Reports from CTA Offices

Dharamshala: Tibetan Institute of Performing Arts (TIPA) hosted a dinner reception with a traditional Tibetan dance performance for the delegation from US Embassy, New Delhi and Tibet Fund, New York at its Institute on 21st May. The delegation comprises of Ms. Bryce Isham, First Secretary, Mr. J.P. Das, Sr. Country Exchange officer from US Embassy, New Delhi, and Mr. More

Dharamshala: 28 students from 16 different colleges visited Tibetan Parliament-in-Exile today, organised by the Foundation for Universal Responsibility of His Holiness the Dalai Lama (FUR). Speaker of Tibetan Parliament-in-Exile, Pema Jungney explained the establishment and evolution of Tibetan Polity. He spoke about composition of Tibetan Parliament-in-Exile, sessions and its content. More

Dharamshala: The Election Commission has conducted a workshop on the revised election rules from 18th to 19th May 2019, at the Administrative Training Centre of the Central Tibetan Administration.The participants of the workshop are the regional election commissioners who are also the settlement officers.There were 41 regional election commissioners who have participated in the workshop. More

Majnu Ka Tilla, Delhi: The Samyeling Tibetan Settlement office, it's Primary Health Centre (PHC, Delhi) along with Tibetan Medical and Astrology Institute (TMAI) jointly held a hypertension awareness event at the monastery ground in Majnu ka Tilla on 17 May. The health workers of the PHC took blood pressure measurements as well as Body Mass Index ratios of more than 150 participants aged 21 to 81. More

Dharamshala: The Terminology Desk of the Department of Education, CTA organised a five-day meeting of the High-Level Standardising Board from 13–17 May. The purpose of the meeting was to discuss and standardise Tibetan terminology for applications in Administration, Law, Politics, Technology and Environment. More

Dharamshala: The Agriculture Division of the Department of Home, CTA organized its first ever meeting on developing a new Tibetan Agriculture strategy guideline from 17th after lunch session to 18th morning session at the Tibetan Administrative Training Center, Khanyara Dharamsala. Forty One Tibetan settlement officers participated in the meeting. More

  Paris: Representative Tashi Phuntsok and Secretary Namgyal Samdup attended the inauguration ceremony of 'A Look at Tibet' event. Various forms of Tibetan culture and tradition were being exhibited from 17 and 18 May. The event, which is the 10th, is organized by Association Tibet-Normandy at Grand Bourgtheroulde on the occasion of the anniversary of the Association. More

Dharamshala: Joining tens of thousand museums across the world in celebrating this year's International Museum Day, the Tibet Museum of Central Tibetan Administration observed a special talk series on the evolving role of museums in the 21st-century communities with a focus on the Tibetan community. More

Dharamshala: The Department of health in collaboration with National Institute of Mental Health and Neurosciences organised a four-day Life Skill Training from 13 to 16 May. A total of 45 teachers from different schools and 21 school counselors participated. Chief guest at the closing ceremony was Kalon of Department of Health, Choekyong Wangchuk and trainers Dr. Vranda M.N, Dr. Rajaram, Dr. More

Dharamshala: The Department of Health, CTA aided by PRM has started conducting Prevalence study of Hepatitis B and C in the Tibetan settlements located in Sirmour Distt from 7 May this year. The study will be further conducted at the Tibetan Settlements of Miao, Odisha and Ladakh. More

Dharamshala: The Department of Health in collaboration with a team of NIMHANS (National Institute of Mental Health and Neurosciences) is currently organising a life skill workshop for 54 school teachers, counsellors of 21 Tibetan Schools located in North and North Eastern Part of India from 13th to 16th May 2019. More

The three-day SEE Learning (Social, Emotional, and Ethical Learning) Orientation Workshop for educators in Chile ended successfully on the evening of May 10 at the Francisco Varela School in Santiago, Chile. This orientation workshop coordinated by the Representative of His Holiness the Dalai Lama to Latin America was the first SEE Learning orientation workshop held in the Latin American Region. More

Denmark: At the invitation from the Community for International Cooperation in Education and Development (CICED), Denmark, a three-member team led by Mr. Karma Singey, Education Secretary, CTA visited Copenhagen from 5 - 10 May 2019. He was accompanied by Mr. Tenzin Dorjee, Head of Academic Section DoE and Mr. Namgyal Yemphel, Director, Sambhota Tibetan Schools Society, Dharamsala. More

Five Fifty Forum: Towards a Resilient Tibetan Community was a follow on to the gathering convened in 2017, but one that focused on the development and long-term resiliency objectives of the Five-Fifty vision. More

Hyderabad: One-week capacity building training program on skill development and entrepreneurship for the Program Director and coordinator of various training institute began on 6th May and the training will go on until 12th May 2019 at the National Institute for Micro, Small and Medium Enterprise (NI-MSME), Hyderabad. The opening day was presided over by the Director of the institute Mr. More

On 23 April 2019, Mundgod DTR Hospital introduced Basic Health Check-up package to promote prevention or early detection of health complications among the residents of Mundgod Tibetan settlement. Doeguling Tibetan Settlement officer, Mr. Lhakpa Tsering, DTR Hospital Administrator Mr. More

Dharamshala: The Department of Education, CTA Dharamasala is organising the first leg of EGR workshops for pre-primary teachers from 29 April - 3 May, 2019 at Administrative Training & Welfare Society, Dharamsala. A total of 23 pre-primary teachers from STSS, TCV and THF schools from northern region are participating in it. More

-Filed by OoT, London- London: The 7th Kyabje Yongzin Ling Rinpoche arrived in UK’s capital city London, from Valencia, on Saturday, 20 April 2019 for a nine-day visit. More

-Filed by Sakya TSO Puruwala- Puruwala : The Chairman, Vice Chairman and members of the 9th Puruwala Local Tibetan Assembly were sworn in at a brief ceremony held on 22 April 2019. More

Dharamshala: Integrated Settlement Development Plan (ISDP) under Department of Home is organizing a two-day exhibition on 22nd and 23rd April. This exhibition will exhibit the artifacts and religious items that were produced by 13 youth of Kham Lingtsang Society in Dehradun during their 5 months training. The project was funded by the USAID. Exhibition was inaugurated by Dr. More