Photo: New executive members of Tibetan Associations with Representative Penpa Tsering la. On the far left is Tsundue Samphel, Tsering Dhondup in the middle and Karma Tenzin on the far right.
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The University of Rochester’s Tibetan Innovation Challenge
The University of Rochester invites students to submit to the 2017 Tibetan Innovation Challenge, an intercollegiate business plan contest to improve the lives of Tibetans living in refugee camps through self-sustaining business ideas. Students will compete for a $5K first-place prize and the chance for their idea to be put …
Read More »146th Tibetan Self-Immolated in Tibet on March 18, 2017 in Protest Against Chinese Government
Dharamshala: A 24-year old Tibetan man named Pema Gyaltsen (also known as Pegyal) self-immolated at around 4pm local time, on March 18, 2017, near Tsoga monastery in Nyagrong, Kham, eastern Tibet. Sources have said “he called for the return of His Holiness the Dalai Lama to Tibet and for freedom in …
Read More »Honorable Mélanie Joly, minister of Canadian Heritage issues statement to greet Tibetans on Losar (Tibetan New Year).
Statement by Minister Joly on Losar From Canadian Heritage OTTAWA, February 27, 2017 Canada was built by people of every faith, representing many cultures and a multitude of languages. We are a country of diverse people, with roots in every corner of the world, living peacefully together. Over the years, …
Read More »THE DALAI LAMA TRUST GRADUATE SCHOLARSHIP 2017-18.
THE DALAI LAMA TRUST GRADUATE SCHOLARSHIP 2017-18. The Dalai Lama Trust has announced its seventh round of annual graduate scholarship grants for the academic year 2017-18. Ten to fifteen exceptional candidates of Tibetan descent will be selected to receive scholarship awards of up to US$10,000. The deadline for submission of …
Read More »Office of Tibet bade farewell to its out going staff Tenzin Ignyen la.
Office of Tibet, Washington DC has given warm send off to Mr. Tenzin Igyen la, Special Assistant to the Representative. He has served in this office for the last two years up to February 24, 2017 and now transferred to Department of Home, Central Tibetan Administration in Dharamsala, India. We …
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