Seminar on Tibet at Indian Institute of Mass Communication

Tuesday, 9 October 2007, 4:30 p.m.

Mr Tempa Tsering, Kalon for Department of Information and International Relations addressing the gathering at a seminar on Tibet in New Delhi

Dharamshala: India Tibet Coordination Office in coordination with Prof. Shivaji Sarkar, Head of English Department IIMC organized a half-day seminar on Tibet at Indian Institute of Mass Communication, New Delhi.

The seminar was attended by all the four department heads and 50 students from the institute.

Mr Tempa Tsering, Kalon for Department of Information and International Relations gave brief overview on the Sino-Tibet relations from historical times to date.

He also highlighted the issues concerning the environmental destructions, population influx, and militarisation of Tibet under the banner of developments and also pointed out the gradual changes happening within China of post Tiananmen Square Massacre.

Mr Penpa Tsering, Member of Tibetan Parliament in exile and also the director of Tibetan Parliamentary and Policy Research Centre, New Delhi made presentation on the “Democracy in Exile” and also explained thoroughly the gradual process of democratization in the Tibetan Parliamentary system.

After the speeches the students raises many questions varying from Sino-Tibet politics to Indian security concern in regard to Tibet as a buffer state between the two Asian giants pre-1959. To which both the speakers gave detail explanations to the behest of the enthusiastic students participating in the seminar.

–Report send by India Tibet Coordination Office, New Delhi