TENZIN PHUNTSOK ATISHA
Representative of His Holiness the Dalai Lama
Mr. Tenzin Phuntsok Atisha was born in a small village called Tsakor in Western Tibet and escaped with his family at age of six. He was educated and graduated in India and the United States and was awarded a Fullbright Scholarship in 1997. He did his Master of Philosophy (M.Phil) in Political Science.
Atisha first joined the Tibetan Government-in-exile in 1982 and has held a variety of positions in the years since. He was a member of the Fifth Tibetan Fact Finding Delegation which visited north-eastern Tibet in 1985. For many years he was responsible for the Environment Desk in the Department of Information and International Relations. During this time Atisha spent three months as a Consultant to the World Wildlife Fund (USA) on Tibet’s Environment, was a member of the Tibetan Delegation to United Nation’s Earth Summit in Brazil, the Social Summit in Denmark and the City Summit in Istanbul, Turkey.
In 1999-203 Atisha was posted as the Representative of His Holiness the Dalai Lama to Taiwan. Since February 2003 he is Representative of His Holiness the Dalai Lama in Australia.
NGODUP GYALTSEN
Executive Secretary
Mr. Ngodup Gyaltsen Udak was born in the small village of Tidhey in the Purang District of South Western Tibet and escaped to India with his late parents and other family members as Political Refugee in 1959.
Ngodup under took special training after completing his education at Kalakshetra, Madras which included Accountancy, Community Developments, Projects Management and the Management of Co-operative Societies.
He had served Tibetan Communities and the Central Tibetan Administration since 1973 in various assignment which include: Chief Accountant at Tibetan Co-operative Society Mundgod and Chief Accountant at Tibetan Dickey Larsoe Co-operative Society Bykuppe in South India; Tibetan Welfare and Project Officer, Kullu Manali, Himachal Pradesh; Project Officer, Department of Health, Dharamsala looking after the management of Tibetan Hospitals and health clinics in Tibetan Settlement in South and Central India; Secretary of Tibetan Dickey Larsoe Co-operative Society – Bylakuppe; Tibetan Welfare Officer and Manager of Phuntsok Ling Tibetan Handicraft Centre, Dalhousie, Himachal Pradesh; Representative at Dhondenling Tibetan Settlement, Kollegal, South India;
Ngodup was at the Department of Home, Dharmasala as the Internal Audit / Inspector until his recent posting as Executive Secretary / Office Manager for the Tibet Information Office, Canberra Australia.
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