
L-R: Outgoing acting settlement officer Samten Choephel, Delhi SO Dorjee Tsering, and new SO Khenpo Pema Tenphel.
Odisha: An official handover ceremony between the outgoing acting settlement officer and the new settlement officer of the Phuntsokling Tibetan settlement office was held on 15 February.
The outgoing acting settlement officer, Samten Choephel handed over the charge of responsibilities to the new settlement officer Khenpo Pema Tenphel, former chair of the Local Tibetan Assembly in the presence of official witness Dorjee Tsering, settlement officer of Samyeling Tibetan settlement in Delhi.
The brief handing-over ceremony was held in attendance of the Chairman of the Local Tibetan Assembly, representatives from governmental and non-governmental organisations, and staff of the settlement office
-Reported by TSO, Odisha