• In 1959, a mass exodus of the Tibetan emigrants left their country and took political asylum in India. Under the active consideration of the fourteenth Dalai Lama H.H Tenzin Gyatso and India's then Prim Minister Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru, the present institute in was established in 1967 with a view to educating the youths of Tibet and the students on the Indian border who had lost the opportunity of living in Tibet for advanced studies and religious discourses in Buddhism which had been their natural milieu. A more important reason for the establishment of Institute was to resuscitate the past glory which lies ensconced in the precious Buddhist scriptures on religion and philosophy, art and architecture and science and technology_ including astronomy and medicine, a substantial volume of which is preserved by the Tibetan exiles despite their sudden and terrific calamity.

MOTIVATION & DEVELOPMENT

• Motivated by its main objectives as laid down below, the Institute has made quick and consistent progress in its infrastructural growth, establishment of a well-constituted and equipped library furnished with computer installation, academic advancement with intake of Ph.D. scholars, publication of original works and commentaries, restorations and translations of important texts, seminar materials, rare texts and a bi-annual review of tantric studies-all this has contributed to the over all development of the Institute; as a result of which, the Institute has recently attained the status of a Deemed to be University and has gained reputation as an International organization devoted to the re-vitalization of Tibetan Buddhism and culture.

• The blessings of H.H, the Dalai Lama have always been with the Institute, both as a patron and mentor. This has been no uncommon solace to his followers that the world has now come to realize the worth of his great dedication to the cause of suffering humanity and his self-determination to bring harmony and peace upon the earth.

OBJECTIVES

• The objectives of the Institute have been carefully thought out by persons endowed with imagination, particularly in the Government of India. The objectives are:

• To preserve the Tibetan culture and tradition;

• To preserve ancient Indian sciences and literature preserved in the Tibetan language, but lost in the original;