Tshering Dhendup

Assistant Professor

Biography

Tshering Dhendup is an Assistant Professor at Jigme Singye Wangchuck School of Law (JSW L), Pangbisa, Paro. With over two decades of experience in teaching, research, and academic leadership, he specializes in Buddhist philosophy, language, and culture within Bhutan’s higher education system.

He earned his Ph.D. in Philosophy (2015) and M.Phil. in Mahayana Buddhist Studies (2011) from Acharya Nagarjuna University, India. He also holds a PGCE from Samtse College of Education and M.A. and B.A. degrees in Tibetan Buddhist Philosophy from Ngagyur Nyingma Institute, Mysore.

He previously served at the College of Language and Culture Studies (CLCS), Royal University of Bhutan, as Dean of Research and Industrial Linkages, Dean of Academic Affairs, and Programme Leader for Dzongkha and Culture Studies.

His research and publications focus on Buddhist philosophy, Bardo studies, Dzongkha linguistics, and Himalayan culture, including The Etymology and Classification of Bardo in the Himalayan Region and The Origin and Development of the Bardo Doctrine in India and Tibet. A Senior Fellow of the Higher Education Academy (SFHEA, UK), Dr. Dhendup continues to advance Bhutan’s academic and cultural scholarship through teaching, translation, and research mentorship.

Areas of Interest

Buddhist philosophy,
Mind training,
Historical and linguistic studies,
Bhutanese cultural heritage,
Textual interpretation and translation,
Integration of mindfulness in education.

Publications

1999 – “Tibetan Poetry: A Praise to the Guru.” Ngagyur Nyingma Institute, Mysore, India.
1999 – “The Existence of Female Praktimosha in Tibet.” Ngagyur Nyingma Institute, Mysore, India.
2009 – Drameste Ngacham: Meaning and Significance of Religious Instruments (co-author). College of Language and Culture Studies (CLCS), Taktse. ISBN: 978-99936-771-0-9.
2010 – Human Rights Resolution (Translation into Dzongkha) (co-translator). College of Language and Culture Studies (CLCS), Taktse.
2018 – Dzongkha Referencing Manual (co-developer). Office of the Vice Chancellor (OVC), Royal University of Bhutan, Thimphu.
2022 – སློབ་རིག་འབྲི་རྩལ། (Academic Writing Skills). ISBN: 978-99980-37-16-8.
2024 – རྒྱ་བོད་གཉིས་ནང་བར་དོའི་དགོངས་དོན་གྱི་འབྱུང་ཁུངས་དང་འཕེལ་རིམ། (The Origin and Development of the Bardo Doctrine in India and Tibet). Rigzoed Journal, Vol. 2, No. 02. ISSN: 2959-8273. DOI: https://doi.org/10.17102/rigzoedjournal.clcs.rub.2.005.
2025 – ཧི་མ་ལ་འི་གངས་ལྗོངས་ནང་དར་ཡོད་པའི་བར་དོའི་ཆོས་ཚུལ་གྱི་ ཐ་སྙད་དང་རྣམ་གྲངས་ཀྱི་དཔྱད་པ། (Etymology and Classification of Bardo in the Himalayan Region). Rigzoed Journal, Vol. 3. DOI: https://doi.org/10.17102/rigzoedjournal.clcs.rub.3.001.
Forthcoming – Dzongkha Research Method. Under publication.

Courses

Chenjug – Fall 2025

Education History

Ph.D. in Philosophy, Acharya Nagarjuna University, Andhra Pradesh, India — 2015
M.Phil. in Mahayana Buddhist Studies, Acharya Nagarjuna University, Andhra Pradesh, India — 2011
Postgraduate Certificate in Education (PGCE), Samtse College of Education, Samtse, Bhutan — 2003
M.A. in Tibetan Buddhist Philosophy, Ngagyur Nyingma Institute, Mysore (Bylakuppe), India — 2001
B.A. in Tibetan Buddhist Philosophy, Language and Literature, Ngagyur Nyingma Institute, Mysore (Bylakuppe), India — 1998
Higher Secondary Certificate in Buddhist Philosophy, Dzongkha, and Tibetan Language and Literature, Dodedra Shedra, Thimphu, Bhutan — 1993
High School Certificate, Yangchenphug High School, Thimphu, Bhutan — 1987

Business and Finance law

Banking Law

Blockchain: Law, Policy and Cybersecurity

Social Enterprise

Alternative Dispute Resolution: Arbitration and Mediation