Exploring Knowledge Traditions: Bangalore University’s Sociological Visit to MenTseeKhang and DLIHE

On 4th August 2025, a group of sociology students from Bangalore University, accompanied by two esteemed faculty members—Dr. Sudha Khokate, specializing in Sociology of Gender, Education, and Health, and Dr. C. Somashekhar, expert in Sociology of Profession—visited MenTseeKhang Sowa Rigpa Medical College and the College of Higher Tibetan Studies (DLIHE). The visit offered the group a guided overview of the campuses, including an introduction to the departments, academic programs, and available facilities, providing a unique insight into the traditional Tibetan system of medicine and higher education. Following the tour, the delegation engaged in a half-hour interactive Q&A session with Dr. Dorjee Rapten Neshar, Principal of MenTseeKhang college bangalore, joined by the college’s teaching staff and the visiting faculty. The session fostered academic exchange and mutual learning, with meaningful discussions on the intersections of traditional knowledge systems and contemporary sociological perspectives. The visit marked a valuable opportunity for interdisciplinary dialogue and strengthened the educational bonds between the two institutions.

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BSRMS Students Gain Insight into the Brain at NIMHANS Museum

སྤྱི་ལོ་ ༢༠༢༥ ཟླ་༠༨ ཚེས་༠༢ ཉིན་ཆེད་སྦྱོང་གཉིས་པའི་སྨན་སློབ་རྣམས་ལ་ཤེས་ཡོན་གོ་རྟོག་གི་ལས་རིམ་འོག་སྦེང་ལོར་གྲོང་འཁྱེར་དུ་ཆགས་པའི་ National Institute of Mental Health and Neuro-Science (NIMAHNS) ཀྱི་ཀླད་པའི་འགྲེམས་སྟོན་ཁང་ (Brain & Organs Meusum) དུ་ལྟ་སྐོར་བསྐྱོད་པས་སློབ་མ་དང་དགེ་རྒན་རྣམས་ལ་ཕན་ཐོགས་ཆེན་པོ་བྱུང་། A group of 2nd-year BSRMS professional students from Bangalore Mentseekhang College, accompanied by their faculty members, are visiting the NIMHANS Brain Museum in Bangalore on 2nd August 2025 as part of their syllabus-related field visit. An enriching experience to explore the wonders of neuroanatomy firsthand!

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NCISM Officials Conduct Comprehensive Inspection at Bangalore MenTseeKhang SowaRigpa Medical College & Hospital

Certainly! Here's the elaborated version split into two paragraphs: On July 14th and 15th, Bangalore MenTseeKhang SowaRigpa Medical College & Hospital welcomed representatives from the National Commission for Indian System of Medicine (NCISM) for a comprehensive two-day official visitation. The primary objective of the visit was to assess and verify the institution’s infrastructure, academic environment, hospital facilities, and administrative functioning. This inspection forms a crucial part of NCISM’s regulatory oversight to ensure that institutions offering Indian systems of medicine, including Sowa-Rigpa, maintain the required standards of education and service delivery. The evaluation was conducted by two distinguished NCISM representatives—Dr. Ritesh Varma from the Government Ayurvedic College, Gwalior (M.P.), and Dr. Tsering Tsamchoe from the Faculty of Sowa-Rigpa, Central Institute of Higher Tibetan Studies (CHITS), Sarnath, Varanasi (U.P.). During the visit, the team interacted with faculty members, students, and administrative staff while thoroughly reviewing classrooms, laboratories, hospital wards, herbal gardens, and other essential facilities. The purpose of the inspection was to ensure the college aligns with NCISM’s academic and clinical benchmarks, thereby contributing to the advancement and credibility of Sowa-Rigpa medical education and healthcare in India.

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