Mrs Takla is the new Health Kalon   His Holiness administering oath of office and secrecy to Kalon Kesang Yangkyi Takla on 24 October 2006 (Photo: Tenzin Choejor) Dharamshala, 25 May, TibetNet: An announcement issued this morning by the Kashag secretariat declared that Mrs Kesang Yangkyi Takla is appointed the new Kalon for Health. After her nomination was approved by the Tibetan Parliament-in-Exile, she was sworn into office by His Holiness the Dalai Lama. Despite her induction into the 13th Kashag, until last month, Mrs Takla was not relieved of her duties as the Representative of His Holiness the Dalai Lama to the Northern Europe. As His Holiness' representative based in London, she was succeeded by then joint secretary of the London Office of Tibet, Tsering Tashi. FOLLOWING IS A brief bio of Kalon Kesang Yangkyi Takla: She was born 1944 in Tibet. After schooling in the Gorkha Tibetan School in Lhasa (1953), and then at St. Joseph’s Convent, Kalimpoing in West Bengal (1954-61), she worked as a secretary and interpreter at then the Department of Home and Rehabilitation, Dharamshala (1962-63), and later, at the Tibetan Children’s Village School, Dharamshala. In 1965, she joined the St. Bede’s College in Shimla, only to be recalled a year later to work at the TCV. The catalogue of her works since include the administrative secretary and accountant at the Tibetan Children’s Nursery in Shimla (1967-68); the administrative secretary and accountant at the Library of Tibetan Works and Archives (1970-77); the administrator of Delek Hospital (1978-82); the secretary of the Department of Health (1983-88); representative of His Holiness the Dalai Lama in the London-based Office of Tibet (1989-1997); (the first) representative of His Holiness the Dalai Lama in Taiwan (1997-1999); and the secretary of the Department of Information and International Relations (2000-01). In January 2002, she was re-appointed the representative of His Holiness the Dalai Lama to Northern Europe. While serving in the above positions, she has constantly worked with various governments, non-governmental organizations and officials. She also organized and participated in numerous national and international seminars, conferences and workshops, especially related to Tibetan and Tibet issues.   (www.tibet.net is the official website of the Central Tibetan Administration of His Holiness the Dalai Lama)

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