M E N -T S E E - K H A N G ( S O WA - R I G PA ) (Estd. by the 13th Dalai Lama in 1916 Re-Estd. by the 14th Dalai Lama in 1961)
News Letter
PADMA SHRI AWARD
Dr. Yeshi Dhonden was conferred with the India’s fourth highest civilian honour, the prestigious Padma Shri Award on the 69th Anniversary of India’s Republic Day by the Government of India for his contribution in medicine. He is the first recipient of this prestigious award from Himachal Pradesh and the second Tibetan
January 2018
Government has released grant amount of Rupees 33,332,000.00 (US$ 538,017/-) towards Men-Tsee-Khang (Sowa-Rigpa) College Expansion Project at Bengaluru, under National AYUSH Mission Fund for the year 20162017 which includes central share of 60% and state share of 40%. This is the 1st release of the three installments of equal amount. CONFERENCE / SEMINARS Kolkata: International Conference on Ayurveda The West Bengal chapter of the Antar Rashtriya Sahyog Parishad (ARSP) along with the AYUSH Darpan Foundation successfully organized a two day International Conference on Ayurveda in Kolkata from 23-24 December 2017. The conference was inaugurated by the Governor of West Bengal Shri. Kesharinath Tripati.
recipient after Geshe Ngawang Samten. He was the first Director and Principal of the Men-Tsee-Khang (Tibetan Medical & Astro. Institute) established in 1961 by His Holiness the Dalai Lama in Dharamsala, and the former Personal Physician to His Holiness. Men-Tsee-Khang is proud to have one of its leading foremost Physicians receive this prestigious award from the Government of India and congratulate him for alleviating the suffering of countless people all these years and wish him long life and success to benefit all sentient beings in future as well. Our Director and the Chief Medical Officer felicitated Dr. Yeshi Dhonden on Wed, January 31 by offering ceremonial scarves (Khata) and Precious Pills. GRANT FROM THE CENTRAL AND KARNATAKA STATE GOVERNMENT Men-Tsee-Khang received 1st of the 3 Grants The Government of India and the Karnataka State
Dr. Jamyang Dolma, Chief Resident Doctor of Salugara Branch Clinic also attended the conference as the representative of Tibetan medicine Sowa-Rigpa along with many other Ayurvedic doctors. The speakers of the first day conference were: Dr. A. Raghu, deputy advisor to the Ministry of Ayush; Dr. Rajni Sarin, management committee of the ARSP; Dr. Sunil Joshi, famous Marma therapy specialist; Dr. A.K.S Rawat, researcher; Dr. Premchand Boojhawan, president of Ayurved hospital, Mauritius; Dr. Navin Joshi, MD State senior vice principal, Dehradhun and Dr. Jamyang Dolma, Tibetan medicine Sowa-Rigpa practitioner. Dr. Jamyang Dolma spoke about Tibetan medicine and its contribution across the country. Young students of the AYUSH discipline and the interested citizens of Kolkata were the attendees. The highlight of the 2nd day programme, was the practical training of Marma Chikitsa (the significant aspect of the Ayurveda treatment) by Marma Chikitsa expert Dr.