terminology Project, organised by the Department of Education in Dharamshala.

Dharamshala: The Department of Education of the Central Tibetan Administration convened the first high-level meeting to standardise Tibetan terminology for modern science and technical terms.

Under the Kashag's directive, the Department of Education has undertaken the responsibility of the "Tibetan Terminology Project" mainly to standardise modern scientific and technical terms.

The members of the high-level committee for this project met for eight days from 29 July to 6 August at Dharamshala.

During the meeting the committee has standardised about two thousand terms.

The meeting was chaired by Ven. Lhakdor, director of Library of Tibetan Works and Archives (LTWA).

The other members are Dr. Pema Dorjee, Tibetan Medical and Astro-Institute, Ven Lobsang Norbu Shastri, Central Institute of Higher Tibetan Studies, Sarnath, Mr Lobsang Tendar, TCV Educational Development and Resource Centre and Acharya Karma Monlam, member-secretary, Department of Education.

--Report filed by Mr Tsering Phuntsok, Education Officer, Department of Education

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