Reports from CTA Offices

Dharamshala: Tibetan Parliamentarians Serta Tsultrim and Dorjee Tseten visited various Tibetan settlements and communities of Manali, Kullu, Bhuntar, Pandoh Tashi Ling, Sundarnagar, Mandi, Tso Pema and the three settlements of Bir and Tashi Jong. The official tour spanned from 6 June to 3 July 2019. On 6 June, the Tibetan parliamentary delegation visited Tashi Jong Tibetan settlement. More

Dharamshala: 25 individual and organizations from various part of India and Nepal have applied in TACF and submitted a variety of project proposals such as research studies, making a documentary film, buying traditional costumes for practising cultural dance and exhibition of Tibetan painting etc for the aims of promoting distinct culture and arts of Tibet. More

Dharamsala: Prof. Tejinder Sharma, director of Kurukshetra University who has come to Dharamsala for some official work visited Tibetan Parliament-in-Exile along with Dr Manoj Sharma, Assistant Prof. of Himachal Pradesh University Regional Centre and Dr Vishal Nehria on 12 July 2019. More

Minnesota: Representative Ngodup Tsering attended the 25th Anniversary celebration of Gyuto Monastery in Minnesota. Ling Chog-trul Rinpoche was the chief spiritual guest, and the event was well attended by Gyuto students of American origin and local Tibetan community members. More

Dharamshala: The Department of Religion and Culture of Central Tibetan Administration conducted interviews for the selection of candidates in Tibetan Arts and Culture Fund 2019 (TACF). More

Pune: The Department of Education, CTA with the kind support and opportunity provided by the Indian Institute of Science Education and Research, Pune (IISER) and National Center for Biological Science, Bangalore (NCBS) have been organising a month-long internship program for college going science students. This year's internship program is being held from 15 June to 15 July. More

Pokhara, Nepal: The Chairman and Vice Chairman of the 10th Pokhra Local Assembly were sworn in at a brief ceremony held at Pokhara Tashiling Settlement on 27 June. The ceremony witnessed the election of 13 members to the local assembly including the Chair and Vice-Chair. More

Dharamshala: The Tibetan settlement office in Dharamshala jointly with Indo Tibetan Friendship Association organised a free medical camp at Indrunag Village (Tau Panchayat) on 7 July. The medical camp was attended by Mr. Ram Swaroop, Advisor, ITFA Dharamshala, Mr. Kunga Tsering, Vice-President/Tibetan Settlement Officer/Dharamshala, Mr. Ajit Nehria, Vice-President, ITFA Dharamshala, Mr. More

Dharamshala: Former Deputy Speaker of Tibetan Parliament-in-Exile Dorjee Damdul visited Tibetan Parliament earlier today. Gonshar Dorje Damdul served as Deputy Speaker of the 7th Assembly of Tibetan People's Deputies (ATPD, presently called TPIE) from 1979 to 1982. The incumbent Deputy Speaker Acharya Yeshi Phuntsok received the former Deputy Speaker at his office and interacted briefly. More

Dharamshala: The Tibet Corps organised a two-day orientation program for its volunteer on 3 and 4 July 2019. Tibet Corps is a volunteer program that offers Tibetan professionals, university students, and retirees an opportunity and platform to serve the Tibetan community. More

The Tibetan Community in the Netherlands unanimously voted to buy a property for a community hall.  It was an outcome of rigorous 4-hour long presentations, guest speeches, question and answer session and finally the voting, on July 3. More

Dharamshala: On 3 July, the auspicious day of Lhakar, Tibetan settlement office inaugurated the new Wet Waste Truck model no. EICHER Pro 1080 XPT to provide the town of Upper Dharamshala with the service of collecting the wet waste on a daily basis and hence containing the waste issues of the town. This project was possible with the financial aid by H.H. The Dalai Lama Charitable Trust. More

Kullu, Manali: As per the 16th Tibetan Parliament-in-exile’s Tibetan settlements visitation and assessment program, Parliamentarian Serta Tsultrim began his visit to kullu Manali Tibetan settlement on 1 July. He visited a few Monasteries and nunneries in the settlement. Parliamentarian Serta Tsultrim visited Youlo Koe settlement and Pal Rabling settlement in Kullu. More

Dharamshala: The Tibetan settlement in Dahramshala will have a brand new wet watse truck to collect the wet watse on a daily basis starting from today. This service is funded by the H.H the Dalai Lama Charitable Trust and supported in the initiative by the Department of Health. The new wet waste truck was inaugurated by the  Secretary Mr. Palden Dhondup of the Department of Health. More

Washington D.C: A senior CTA delegation Kaydor Aukatsang, Chief Resilience Officer/SARD Director, and Dr. Kunchok Tsundue, Chief Planning Officer spent a few days in Washington DC as part of the Tibetan Resilience - North America Tour. More

Hunsur: The opening ceremony of the 6th intensive course for 6 months on Tibetan language and Buddhist Philosophy for Tibetan youth was held in Gyudmey Snowland School, Hunsur on 1 July. More

  Dharamshala: Department of Health in collaboration with Tibetan National Sports Association is organising the first ever Tibetan Women's Basketball Tournament against Tuberculosis( TB) funded by His Holiness the Dalai Lama's Charitable Trust. Tuberculosis has been an ongoing problem in our community for many decades. More

Dharamshala: The first Secular Ethics workshop for Tibetan Pre-Primary school teachers has been organised by the Department of Education at TCV School Ladakh from 26 - 29 June 2019. More

Dharamshala: A round table discussion on the occasion of the 30th birth anniversary of 11th Panchen Lama was held on 29 June, organised by the Indo Tibetan Friendship Association and Tibetan settlement office Dharamshala at HPTDC, Club House, Mcleodganj. The discussion was attended by around 22 participants led by Mr. Ram Swaroop, Advisor, ITFA Dharamshala. Among the participants were, Mr. More

Belgium: Yuenten Ling Tibet Institute in Huy, Belgium conducted a very elaborate Karling Shitro Tsok for two days on 29th and 30th June conducted by 13 lamas from various Kagyue centres in Europe and was attended by many disciples and followers of the Centre. The Tsok was conducted on the terma text of Druptob Karma Lingpa and other accompanying texts. More