Department of Information and International Relations

Lo-sar1 means New Year in Tibetan. It is the first day of the first month of the Tibetan lunar calendar. This year's Tibetan Losar, Iron-mouse year, falls on 24 February. Losar celebration is one the most festive periods of the year observed with a lot of religious, cultural and merrymaking events for a week or two. More

Dharamsala: Tibet TV of the Department of Information and International Relations (DIIR), Central Tibetan Administration announces a Take-Off film grant to encourage budding Tibetan filmmakers in the exile community to make short feature or documentary films for Tibet TV. More

-Report filed in Tibetan by CRO, South Zone, Bengaluru- Bengaluru: Secretary Sonam Norbu Dagpo of Department of Information and International Relations gave a talk on Umaylam (Middle Way Approach) at Tibetan Youth Hostel in Bengaluru on 3 March 2019. He delved into nature, evolution, and achievements of the Middle Way Approach. More

New Delhi: The Department of Information and International Relations (DIIR), CTA, organized two-day workshop on Middle Way Approach for Tibetan College Students. It was carried out from 23 - 24 January at Tibetan Youth Hostel, New Delhi. The Workshop was aimed to enhance awareness on Umaylam among Tibetan College Students through interactive discussions and activities. More

Dharamshala: Chief Guest Kalon Dr Pema Yangchen, Department of Education, Central Tibetan Administration inaugurated the first conference of Young Indian Scholars on Tibetan Studies being held at the College for Higher Tibetan Studies (CHTS), Dharamshala from 22-24 January. More

"As we all know CTA is firmly committed to resolving the issue of Tibet through the Middle Way Approach, with my acquired Chinese language skills, I am confident I can be a good value addition to meeting CTA's mission and goals," Sonam Dorjee   Social Media Executive (SME): Could you briefly tell us about yourself? Sonam Dorjee (SD): My name is Sonam Dorjee. More

Bylakuppe: The Capacity Building Director of the Department of Information and International Relations, Tenzin Donzey spoke at the All India Tibetan Student Association Meet (AITSAM) 2018 on 29 September at Lugsam Tibetan Settlement, Bylakuppe. More than a hundred Tibetan college students from 37 colleges across India participated in the Meet. More

Darmstadt, Germany: Three Nobel peace laureates; His Holiness the Dalai Lama, Lech Welesa, former President of Poland and leader of Solidarnosch movement that overthrew communism and Rebecca Johnson, founding president of International Campaign for abolition of nuclear weapons (ICAN), recipient of 2017 Nobel peace prize, extolled non-violence as the ‘only method’ to resolve conflicts and to mo More

Dharamsala: With a view to optimise content creation and information dissemination on CTA’s developmental programs, the Department of Information and International Relations trained a group of CTA’s departmental spokesperson and media coordinators from 1 - 3 September at Gangchen Kyishong. More

DHARAMSHALA: In an initiative to make Tibet related news and information accessible on smartphones, President of Central Tibetan Administration, Dr Lobsang Sangay today launched CTA's trilingual News App, Tibet.Net. “As per our Five-Fifty vision, we just launched a news App where you can access tibet. More

GENEVA: A week-long Tibet advocacy at the United Nations undertaken by DIIR and Tibet Bureau, Geneva, to highlight the deteriorating human rights situation in Tibet concluded successfully, today. More

Lhakar is a Tibetan word meaning White Wednesday. It is a day celebrated as His Holiness the Dalai Lama’s Soul-Day. It started as a peaceful non-cooperation and civil disobedience movement in Tibet in the aftermath of 2008 uprising. More

Taipei, Taiwan: The seventh annual International Conference on Tibet organized by the Taiwan Office of Tibet in collaboration with the Taiwan Tibetan Welfare Association was held at National Memorial Museum. The conference expressed support for the Middle Way Approach of the Central Tibetan Administration. More

Dharamshala: Department of Information and International Relations of the Central Tibetan Administration is releasing a short documentary on DIIR personnel who attended two days intensive workshop on Social Media Journalism last week in New Delhi. Watch the documentary here. More