(R-L) Representative Lobsang Shastri (new), Secretary Karma Choeying, and interim Representative Dhondup Gyalpo. Photo – Bureau of His Holiness the Dalai Lama, Delhi

Delhi: Following the appointment notice issued by the 16th Kashag dated 22 September 2022, former Tibetan Parliamentarian Lobsang Shastri assumed the charge of Representative of the Bureau of His Holiness the Dalai Lama in Delhi on 17 January 2023.

The handing-over ceremony was held on 18 January between the interim Representative, Dhondup Gyalpo and the new Representative, Lobsang Shastri, in the presence of Secretary Karma Choeying of the Department of Information and International Relations (DIIR) as the official witness. 

Sikyong Penpa Tsering, who was in Delhi, congratulated Representative Lobsang Shastri in person on the previous day.

Click here to read brief biography of Representative Lobsang Shastri. 

Sikyong Penpa Tsering congratulating newly appointed Representative Lobsang Shastri. Photo – Bureau of His Holiness the Dalai Lama, Delhi

During the handing and taking-over charge. Photo – Bureau of His Holiness the Dalai Lama, Delhi

Group photo of the Bureau of His Holiness the Dalai Lama’s staff with Secretary Karma Choeying, new Representative Lobsang Shastri, and interim Representative Dhondup Gyalpo. Photo – Bureau of His Holiness the Dalai Lama, Delhi