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 1954 in a Village called Tidhey in Purang District of South Western Tibet who came to India with his late Parents and other members of the family as Political Refugee in 1959 due to invasion of Tibet by the Communist China. He had under gone various trainings after completing his school educations at Kalakshetra, Madras city including special training in Accountancy and Secretarial ship, community developments, Management of Projects and management of Co-operative Societies etc.

He had served the Tibetan Communities and the Central Tibetan Administration since 1973 on various assignment which includes Chief Accountant at Tibetan Co-operative Society Mundgod and Chief Accountant at Tibetan Dickey Larsoe Co-operative Society Bykuppe in South India, The Tibetan Welfare Officer cum Project Officer at Kullu Manali in Himachal Pradesh, The Project Officer at the Department of Health, Dharamsala looking after the management of Tibetan Hospitals and health clinics in Tibetan Settlement in South and Central India, The Secretary of Tibetan Dickey Larsoe Co-operative Society- Bylakuppe, The Tibetan Welfare Officer cum Manager of Phuntsok Ling Tibetan Handicraft Centre, Dalhousie, Himachal Pradesh, The Representative at Dhondenling Tibetan Settlement, Kollegal, South India, Posted at the Department of Home as the Internal Audit and Inspection, Dharmasala, till recent posting as the Executive Secretary / Office Manager of the Tibet Information Office at Canberra Australia.