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DHARAMSHALA: Sikyong Dr. Lobsang Sangay, the democratically elected political leader of the Tibetan people, will be bestowed the prestigious Presidential Medal by Salisbury University on 13 October.
The Presidential Medal is the highest honor that the University bestows on an individual for community leadership and forward thinking.
The decision to bestow the medal on Sikyong Dr. Lobsang Sangay was announced after the University System of Maryland Board of Regents met and recommended Sikyong for the award.
Dr. Janet Dudley-Eshbach, President of Salisbury University, will present the medal to Sikyong on 13 October prior to his scheduled speech on ‘Democracy and the Third Way’.
Sikyong will be at the Salisbury University in October to speak at the invitation of the University’s Bosserman Centre for Conflict Resolution. The speech is part of a lecture series ‘One Person Can Make a Difference’ organised by the Centre.
Past speakers at the lecture series include several former Heads of State and many Nobel Peace Prize Laureates.
Sikyong Dr. Lobsang Sangay was also awarded the Gold Medal of the College Historical Society of Trinity College, Dublin, for Outstanding Contribution to Public Discourse in 2012.
Earlier in September this year, Sikyong was appointed as a member of the governing council of the Bharatiya Chaatra Sansad, along with other notable individuals and educationists. Bharatiya Chaatra Sansad or the Indian Student Parliament is one of the largest student organisations in the world with annual participation of over 10,000 students.
