Every Saturday as a part of its shoutout campaign, DIIR’s Social Media Desk will be profiling a civil servant of Central Tibetan Administration. This week we are pleased to profile Dorjee Tsering.
Could you briefly tell us about yourself?
I was born in Gangtok in Sikkim. A year after my birth, we were relocated to Dhondenling Tibetan Settlement in Kollegal, Karnataka. I started working under Central Tibetan Administration as a secretary cum accountant of Delekling Tibetan Settlement, in Solu Khumbu (Shar Khumbu) in December 1997. It is one of the remote Settlements in Nepal. Almost after four and half years rendering service in Delekling Tibetan Settlement, I was transferred to Department of Information & International Relations (DIIR) in March 2002.
Please explain your job description and how best does your work represent you or vice versa?
A year after I joined DIIR, I was commissioned in the printing press unit (Narthang Press) run by the department itself, and since then I am serving at Narthang Press. In the year 2016, I was awarded distinguished civil servant award. In the printing press, we print periodicals, newsletter, and stationaries for Central Tibetan Administration.
How best do you think you could make a difference to CTA?
I think when you work in any establishment; it is teamwork that makes difference, no individual on its own can make a big impact rather working together works.
What inspired you to serve the Central Tibetan Administration?
Selfless service and dedication of His Holiness the Dalai Lama who single-handedly carried forward the torch of Tibetan struggle for many decades. Upon seeing His Holiness until today working for the Tibetan cause inspires me! And also the foregone generations despite difficulties in the early period in exile managed to keep the rich cultural heritage and knowledge alive and intact in foreign soil.
What does it mean for you to be a CTA civil servant?
I guess the service I have rendered to CTA is minimal but I feel fortunate to be able to serve Central Tibetan Administration for the last twenty-one years. Unlike civil servants of other free nations, we may lack lavish entitlements but the joy one gains from contributing towards the cause of Tibet is much more than anything else.
What is your piece of advice for young Tibetans serving or wishing to serve at CTA?
Youngster whomsoever wishes to serve CTA must come in with single agenda to serve the best in his or her capacities because we work for the cause of a nation and its people.We must always remember the aspirations of Tibetans inside Tibet who despite all adversaries keeps the flame of struggle burning in all forms.