Dr Tenzin Lhadon
Short vita
Dr. Tenzin Lhadon was born in India and was educated in Tibetan Children's Village (TCV) school and went on to pursue her Bachelors and Masters degree from Chennai. Later she joined Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU), New Delhi as a PhD student in the Centre for East Asian Studies. She completed her PhD under the supervision of Prof. Srikanth Kondapalli and successfully defended her PhD thesis on July 2021. She is currently a Research Fellow at Tibet Policy Institute (TPI), a research center of the Central Tibetan Administration, located in Dharamshala, Himachal Pradesh, India. She was recently elected as the board member of the International Seminar of Young Tibetologist (ISYT) where she presented her paper titled, "Turning Inwards: The Gender discourse in the Tibetan diaspora and the Tibetan National Movement" held at University of Virginia in August 2022. She has written articles, op-eds, chapters for books and participated in various online discussions
Contributions
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Protests against a planned dam and resettlement project in Tibet
In February 2024, Tibetans, Tibet supporters, and concerned observers across the globe were taken aback by leaked videos and images out of Dege in the Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture in Sichuan Kham Province in China showing protest against the hydro power project over the Drichu River.
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The 'Unintended' Consequences of the Ukraine Crisis for South Asia
The invasion of Ukraine by Russia has undermined the values of sovereignty and freedom enshrined in the United Nations Charter, in addition to threatening the peace, stability and the viability of the international liberal economy.
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Developing Shared Prosperity and Security in the Bay of Bengal
The Bay of Bengal connects seven countries and enables 20 percent of world trade, making it an important leg of connectivity, prosperity and opportunity through trade and investment.
