Dharamshala: The 39th meeting of the Tibetan Terminology Standardising Board was held over six days from 17 to 22 March 2025, at the Department of Education’s Conference Hall. The session was organised by the Terminology Section of the Department of Education, Central Tibetan Administration.
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.
The meeting successfully finalised 500 terms out of a total of 700 terms presented across various fields including science, education, law, politics, economics, mathematics, environment, and machinery. Thus far, 21,091 terms have been finalised, and 17 terminology books have been published (17 glossaries of standardised terms). All the standardised terms can be access on www.tibterminology.net and through the TibTerm application software. This project is supported and funded by DANIDA (Danish International Development Agency).
