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ENVISIONAnnual Report2018-19
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About Us
Empowering the Vision Project (ENVISION) was set up in December 2007 as a Trust to strengthen the Tibetan community through youth empowerment. It is our vision to see truly self-reliant and dynamic Tibetans who are able to hold their own in the global world.
Patron: His Holiness the 14th Dalai LamaVision: To see a self-reliant and dynamic Tibetan communityMission: To promote and support youth empowerment
Tibet Relief Fund, UK is the core funder of ENVISION.
Our Goals
- To develop young leaders through mentorship and life skills training
- To provide employment to young people through guidance, fellowship and direct assistance
- To strengthen relations amongst young Tibetans and with other communities through networking
- To create young entrepreneurs through seed funding and supporting in market linkages
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Board Of Trustees
ENVISION Staff Members
Arun Kapur (Chair) Dolma Gyari Tempa Tsering Dorjee W. Dewatshang
Philippa Carrick(Advisory Trustee)
Youdon AukatsangSonam TopgyalLynda Ongel Lepcha
Youdon Aukatsang(Director)
Apa Lhamo(Assistant Director)
Tenzin Topchen(Programme Coordinator)
Kelsang Choedon(Programme Coordinator)
Tenzin Nyima(Financial Administrator)
Tenzing Migmar(Programme Assistant)
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Tashi Delek!
A warm welcome to the third edition of our Annual
Report. ENVISION is committed to paving paths for
young Tibetans to become self reliant, dynamic and
contributing members of the community. Our three
Programmes: Tibetan Career Services, Building Bridges
and Global Tibetan Professionals Network (GTPN)
have been instrumental in enabling us to work towards
achieving our commitment.
Being a small organisation, we have the flexibility to learn
quickly from mistakes, adapt and adopt new initiatives.
During this year, we were able to launch a few small
initiatives. Career Help Desk was set up at Samyeling
Tibetan Settlement, Majnu ka Tilla targeting unemployed
youth around the Settlement and is operational every
Wednesdays. We have also been able to set aside a
small fund to support aspirations and commitments of
Emerging Tibetan Generation. Two Tibetan University
students were supported this year through this initiative
- to publish a book and organise a festival. Another
initiative this year is Celebrating Tibetan Professionals
with the objective of creating platforms for Tibetan
professionals to share their work experience and
learnings with others.
Tibetan Homes School based in Rajpur, Dehradun joined
us as a new School partner under our School Exchange
Programmes. We found an Indian counterpart school for
THS Rajpur in Olympus High School, Dehradun. We also
found another Indian counterpart for TCV Selaqui School
in Cambrian Hall.
Northeast Career Exploration Workshop is another new
initiative of the year. Based on many interactions and
feedback from Tibetans from the North east region in
India, we felt a need to reach out to Tibetan schools in the
region. ENVISION team organised workshops for Class X,
XI and XII students in Sambhota Tibetan School, Sonada,
Central Tibetan School Darjeeling and Kalimpong
covering 117 students.
ENVISION’s external outreach events expanded to
include Tibetan Muslim School students from Kashmir
and University students from Taiwan.
ENVISION has always steered clear of traditional
methodologies of imparting trainings and workshops to
youth relying on interactive and creative approaches.
Through over 15 outreach events including
collaborations, our team was able to reach 697 young
Tibetans of which over 400 were school students.
Our work to serve Tibetan youth has been possible
only with generous support from our core funder,
Tibet Relief Fund (TRF). As TRF celebrates its 60th
anniversary this year, we would like to express our
indebtedness to TRF for its steadfast support and
commitment to Empowering the Vision Project in
particular and Tibetans in general.
We are also grateful for the cooperation and support
received from our Trustees, partnering schools,
organisations, Tibetan professionals and various
individuals. We would like to thank them all for their
generosity and commitment to our work with Tibetan
Youth.
With Best Wishes,
Youdon Aukatsang
Director
From The Director
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Table of Contents EXECUTIVE SUMMARY
I. TIBETAN CAREER SERVICES a. ENVISION Fellowship Programme 2018
b. Leadership Workshop 2018
c. Mission Admission Workshop
d. CareerHelpDeskatSamyelingTibetanSettlement
e. NorthEastCareerExplorationWorkshop
f. EmergingTibetanGeneration
II. BUILDING BRIDGES a. School Exchange Programmes
b. Lets’MakeaDifference2018
c. Other Outreach Events
III. GLOBAL TIBETAN PROFESSIONALS NETWORK a. GTPN Role Model Visits b. GPTN Networking Events c. CelebratingTibetanProfessionals
IV. EXTERNAL EVENTS
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Executive Summary Empowering the Vision Project (ENVISION) was set up in New Delhi in 2007 as a non-governmental and non-profit
organisation dedicated to empowering youth of Tibetan origin between the age group of 15-35. It is our vision to have
self-reliant, dynamic and contributing young Tibetans in the community.
During this year, ENVISION was able to reach 697 Tibetan youth under the aegis of its three broad programme: Tibetan
Career Services(TCS), Building Bridges, and Global Tibetan Professionals Network (GTPN). Of these beneficiaries, 444
were school children, 73 were university students and 54 GTPN members and professionals and 126 unemployed Youth.
ENVISION gives ongoing career guidance and services to Tibetan youth via phone, social media and in person under
its Tibetan Career Services. ENVISION’s online virtual presence continues to be a strong medium in reaching out to
students, schools, unemployed youth, employers and professionals.
ENVISION Fellowship Programme was able to recruit 10 candidates for the first time since the Fellowship programme
was set up in 2014. Candidates who were selected through a two-step screening process were granted Fellowship to
advance their career interests and hone their employability skills.
Mission Admission Workshop 2018 was held on 24-25, June at Tibetan Community Hall, Majnu Ka Tilla, New Delhi
by ENVISION with support from student volunteers - Students General Improvement Group (SGIG), Global Tibetan
Students Union (GTSU) and Student Council, Rohini Tibetan Youth Hostel, New Delhi. The two-day Workshop
started with an orientation session on the Delhi University (DU) admission process followed by a session with Tibetan
Professionals in the afternoon. On the second day, ENVISION invited Ashutosh Bharadwaj, Deputy Dean of DU Foreign
Students for an interactive session. Students were taken on a north campus college tour after which the workshop ended
with a feedback/evaluation session.
Career Help Desk initiated by ENVISION in Tibetan Samyeling Settlement, Majnu ka Tilla operating through the office
of Regional Tibetan Women’s Association (RTWA) every Wednesdays targets unemployed youth in and around the
Settlement. Not only were youth seeking employment helped with career guidance and job preparedness, we were also
able to connect a few who were unable to continue formal education with skills training institutes.
To support university students in pursuing their passion, innovation and commitment, ENVISION started a small
initiative this year under Emerging Tibetan Generation project. Under this banner, we supported publication of a book
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by a university student and organisation of Milestone
2019- A Cultural Festival led by a Tibetan student in
Delhi University.
ENVISION also initiated its first Career Exploration
Workshop for students in the north east region with
Sambhota School Sonada and Central School for
Tibetans, Darjeeling and Central School for Tibetans,
Kalimpong covering 117 students. During the feedback
session, many students expressed that they had never
participated in self-exploration activities before and
that it was the most useful session of the workshop.
Tibetan Homes Rajpur became our new school partner
under Building Bridges School Exchange Programme
during this year. The other school partners are TCV
Selaqui and STSS Poanta, and our Indian school
partners are Guru Nanak Mission in Paonta, Cambrian
Hall and Olympus High School in Dehradun. 169
Tibetan students and 312 Indian students participated
in the school exchange programme this year.
2018 Annual Leadership Workshop for class XII
students of STS Poanta and TCV Selaqui focusing on
inner leadership skills had 126 participants. In addition
to having Tibetan artists lead sessions on assertiveness
and critical thinking, the second day’s sessions on
self-exploration and goal setting were led entirely by
ENVISION team.
ENVISION supports 10 Tibetan students each year to
participate in Let’s Make a Difference Conference (LMAD),
an Annual National Youth Conference organised by
Initiative of Change and held at Asia Plateau, Panchgani,
Maharashtra for young people in the age group of 16-30
years from 1st - 8th June.
An interactive workshop on Self Exploration with Tibetan
Muslim students from Kashmir, facilitation of two Tibetan
law students to participate in the International Summer
School programme in Delhi and an Informal interaction with
a Taiwanese students/Teacher group were some external
outreach events of the year.
GTPN Role Model Visit this year was conducted at STS
Poanta and THF Rajpur where four GTPN members from
diverse field shared their experiences with students of
Classes IX, X, XI and attended to their queries. ENVISION
organised annual GTPN picnic, a Delhi by Bike Tour event
for Tibetan professionals in Delhi and also an interactive
session on leadership with Tashi Gyaltsen, TRF Trustee
under our Celebrating Tibetan Professionals Forum to
celebrate successful Tibetan professionals and provide
a platform for learning and networking amongst Tibetan
professionals in Delhi.
During this financial year, ENVISION invested INR
45,01,517 for the implementation of the aforementioned
programmes and initiatives including administrative costs.
TotalProgramme
Budget
14,52,560 INR
11,02,668 INR
15,07,942 INR
4,38,347 INR
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Tibetan Career Services (TCS)Empowering the Vision Project [ENVISION] offers career related services to all Tibetans in the age group of 15-35.
293 clients approached ENVISION for various career related services. Of these, 10 were given fellowship to pursue
their career interests, 121 were given job placement assistance including interview preparation and resume writing,
117 participated in career exploration workshops, 43 clients were provided guidance on college admission, while
two candidates were given internship and training opportunities including enrolment in Ritinjali’s Second Chance
Programme.
TCS Clients Breakdown
ENVISION Fellowship programme initiated in 2014 awards
financial support to 10 young Tibetans aspiring to enhance
their employability skills and explore career interests
through short-term courses or internships in chosen fields.
10 candidates were recruited for the year 2018 through a
two-step screening process including an interview. Of INR
4 Lakh allocated for ENVISION Fellowship, INR 379,229
were spent for short term courses and INR 20,000 for an
internship for a duration of four months.
•Mr. Sonam Gyatso from Bylakuppe Tibetan settlement,
finished a three-month Spa therapist course at VLCC,
Bengaluru in July and is currently in Bylakuppe pursuing
to be a freelance spa therapist at Urban Clap –an app that
provides services at door steps.
•Mr. Tenzin Palden, from Odisha Tibetan settlement,
is pursuing an eight-month short-term course on
Animation at MAYA PRO, Connaught place, Delhi and
completes in May 2019.
•Ms. Kalsang Butok from Pokhra, Nepal finished her
three- month short term course on digital Marketing
from EXCEL Range Media Group in Delhi in September
2018 and is currently in her final year Master degree at
Prithvi Narayan Campus, Nepal.
•Mr. Tsering Dhondup, from Delhi started a four-
month Internship at Ishan Khosla Studio in September
and completed in December, currently working as a
Freelance Graphic designer based in Delhi.
•Mr. Tsering Dhargyal from Sonamling Tibetan
settlement, Ladakh is pursuing a six month short-
term course on Graphic Design Course at ADMEC
Multimedia Institute which ends in May 2019.
•Tenzin Aruktsang, who came from Tibet at the age
of 13, is pursuing a six month Diploma in Clinical
ENVISION Fellowship 2018
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Assistance
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Optometry in Sankara Nethralaya, Chennai, started in
January and ends in June 2019.
•Tenzin Lhanor, Dharamsala, started a course in Tattoo
Art in February at RIP Tattoo Studio, scheduled to
complete his course in May 2019.
•Tashi Gyatso, Dharamsala, one month course in Music
Mixing and Mastering at Spin Guru Academy based in
Netaji Subhash Place, New Delhi. He completed his course
on 30th January, 2019 and is currently employed at Tibet
Theatre based in Dharamshala.
•Tsewang Choezom, from Ladakh pursued a three-month
short-term course on Special Needs Education at ADAPT,
Mumbai which ended in April 2019. She is scheduled
to join ADAPT as an employee in September 2019.
Meanwhile she is working on her action plan as part of the
course in Ladakh.
•Chemi Kyizom, from Kathmandu, Nepal is pursuing a
three month course in Digital Marketing at Skills Circle,
CP, New Delhi which will end in May 2019.
Reports from the fellows are shared as blogs on our website http://www.empoweringvision.org/blogand social media platforms.
I am aware that we, Tibetans have innate
business skills but lack the knowledge to
develop our business. I felt that through
my course in digital marketing, I can learn
how to expand business spheres.
Kelsang Butok Digital marketing Course
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Leadership Workshop
ENVISION’s Leadership Workshop focuses on
developing inner leadership of Tibetan school students
through self-exploration, creativity and other interactive
approaches.
For the past two consecutive years, this workshop is
being held at the Tibetan Private Industrial Training
Institute (ITI) Selaqui, formerly known as SOS Vocational
Training Centre for Tibetans. The two-day workshop
began with an orientation and welcome dinner on
Friday, 6th April for 126 students from TCV Selaqui and
Sambhota Tibetan School, Paonta including 12 students
from ITI on the request of the institute. Participants
were divided into four groups to foster better interaction
within themselves through the course of the workshop.
Bhuchung D. Sonam (Poet & Writer), Karma Sichoe
(Tibetan Thangka Painter & Artist) and Tenzin Tsundue
(Writer & Activist) were invited as resource persons.
While Bhuchung emphasized on the need for space
for discussion, debate and critique for any form of
art to excel, Karma opined that education should not
necessary be inclined to conventional methodology but
also should involve students’ participation in creativity,
self-awareness and imaginative activities through artistic
engagements. Tsundue shared his passion for story-
telling and need for critical thinking in our community.
Their presentations on myriad facets of leadership
particularly passion, creativity and critical thinking
enabled students to explore and think out-of-the-box
in leading their career and lives with self-realization of
their core values.
The two-day workshop concluded with ENVISION’s “Let’s
Make a Difference” (LMAD) session during which students
share their commitment to make a difference. This
session is the most significant session as students not only
implement what they learned from the workshop but go
beyond to think how each of them can make a difference.
Students’ commitment(s) varied from becoming less
judgmental to reading books, writing journals, to
reaffirming self-potentials at the end of the day.
During the feedback and evaluation session, students
expressed how they could relate with the speakers, their
“unconventional interest/passion,” the power to express
self through drawing, writing, and theatre.
Check the Youtube link.... https://www.youtube.com/
watch?v=aw7WQEOrQqk
At first I thought this
workshop would be like any other
workshop, but I am glad it turned out
quite unique and enlightening for me
as I never thought about linking art and
leadership.
Tenzin YontenSTS Poanta Sahib
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Mission Admission Workshop for Tibetan high school
graduates was held on 24-25, June at Tibetan Community
Hall, Majnu Ka Tilla, New Delhi by ENVISION with support
from student volunteers - Students General Improvement
Group (SGIG), Global Tibetan Students Union (GTSU) and
President of Tibetan Youth Hostel, New Delhi. The two-day
Workshop started with an orientation on DU admission
process followed by a session with Tibetan Professionals
in the afternoon. The second day began with an interactive
session with Ashutosh Bharadwaj, Deputy Dean of DU
Foreign Students Office, and ended with a north campus
college tour and a feedback/evaluation session.
During the course of the workshop various topics
including DU college eligibility criteria, top colleges
of DU in corresponding to concerned subjects and
faculties, necessary documents to be prepared, hostel
accommodation facilities, and general etiquettes of a
college-going student in Delhi- challenges, opportunities
and experiences – were covered. Participants were taken
through a demo run of DU form filling practice as well.
An interaction with Dr Ashitosh Bharadwaj, Deputy
Dean of Foreign Students at Delhi University, and
his team is a conscious effort to ensure a first hand
information and interaction on foreign students quota
application procedures and to maintain connection
between the Foreign Students Office and Tibetan
students.
As a follow up to the Workshop, ENVISION in
collaboration with Bureau Education Officer (DOE,
CTA) and Volunteer Student Groups guided Tibetan
students through admission processes at the DU
Foreign Students Office for two consecutive days on
4-5th July, 2018. This was a step towards ensuring
that all Tibetan students aspiring to join DU had
the necessary guidance and support on the day of
admission.
MissionAdmissionWorkshop
Tenzin Youdon, CST ShimlaLakshmibhai College, New Delhi
The session on admission procedure was
illuminating because I was not aware of what are
the next steps after filling the online application
form. I feel assured, now that I am clear with the
next proceedings.
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Empowering the Vision Project (ENVISION) held its first Career Exploration Workshop in the North east of India from
October 26-28 in three schools: Sambhota Tibetan School, Sonada, CST Darjeeling and CST Kalimpong. All the three
schools have no assigned Career Counselors except for a North east Career Counselor who visits the schools twice a
year.
North East Career Exploration Workshop
The Career Exploration Workshop had three main objectives:
•Create self-awareness by helping students in exploring their values and interests
•Provide information on college options/career choices/scholarship opportunities
•Share information on ENVISION’s programme
Our workshops covered 117 students of which 35 were Class IX & X students of Sambhota Sonada, 38 were Class
XII students of Darjeeling and 44 were Class XII students of Kalimpong. The workshops were facilitated by Youdon
Gyatso, Class IXSambhota Sonada
I was thinking of discontinuing my studies
but after attending this workshop, I gained
clarity on what to do in life and about
various career options.
Aukatsang, Director and Tenzing Migmar, Executive
Assistant on behalf of ENVISION.
In all the three workshops, students were given ample
space to introspect and explore their values and interests
using various tools and activities. ENVISION team also
dwelled on college options based on streams of study and
emerging careers.
In the feedback session, many expressed that they have
never participated in self-exploration activities before and
that it was the most useful session of the workshop.
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ENVISION initiated a Career Help Desk at Samyeling Tibetan Settlement, Majnu Ka Tilla every Wednesdays from the office of Regional Tibetan Women’s Association to reach out to unemployed Tibetan youth living in and near the Settlement which became fully operational in March. Most of the drop ins are young Tibetans unsure of career paths to pursue including some who were not able to continue their formal education after Class VIII and IX. ENVISION team attends to all drop ins and assist them with career guidance, job linkages and job readiness skills including cover letter and resume writing. ENVISON has been able to assist 15 young Tibetans so far through this outreach. While five youths applied for various jobs and are still awaiting confirmation, four needed help with resume writing and two were seeking scholarship guidance. Another two young Tibetans have been enrolled in training programmes with ENVISION’s facilitation- one in Tibetan Private Industrial Training Institute in Selaqui for a one year Cooking Course and the other in Second Chance Programme at Ritinjali where he will be focusing on computer studies and life skills development for two years and also work on completing his class 10th board examination.
Apart from studying various life skills at
Ritinjali, I have also enrolled for a computer
course. It has been more than a month
since I joined and I have adapted well to
the environment here, and have also made
some good friends.
ENVISION has also started a small initiative this year to
support emerging young Tibetan leaders to pursue their
passion, innovation and commitment. The need for such
an initiative was discussed at the Global Vision for Young
Tibetans Conference 2017 held in Bylakuppe, Karnataka.
Bhuchung Kata was a participant of Global Vision
Conference 2017 who approached us last year with his
book project. Bhuchung’s perseverance and commitment
to the project was not only able to pursue young
Tibetans to submit their writings but was also able to find
a publisher and the book became a reality. ENVISION
financially supported Bhuchung Kata with INR 24,000
to publish his book ‘Unfolded Secrets’ which documents
aspirations, challenges, and hopes of young Tibetans in
exile.
ENVISION also supported Lobsang Yeshi, President of
International Student’s House, Delhi University with
20,000 INR in his fund raising project for the 55th
Annual Cultural Fest ‘Milestone – 2019.’ He was not only
instrumental in organising the entire festival but also
led the Tibetan contingents in one of the events “Many
nations in one house” a platform to engage and interact
with students from different countries, background, and
culture, through cultural performances and exhibitions.
Lobsang Yeshi is an ENVISION beneficiary who had
earlier participated in the National Youth Conference at
Asia Plateau.
Career Help Desk
Emerging Tibetan
Generation
Bhuchung Kata Lobsang Yeshi
Karma GyurmeySecond Chance Programme, Ritinjali
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Building Bridges ProgrammeENVISION has facilitated various exposure and exchange opportunities to bring together youth from Tibetan and Indian
communities with the objective:
●To foster a better understanding of cultures, learning and sharing
●To expand comfort zones and broaden horizons of young Tibetans
●To nurture friendships between young Indians and Tibetans
School Exchange Programme is designed to bring
together young school children from Tibetan and
Indian communities, to foster a better understanding
of cultures, learning and sharing. It is also an effort
toward facilitating exposure and learning for the Tibetan
children.
This year we have a new School partner in Tibetan
Homes School Rajpur in addition to TCV Selaqui, and
Sambhota Tibetan Society School, Poanta. The Indian
school partners are Guru Nanak Mission Public School
in Paonta, Cambrian Hall and the newly added Olympus
High School both based in Dehradun.
140 Tibetan students and 239 Indian students
participated in the exchange programme. Tibetan
students visited Indian schools in the month of
August and September with the return visits in
October and November. In addition to the ENVISION
facilitated school exchange programme, schools are
discussing further engagements including inter- school
competitions.
One of the highlights of the school exchange programme
is the buddy activity wherein a Tibetan student is paired
with an Indian counterpart as soon as the programme
School Exchange Programme
This was a great opportunity to learn about
each other’s culture, community and exchange
of ideas on various aspects including school
and student life.
Dorjee LhamoTibetan Homes School, Rajpur
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starts. The buddies are then together throughout the
day from the school campus and classroom tour to
activities and refreshment. Few students have taken
their friendship forward and are meeting each other
during their school outings. Students also interacted
with each other through participation in skits and
basketball and football matches.
This year we did a questionnaire survey with the
Tibetan Students to have a better understanding of
their experiences and also to seek inputs from them to
make the programme more useful and impactful.
Findings based on the survey conducted with Tibetan students during the programme:
More than half of the students have never interacted with Indian Students before
Through this programme, each Tibetan student on an average interacted with 11 Indian students and made five new friends.
Buddy activity was found most useful and engaging.
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Annual National Youth Conference (LMAD) is organised
every year from 1st - 8th June by Initiative of Change (IofC)
held at Asia Plateau, Panchgani, Maharashtra for young
people from all over India in the age group of 16-30 years.
The 24th LMAD 2018 conference saw 270 participants
including 10 Tibetan participants.
ENVISION facilitates 10 young Tibetans each year from
across India with the purpose of contributing towards
broadening their horizon and expanding their comfort
zones. This year the 10 students including six girls were
from universities based in Delhi, Baroda, Ooty and
Bangalore.
This conference provides them ample opportunity to
deliberate, exchange, share, strategize and present their
individual and collective voice. Through different exercises,
activities and accomplished speakers from diverse fields, the
conference encourages every individual to find his/her own
unique contribution to the transformation needed in the
world.
Annual National Youth Conference: Let’s Make A Difference (LMAD)
Dhondup Gyaltsen student of JSS College, Ooty
I have never been part of a conference
with Indian participants before. As such, it
was initially difficult to interact with other
participants but towards the end of the
conference, I was more comfortable, open
and even made few friends.
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International Summer School ProgrammeENVISION facilitated the
participation of Tenzin Yangphel and
Tenzing Soepa to the International
Summer School Programme held
at Nehru Memorial Museum and
Library, New Delhi from 24th June
to 3rd July 2018. They were among
34 students from 19 countries in this
programme which was organised
under the banner of Incredible India
campaign launched by Government
of India to promote International
goodwill and cross-cultural dialogue
amongst promising young individuals,
developing their potential as future
leaders in government, business and
civil society.
Interactive Session with Tibetan Muslim StudentsIn coordination with Kalsang Jigme, a
professional photographer and GTPN
member, ENVISION hosted a lunch and
an interactive session with 15 Tibetan
Muslim students from classes VIII-X
of Tibetan Public school in Srinagar,
Kashmir. This is the first time ENVISION
has reached out to the Tibetan Muslim
community. The students were very
receptive and two Tibetan graduates
from Kashmir later approached the office
for job assistance.
Informal interaction with a Taiwanese Students GroupENVISION Team led an informal
interactive session with a group of
students and Professors from Fu Jen
Catholic University, Taiwan on 29th
January. The group came in contact
with ENVISION last year through
one of their University Professors.
ENVISION staff interacted with the
group and attended to their queries
on the organisation and Tibetans in
exile.
Other Outreach Events
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Global Tibetan Professionals Network (GTPN)Global Tibetan Professionals Network (GTPN) is a platform where Tibetan professionals from diverse backgrounds can
network with each other and find creative ways of contributing to the community, mentoring young Tibetan aspirants
academically and/or professionally.
ENVISION engaged with 54 GTPN members including some new members through its networking events including a
collaboration with GTPN Member in the form of Delhi by Bike event. GTPN Members contributed their time to mentor
young Tibetans through GTPN Role Model School Visits and Mission Admission Workshop.
ENVISION’s GTPN Role Model School Visit is an effort to engage Tibetan professionals with the community and harness
their skills to inspire and encourage Tibetan students to explore different career choices and make them aware of
opportunities and challenges that lie ahead in the future.
In the last two years, GTPN members engaged with students of TCV Selaqui, Sambhota Paonta, Tibetan Homes
Foundation and Central School for Tibetans, Mussoorie. Sambhota Paonta School and Rajpur Tibetan Homes school were
the two schools where GTPN Role Models visit took place. Rajpur Tibetan Homes School has joined us this year as a new
School Partner.
Four GTPN members- Ms Ogyen Palmo (Chartered Accountant, Deloitte), Ms Kelsang Tsomo(CEO Third Pole Venture
Link), Mr Kalsang Jigme(Photo Journalist) and Dr Tenzin Namdon (Doctor, Delek Hospital) participated in this visit. They
interacted and attended to 168 students of classes IX, X, and XI of the two schools.
Professionals shared their personal journeys from a student to their current positions as professionals including their
struggles, challenges and opportunities as Tibetans. They also encouraged students to always look at the infinite
possibilities that life has to offer. Following their presentations, students were divided into four groups based on their
interest/career choice to join a professional where lively discussions took place on career options, opportunities,
challenges and struggles.
GTPN Role Model School Visit
“ThisismyfirsteverinterfacewithTibetanProfessionals.Ifeelinspiredandmotivatedtostudyhardandaimhigher.”
Tenzin Choyang, Class X, Tibetan Homes School Rajpur
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GTPN Picnic
25 Tibetan professionals with family members gathered for the annual
GTPN picnic celebrating GTPN’s launch anniversary on 4th November
in Lodhi Gardens. The picnic is also an opportunity to bring Tibetan
professionals living and working in Delhi together to celebrate common
heritage and discuss ways to extend our collective commitment and
responsibility toward the community.
Tibetan Professionals from diverse backgrounds ranging from health
and fitness to academics to social workers to sales marketing to
government employees were at the picnic. We enlisted Thinley Norbu,
Tsering Namgyal, Khando Wangmo and Deki Dolker as new GTPN
members.
Celebrating Tibetan ProfessionalsTashi Gyaltsen, TRF Trustee and Project Officer at Swansea University
led an interactive workshop on leadership at ENVISION Office on 30th
June, 2018. Of the 30 participants, 10 were university students and the
rest were Delhi based professionals. The interactive workshop made
participants to dwell deep into what leadership meant to them; where
do they see themselves in five years’ time and explore ways to becoming
resilient in the journey, both in life and career.
Delhi by Bike
In collaboration with Tenzin Gyalpo,
GTPN member and Social entrepreneur,
ENVISION facilitated Delhi By Bike tour
for GTPN members on 24th March, 2019.
The Bike Tour took 16 participants
including ENVISION staff members
cycling through the heritage sites of
old Delhi. Professionals were charged a
subsidised rate by Delhi by Bike Founder
and ENVISION hosted a brunch in the
Tibetan Settlement.
GTPN Networking Events
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External Events
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• Youdon Aukatsang, ENVISION Director was
invited as the Guest of Honour to the Valedictory
Ceremony for CII 2018 graduates by Dr Mithu Alur,
Founder Chairperson, ADAPT from April 11th-13th.
ENVISION agreed to be CII Partner for Knowledge
Hubs on Inclusive Education.
• Apa Lhamo, Senior Programme Officer represented
ENVISION at the Workforce Development
Meeting held from May 11-12 organised by Youth
Empowerment Support Desk, Department of Home,
Central Tibetan Administration (CTA).
• Tenzing Migmar, Executive Assistant attended a
Leadership Development Training for women grassroots
workers at Indian Institute of Public Administration
(IIPA), New Delhi from 18 – 22 June 2018 under Women
Empowerment Desk (WED), SARD, Department of
Finance, CTA.
• Youdon Aukatsang, ENVISION Director was invited to
speak on Nurturing Tibetan Professionals in the Five-
Fifty Forum: Towards a resilient Tibetan community
conference organised by the Department of Finance,
Central Tibetan Administration from 13-21 September
2018.
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