Dharamshala: The Terminology Section of the Department of Education, Central Tibetan Administration, organised the 38th Tibetan Terminology Standardising Board meeting from 2 to 7 December 2024 at the department’s conference hall.
Additional Secretay Kunga Gyaltsen, the president of the Board from the Department of Religion and Culture (CTA), presided over this meeting. The board members, including Dr Lhakpa Tsering, Dr Kelsang Wangdue, Geshe Ngawang Namdol, Menrampa Sonam Dolkar Oshoe, former TCV English teacher Tenzin Dargye, former director of the Library of Tibetan Works and Archives’ science department Karma Thubten, and Urgyen Tenzin, the Head of the Terminology Section at the Department of Education, along with the section staff attended this meeting.
During this six-day meeting of the Tibetan Terminology Standardising Board, a total of 500 terms were finalised from this list of 750 proposed terms. To date, a total of 20,591 terms have been standardised. The Term Book Series, up to volume 17, has been published, and a dedicated website for searching terms along with application software has been developed.
The funding for this standardisation meeting and project was provided by the Danish International Development Agency (DANIDA).
