Dharamshala: Mr Tsewang Gyalpo Arya today assumed charge as Information Secretary of the Department of Information and International Relations (DIIR), CTA.

DIIR hosted a brief ceremony earlier today to welcome their new Secretary.

Secretary Sonam Dagpo congratulated the newly appointed Secretary and said Mr Arya with his illustrious academic profile and decades of experience in information and international affairs was supremely qualified to lead the Information wing of Central Tibetan Administration.

Director of Tibet Policy Institute, Secretary Tsewang Dolma, Secretary Tsering Yangkey and Additional Secretary Chemi Tseyang along with the staff of DIIR felicitated Mr Arya with traditional Tibetan scarves.

Mr Tsewang Gyalpo has served the Central Tibetan Administration for over 30 years, most notably as Secretary of the Office of Tibet, Japan, Secretary of the Bureau of His Holiness the Dalai Lama in New Delhi, Deputy Secretary of Department of Finance and also as the President of the Charitable Trust Tibetan Handicraft Exports and Director of Paljor Publications. Prior to his recent promotion by the Kashag, he was the Additional Secretary of Department of Information and International Relations.

Brief bio

Mr Tsewang Gyalpo Arya was born on 10 June 1965. He did his schooling from CST Mussoorie. He started his service in Tibetan Administration with Department of Finance in April 1988, where he worked under various capacities notably as President of Charitable Trust Tibetan Handicraft Exports (CTHE) and Director of Paljor Publications. He has B.A. from Panjab University; M.A. Economics from Annamalai University; M.A. Japanese Studies from Delhi University; and Diploma in International Trade & Economics from Chiyoda College of Business, Tokyo. In July 2000 he joined the mainstream CTA as Deputy Secretary at Department of Finance. In June 2005, he was appointed the Secretary of Liaison Office of His Holiness the Dalai Lama in Tokyo, and later in November 2013 as Secretary of Bureau of His Holiness the Dalai Lama in New Delhi. In May 2018, he was transferred to Department of Home in Dharamshala as its Additional Secretary, and in December, he was appointed the Additional Secretary of Department of Information and International Relations (DIIR). On 3 May, he was promoted as Secretary of the Department of Information.