Conference Sessions
| DAY 1 – Friday, 15 September 2017 | |
| Inaugural Ceremony – 9:00 AM – 11: 00 AM | |
| MC | Mr. Karma Sithar, HoD Department Art. |
| Venue | Academic Auditorium |
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Plenary Session – I ( 11:30 AM – 12:00 PM) | |
| Plenary Speaker | Mr. Thubten Samphel, Director, Tibetan Policy Institute, Central Tibetan Administration – Dharamshala |
| Moderators: | Mr. Tenzing Sangpo, Vice Principal-DLIHE Geshe Dorjee Gyurme, HoD, Research Section-DLIHE |
| Venue: | Academic Auditorium |
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| 12:10 PM – 12:30PM: | Ms. Dawa Dolma, Researcher and Master in Political Science from Central European University, Budapest – Hungary |
| Topic: | Survival and Revival of Tibetan Ethnic Identity in Exile |
| Moderators: | Mr. TenzinG Sangpo & Geshe Dorjee Gyurme |
| 12:40 PM – 01:00 PM: | Geshe. Lobsang Ngodup, Lecturer in Tibetan Language |
| Topic: | བོད་ཀྱི་སྐད་ཡིག་གླེང་བ། |
| Moderators: | Geshe Dorjee Gyurme & Mr. Tenzin Sangpo |
| 01:00 PM – 02:00 PM Lunch Break | |
| Plenary Session – II ( 02:00 PM – 02:30 PM) | |
| Plenary Speaker: | Mr. Tashi Tsering, Tibetan Historian and Director, Amnye Machen Institute – Dharamsala |
| Moderators: | Acharya Tabsang, Lecturer of Tibetan History – DLIHE Mr. Tenzin Rigsang, Lecturer of Political Science – DLIHE |
| Venue: | Academic Auditorium |
| 02:30 PM – 03:00 PM Networking Break | |
| Presentations | |
| 03:00 PM – 03:20 PM: | Mr. PinakieKansabanik, Author – New Delhi |
| Topic | Migration and the Tibetan Cause |
| Moderators | Geshe Tenzin Celon & Ms. Tsephel Chonzom |
| 03:20 PM – 03:40 PM: | Mr. Adruk Kunchok, Lecturer in Tibetan Poetry – DLIHE |
| Topic: | བོད་ཀྱི་སྐད་ཡིག་གི་གོ་བབ་ངོས་འཛིན་དང་འབྲེལ་བའི་དཔྱད་གླེང་། |
| Moderators: | Geshe Tenzin Celon & Ms. Tsephel Chonzom |
| 03:40 PM – 04:00 PM | Mr. TsheringThondup,Director with 3C Focus Risk Consulting – New Delhi |
| Topic | Social Security Network for Tibetans in India |
| Moderators | Geshe Tenzin Celon & Ms. Tsephel Chonzom |
| DAY 2 – Saturday, 16 September 2017 | |
| Plenary Session – III ( 09:00 AM – 09:30 PM) | |
| Plenary Speaker: | Dr. Dorjee Rabten Nesher, MD, Chief Medical Officer, Men-TseKhang – Bangalore Division |
| Moderators: | Acharya Chogyal Tashi, HoD, Tibetan Department – DLIHE Ms. Tenzin Lamsang, Lecturer of English – DLIHE |
| Venue: | Academic Auditorium |
| 09:30 AM – 10:00 AM Networking Break | |
| Presentations | |
| 10:00 AM – 10:20 AM: | Suresh Subba,Researcher – University of North Bengal |
| Topic | Tibetans in Darjeeling: A Profile |
| Moderators: | Mr. Tapsang & Ms Tenzin Lamsang |
| 10:00 AM – 10:20 AM: | Dickey Choden, PhD candidate – Tamil Nadu University |
| Topic: | Problems of Young Tibetan Students Migrant in Bangalore |
| Moderators: | Geshe Kalsang A & Mr. Dawa Tsering |
| 10:20 AM – 10:40 AM: | Mr. Tenzin Jinpa,Lecturer in Computer Science – DLIHE |
| Topic | Digitization of Tibetan Language: Font Conversion |
| Moderators | Mr. Tapsang & Ms Tenzin Lamsang |
| 10:20 AM – 10:40 AM: | Ms. RuhamaThejus’Lecturer in Geography -DLIHE |
| Topic | Social Capital among Tibetans in Exile; Nurturing a Tibetan Identity in India |
| Moderators | Geshe Kalsang A & Mr Dawa Tsering |
| 10:40 AM – 11:00 AM: | Phupu Wangdui, Researcher – University of North Bengal |
| Topic | ibetan Muslims in the Eastern Himalayas: A Focus on Their Culture, Politics, and Identity Issues |
| Moderators | Mr. Tapsang & Ms Tenzin Lamsang |
| 10:40 AM – 11:00 AM: | Dr. Swapna Mitra, Assistant Professor-W.B. Govt. College |
| Topic: | Struggle for Tibetan Identity |
| Moderators: | Geshe Kalsang A & Mr Dawa Tsering |
| 11:00 AM – 11:20 AM Networking Break | |
| 11:20 AM – 11:40 AM: | GesheNimaWangchuk,Lecturer in Buddhist Philosophy, – DLIHE |
| Topic: | ཕྲ་རྡུལ་དང་གསལ་རིག་གི་ཉེར་ལེན་ལས་གཟུགས་སེམས་གཉིས་ཀྱི་བྱུང་ ཚུལ་གླེང་བ། |
| Moderators | Mr. Tsewang Paljor & Mr Andruk Kunchok |
| 11:40 PM – 12:00 PM: | Acharya Pema Tsewang, Lecturer in Tibetan – DLIHE |
| Topic | Tibetan Death Rites |
| Moderators | Mr. Choegyal Tashi & Ms Tenzin Choedon |
| 12:00 PM – 12:20 PM: | Arnav Keyur Anjaria, PhD Scholar, Centre for Human rights – University of Hyderabad |
| Topic | ‘TechnoReal’ Diasporas and ‘TechnoReal’ Coercions |
| Moderators: | Mr. Tsewang Paljor & Mr Andruk Kunchok |
| 12:00 PM – 12:20 PM: | Dr M N Rajesh, Assistant Professor, Department of History – University of Hyderabad |
| Topic | Diasporas as cultural ambassadors in a globalized India: Problems, Paradoxes and the silver lining of the future |
| Moderators | Mr. Choegyal Tashi & Ms Tenzin Choedon |
| 01:00 PM – 02:00 PM Lunch Break | |
| Plenary Session – IV ( 02:00 AM – 02:30 PM) | |
| Plenary Speaker: | Mr. Claude Arpi, Tibetalogist and Author, Auroville – Pondicherry |
| Moderators | Mr. Karma Sither, HoD, B.A. Department – DLIHE Mr. Passang Tsering, Lecturer, Tibetan Department -DLIHE |
| Venue | Academic Auditorium |
| 02:30 PM – 03:00 Networking Break | |
| Panel Discussion ( 03:00 PM ) | |
| Topic: | Role of Education in Tibetan Identity Construction in Diaspora |
| Panel Speakers: | Mr. Tashi Tsering Dr. Dorjee RabtenNesher Mr. Claude Arpi Mr. Tenzing Sangpo Ms. Anasuya Syam |
| Moderators | Dr. B. Tsering |
| DAY 3- Sunday, 17 September 2017 | |
| Plenary Session – V ( 09:00 AM – 09:30 PM) | |
| Plenary Speaker: | Prof. Yeshi Choedon, School of International Studies, Jawaharlal Nehru University – New Delhi |
| Moderators: | Mr.Dawa Tsering, HoD, B.Com Department – DLIHE Mr. ChogyalTashi, HoD, Tibetan Department – DLIHE |
| Venue: | Academic Auditorium |
| 09:30 AM – 10:00 AM Networking Break | |
| Presentations | |
| 10:00 AM – 10:20 AM: | AnasuyaSyam, Lawyer – Bangalore |
| Topic: | Refugees or Citizens – Identity in a Time of Legal Impermanence |
| Moderators: | Mr. Chogyal Tashi & Ms Lobsang Kyizom |
| 10:20 AM – 10:40 AM: | Ms. Tenzin Sangmo, Lecturer of Economics- DLIHE |
| Topic: | A Study on Green Book and its effect on the livelihood of Tibetan refugees |
| Moderators: | Mr. Chogyal Tashi & Ms. Lobsang Kyizom |
| 10:40 AM – 11:00 AM: | Ranita Pal, PhD Candidate – Tamil Nadu University |
| Topic: | Continuity and Change of Tibetan Lifestyle in Exile: A comparative Study of Tibetan Settlement in Bylakuppe and Dharamsala |
| Moderators: | Mr. Chogyal Tashi & Lobsang Kyizom |
| 11:00 AM – 11:20 AM: | Mr. LoyakTashi, Student, Tibetan Department -DLIHE |
| Topic: | བོད་གསོན་དགོས་ན་བོད་ཡིག་སྲུང་སྐྱོབ་བྱོས། |
| Moderators: | Mr. Chogyal Tashi & Lobsang Kyizom |