
The leaderships and staff of the Central Tibetan Administration during the prayer ceremony to mourn the untimely demise of Secretary Chime Tseyang.
Dharamshala: The leaderships and staff of the Central Tibetan Administration (CTA) held a prayer service this afternoon to mourn the untimely demise of Secretary Chime Tseyang of the Department of Religion and Culture, who passed away earlier this morning at the hospital in Delhi at 6 am.
During the prayer ceremony, Cabinet Secretary Tsegyal Chukya Dranyi read a brief biography of the late Secretary and officiating Sikyong Tharlam Dolma Changra, the Kalon of Department of Education, conveyed her sadness at the painful news and asked everyone to offer prayers for the departed Secretary.
Brief bio of Secretary Chime Tseyang: Secretary Chime Tseyang was born to Pema Losel and Jodon in Chauntra Tibetan Settlement, Himachal Pradesh, on 1 August 1972 and did her primary and elementary schooling from CST Chauntra and CST Paonta, respectively. She completed her secondary and higher secondary education at CST Mussoorie and later pursued her Bachelor of Arts from GCG Government College for Girls in Chandigarh.
Following graduation, she worked at Dolma Ling Nunnery and Institute for over two and a half years before joining the Central Tibetan Administration in 2000 as Under Secretary at the Department of Education. She was promoted to Deputy Secretary on 19 November 2004 and to Joint Secretary on 13 October 2010 at the Education Department where she served almost 16 years in total. On 1 September 2016, Secretary Chime Tseyang was promoted to the post of Additional Secretary and was transferred to Department of Information and International Relations, where she was subsequently promoted to Secretary post on 17 August 2020. On 1 September 2021, she was appointed as the Secretary of the Department of Religion and Culture. The departed Secretary was survived by her husband, Tenzin Lungtok, the Justice Commissioner of the Tibetan Supreme Justice Commission, and their daughter.