ENVISION Board of Trustees

Mr. Kunsang Tanzin

Mr Kunsang Tanzin is a pioneer amongst Tibetans as a successful exporter. He started Tibet International Traders as an export house and as a buying agency for a popular department store in France. He then launched Tsekel Exports Private Limited as an Indian textile export house based in Gurgaon,India.

He completed his high school from Central School for Tibetans, Dalhousie in year 1974, and has done a B.A. Honours in Political Science from Ramjas College, DU in 1977. After that, he pursued his M.A. studies in Political Science from DU, 1979 and has done a B.Ed. from Jamia Milia University.

Mr. Kunsang Tanzin is presently a board member of Aribodh, the American Foundation for the Preservation of Tibetan Culture in California, U.S.A. He is also an Advisor to W.S. Tibetan Chamber of Commerce based in New Delhi.

Mr. Kunsang Tanzin was one of the inspirational speakers at one of our workshops conducted for young Tibetans at Panchgani in October 2006.

Mr. Sonam Topgyal

Sonam Topgyal is a young Tibetan entrepreneur born in India and settled in Delhi.  He is a Management Professional and owns a travel agency under the name of SUMICO Tours and Travels, runs a Tibetan Buddhist website called www.tibetanlama.com  and is the Director of the popular monthly Tibetan Video News Bulletin called "Bod Gyalo'. His main aim for starting the business was to help create job opportunities for Tibetan youth. Currently he employs 15 Tibetan youths in his firms. Mr. Sonam Topgyal has been recently appointed as Chairman of the Tibetan Chamber of Commerce, based in New Delhi.

Mrs. Youdon Aukatsang 
 Mrs. Youdon Aukatsang is one the youngest members to be elected to the 14th House of the Tibetan Parliament in Exile. Prior to joining ENVISION, she worked as an Independent consultant with Kreddha International, an organization based in The Hague, The Netherlands, dedicated to prevention and resolution of intra-state conflicts.

Mrs. Aukatsang worked with Tibetan Centre for Human Rights and Democracy as the Senior Programme Officer and continues to serve on its Board. She was elected as an Executive Member of the Tibetan Women's Association (CENTREX) from 2000-2003 and has worked with the organization as a Research Associate soon after her post graduate studies in 1998. As a component of her professional training for 18 months after Fulbright scholarship, she worked with the Massachusetts State Office for Refugees and Immigrants and Irish Immigration Center, both based in Boston, USA.

 Mrs. Aukatsang was a recipient of Fulbright Scholarship and has completed her Masters in International Law and Diplomacy from Fletcher School, Tufts University, MA (USA). She also has a Master of Arts in International Politics from Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi, India and a Bachelor's from Lady Shri Ram College for Women, Delhi University.

Mr. Arun Kapur

Mr. Arun Kapur has over 31 years of experience in the field of education. He started his career at The Doon School, Dehradun, and went on to join the British School in New Delhi as Principal. He is currently the Director of Vasant Valley School, New Delhi. which he helped start, designing and implementing processes, procedures, logistics, staffing plans and management systems. In a short span of time, Vasant Valley School became, and remains, among the most sought after institutions in the country.

 As Executive Director of Learn Today, the Learning Division of The India Today Group, he conceptualised a learning-and-testing portal to bring quality education within the reach of students across India. Learn Today also advises on setting up new schools, which are centres ofexcellence, across the country.

Mr.  Arun Kapur is the Chairman of Ritinjali, a non-governmental organization he set up in 1995, which is a vehicle for community development through education and constructive work among marginalised societies across India. Children’s shelters, schools and vocational programmes, youth programmes, libraries and community development programmes form the core focus of Ritinjali through extensive professional and volunteer networks. The singular objective of Ritinjali’s various initiatives is to empower people through its various projects so that they may be able to contribute constructively to their own lives, their families, their communities and society at large. In 2002, he established Pallavan, an early childhood development programme for children between the ages of 2 and 5 years. He is also actively engaged in building learning environments catering to a diverse group of learners—mentally challenged, physically challenged, rural and urban—across India.

 He is the author of Transforming Schools: Empowering Children, a book that offers insights to ‘what makes a great school’ and an abundance of resources for directing a school on its journey with a growth plan for all the stakeholders - students, teachers, administrators and parents in a school.