Challenges and Opportunities for the Tibetan Administration in Exile: Reflections on a Shifting Political Landscape

Challenges and Opportunities for the Tibetan Administration in Exile: Reflections on a Shifting Political Landscape

Lobsang Nyandak, Official Representative of His Holiness the Dalai Lama to the Americas, Office of Tibet New York

Mr. Nyandak served as a Cabinet member of the Central Tibetan Administration in Dharamsala from 2001-2006. As a Cabinet member, he headed the Department of Information and International Relations, the Department of Finance and the Department of Health. He also served as a member of the Tibetan Parliament and as the first executive director of the Tibetan Centre for Human Rights and Democracy, one of the premier institutions that track and promote human rights and democracy for Tibetans.