Dharamshala: The Terminology Section of the Department of Education, Central Tibetan Administration, organised the 40th Tibetan Terminology Standardising Board meeting from 14 to 19 July 2025 at the department’s conference hall.
The meeting commenced with offering of condolence prayers for the demise of Acharya Karma Monlam, who have played a pivotal role in the establishment of the department’s Terminology Section, to pay heartfelt tribute for his dedicated contributions.
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, Menrampa Sonam Dolkar Oshoe, former TCV English teacher Tenzin Dargye, the secretary and member of the Committee Urgyen Tenzin, and the Terminology section staff attended this meeting.
Over the course of this meeting, a total of 570 terms were finalised from the list of 700 proposed terms for applications in Science, Education, Law, Politics, Economics, Arithmetics, Environment, and Technology. To date, a total of 21,661 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).
