Tsomo, dealing staff of the Tibetan Digital Library Project presenting a project pamphlet to Professor Wangchuk Dorje Negi, the Vice Chancellor of CIHTS. 

Varanasi: On 21 November 2024, an assigned representative from the Tibetan Digital Library Project, Department of Religion and Culture, CTA, introduced the project at the Central Institute of Higher Tibetan Studies (CIHTS) in Varanasi.

The project’s dealing staff, Tsomo, initially met with the Vice Chancellor of CIHTS, Professor Wangchuk Dorje Negi, during which she presented the project pamphlet and provided detailed information to the latter.

Following that, a gathering was held with the heads and staff of the Institute’s Research and Development Cell to introduce the project further. The event was attended by Prof. Lobsang Dorjee Rabling (Restoration Department), Prof. Pema Tenzin (Translation Department), Dr. Thinlay Ram Shashni (Rare Buddhist Texts Research Department), and Geshe Beri Jigme Wangyal (Tibetan Literature Department), along with others.

In the afternoon, a similar awareness session was held at the Shantarakshita Library, where the head librarian, Prof. Lhakpa Tsering, and library staff members were also briefed on the project.

-Report filed by Department of Religion and Culture, CTA