Our History

This section of the website lists names of former AOTC students. There have been three 'batches' of students who completed the course. There were thirteen students in the first batch; twenty-three students in the second and seventeen students in the third batch. We have tried to find out what they are all doing now and this information is also shown.

Former AOTC Students

First Batch - 1997

Name Current Status
Tenzin Dhe Dhetan Working at the Tibetan Library and Archives, Dharamsala
Wangdue Working in the Archive Section at Norbulingka
Jampa Gyaltso Living in the USA
Yangchen Dolkar Married and living in Switzerland
Pasang Tsering Living in Canada
Yonten Gyaltso Living in Switzerland
Lhalung Dhondup Living in the USA
Youngdung Tsering Living in France
Tendin Bhum Teaching in Nepal
Tashi Dhondup Teaching at Dolmaling Nunnery, Dharamsala
Dorjee Rinchen Living in Darjeeling, editor of a Tibetan newspaper
Dhondup Living outside India
Tsering Dawa Living in Nepal

 

Second Batch - 2000


Name Current Status
Kunchok Kyap Returned to Tibet
Samten Gyatso Living in the UK
Lobsang Tashi Working in the Private Office of His Holiness the Dalai Lama
Ngachung Working in the Archive Section at Norbulingka
Jamyang Tenzin Editor of 'Bhangchen' magazine in Nepal
Dorjee Rinchen Teacher in Amdo Province, Tibet
Sonam Dolma Returned to Tibet
Ngawang Lhundup Working in the Archive Section at Norbulingka
Sonam Gyatso Working for 'Bhangchen' magazine
Sonam Dorjee Teacher at a middle-school in Amdo Province, Tibet
Kunga Dorjee Working in office called Tibetan History Collection Office
Norbu Tsering Living in France under a refugee programme
Tenpa Reporter for a Norwegian journal
Tsering Choegyal Living in Canada
Dharkpa Gyatso Returned to Tibet
Sherab Gyatso Personal Assistant to Kelsang Yeshi
Lobsang Tenzin Co-ordinator for the Thangka Section at Norbulingka
Kalsang Tsultrim Librarian at Norbulingka
Tsering Dolma Living in the USA
Tenpa Gyatso Working in the Research Section at Norbulingka
Mungundolgio Returned to Russia
Lhalung Gyal Working in the Research Section at Norbulingka, also teaching history at AOTC
Woshuk Tso Teaching at the Tibetan Transit School, Dharamsala

 

Third Batch - 2003

Name Current Status
Gedun Studying Tibetan medicine in Lhasa, Tibet
Kunchok Pemo Tour Guide at Norbulingka
Lobsang Tenpa Teacher in India
Meawo Working at Norbulingka, developing curriculum for Tibetan traditional arts
Dhargey Journalist for 'Bhangchen' magazine in Dharamsala
Namtso Attendance Administrator at Norbulingka
Ragya Samten Studying Tibetan medicine in Lhasa, Tibet
Dhondup Palden At Sakya College, Dehra Dun
Choephel Gyatso Tour Guide at Norbulingka
Thupten Tsondu Teaching at the Tibetan Transit School, Dharamsala
Baigalmaa Returned to Mongolia
Jampal Lekdup Assistant to the Finance Director at Norbulingka
Nyima Samdup Living in Australia under a political prisoner refugee programme
Lutsokyi Studying in Dharamsala
Jinpa Lektsok Working in the Research Section at Norbulingka
Dechok Kyi Living in Europe
Nyima Tso Personal Assistant to the Managing Director at Norbulingka

 

Former Volunteer Teachers

 
Name
Michael Buckley August 1998
Tse-ping Lee August 1998
Lesley Thomson October 1998
Stofra O'Donovan February 1999
Hsin-hui Pan March 1999
Derek Henson April 1999
Julia Weston January 2000
Shankar Desai August 2002
Corey Jackson March 2003
Natasha Covernton September 2003
Paul Tillberg September 2003
Charles Robinson October 2003
Sabrina Allinson December 2003
Catherine Rabgay-Anderson February 2004
Christian November 2004

 


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